Tony Rettman "Straight Edge: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History" Book Five Knives After many trials

After many trials

this version of the LP is a split release between Dark Operative (a new company from the creative team behind Magic Bullet Records) and Yr Screaming Youth (a new label from Pageninetynine guitarist Mike Taylor)

When You Know

Kids Get Meaner

Burn Forever

Tony Rettman "Straight Edge: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History" Book Five Knives After many trialsStarting in 1981 via Minor Threat's revolutionary call to arms, the clean and positive straight edge hardcore punk movement took hold and prospered during the 1980s, earning a position as one of the most durable yet chronically misunderstood music subcultures. Straight edge created its own sound and visual style, went on to embrace vegetarianism and later saw the rise of a militant fringe. As the "don't drink, don't smoke" message spread from