Straight edge (sometimes abbreviated as sXe or signified by XXX or simply X) is a subculture of hardcore punk whose adherents refrain from using alcohol...
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The Straight Edge Society was a villainous professional wrestling stable in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) that appeared on its SmackDown brand....
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cut-throat razors. The predecessors of the modern straight razors include bronze razors, with cutting edges and fixed handles, produced by craftsmen from...
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This is a list of notable people who follow the straight edge lifestyle. Straight edge is a subculture and subgenre of hardcore punk whose adherents refrain...
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"Straight Edge" is a track from Minor Threat's 1981 eponymous debut 7-inch EP, later reissued both as part of the 1984 collection Minor Threat, then as...
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Boston hardcore (section Straight edge)
Mission of Burma and the Neighbourhoods, and feeling enfranchised by straight edge after watching Minor Threat perform in New York City, Boston's first...
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have been associated with the straight edge subculture. Note that not all of these bands have or had all straight edge members, and some of them stopped...
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Bent edge or curved edge was a hardcore punk subculture that was formed as counter-movement to the straight edge movement. It was started by members of...
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Punk ideologies (section Straight edge)
original straight edge lifestyle, but it has been overlooked in many of the later reincarnations of straight edge. For some, straight edge is a simple...
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Boot Camp (film) (redirect from Straight Edge (film))
Cox and directed by Christian Duguay. The film's working title was Straight Edge and it was shot in Fiji as the first film to utilize the southwest Pacific...
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Punk subculture (section Straight edge)
medicine. The term straight edge was adopted from the 1981 song "Straight Edge" by the hardcore punk band Minor Threat. Straight edge emerged amid the early-1980s...
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well as in Canada and the United Kingdom. Hardcore has spawned the straight edge movement and its associated sub-movements, hardline and youth crew....
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CM Punk (section Straight Edge Society (2009–2010))
portrayed as outspoken, confrontational, sharp-tongued, anti-establishment, straight edge, and iconoclastic, most of which are inspired by his real-life self...
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identify with the straight edge label at the time. Additionally, many groups from the UK punk and hardcore scene did include straight edge members, namely...
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Chicago hardcore (section Straight edge metalcore)
By the 1990s, the scene had developed two separate sizable scenes: a straight edge metalcore scene including Arma Angelus and Racetraitor; and a thrashcore...
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Sharpening (redirect from Sharpening edged tools)
a cutting edge which is essentially straight. Knives, chisels, straight-edge razors, and scissors are examples. Sharpening a straight edge is relatively...
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Hardline (subculture) (redirect from Hardline straight edge)
has its roots in the vegan straight edge hardcore punk scene. It is commonly seen as a more extreme version of straight edge, with influences from deep...
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top-level domain intended for pornographic sites XXX, a symbol of the straight edge lifestyle XXX, the squadron markings of No. 29 Squadron RAF XXX (beer)...
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The rolling straight-edge (also rolling straightedge or planograph) is an instrument used to measure the surface regularity of roads and similar structures...
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stereotype Straight, a member of the straight edge subculture Straight, an alternative name for the cross, a type of punch in boxing Straight, a hand ranking...
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Kevin Seconds (section Straight edge)
MacKaye of Minor Threat, Seconds has had a great deal of influence on the straight edge subculture but has never fully embraced it as a movement. He has been...
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Bane (band) (category Straight edge groups)
early album Bane claimed straight edge, however it was never their main lyrical focus. The current original members are straight edge; Bob Mahoney and Stu...
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Tim McIlrath (section Straight edge ideals)
and co-founder of the punk rock band Rise Against. He is vegan and straight edge. McIlrath was born in 1978 to Jim and Michelle McIlrath. He attended...
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A straightedge or straight edge is a tool used for drawing straight lines, or checking their straightness. If it has equally spaced markings along its...
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Dischord 1981: The Year in 7"s. "Straight Edge", a song from the Minor Threat EP, inadvertently inspired the straight edge movement. The song, while written...
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the straight edge hardcore band XTRMST, and the keyboardist/synthesizer operator for the electronic duo Blaqk Audio. Puget is vegetarian and straight edge...
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Serena Deeb (section The Straight Edge Society (2010))
member, before jumping over the crowd barrier to join CM Punk's group of straight edge followers; as part of the initiation, she agreed to have her head shaved...
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Edge Day is a celebration founded by people who live straight edge lifestyles. The occasion has been observed annually on October 17 since 1999. The inaugural...
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Massachusetts, evolving out of the hardcore punk scene and in particular the straight edge subculture. While originally having a reputation for fighting against...
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Ian MacKaye (category Straight edge musicians)
his seminal band Minor Threat, he is credited with coining the term "straight edge" a philosophy that promotes abstinence from alcohol and other drugs...
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