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product_id: 51007742
title: "Straight Edge A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History"
brand: "tony rettman"
price: "$175"
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# Straight Edge A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History

**Brand:** tony rettman
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- **What is this?** Straight Edge A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History by tony rettman
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        			&#x93;Straight edge isn&#x92;t something I take lightly&#x97;that&#x92;s why I&#x92;m thirty years into it.&#xA0;I still don&#x92;t need a drink to get loose or wild.&#xA0;I don&#x92;t need drugs to feel comfortable, or to fit in. Straight edge gives me strength to deal with things head on, with no buffers, crutches, or masks.&#xA0;I have no clouded judgments or excuses to hide behind; just brutal clear-headed reality. I guess that might be why I come off like an asshole sometimes, with little patience for bullshit...but I&#x92;m not perfect.&#x94;&#x97;Anthony &#x93;CIV&#x94; Civorelli
				    	
					
        		
        		
        	
        
        	
        		About the Author
        	
        	
        		
        			Tony Rettman is the author of NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980&#x96;1990 and Why Be Something That You&#x92;re Not: Detroit Hardcore 1979&#x96;1985. His writing has appeared in The Village Voice, The Guardian, The Wire, Red Bull Music Academy Daily, and many other print and online outlets. He has provided liner notes for releases by the Circle Jerks, Warzone, the Crumbsuckers, and Beyond, and he hosted the Green Room Radio podcast. In the late 1980s, he coedited the fanzine Common Sense, in which he interviewed the likes of Youth of Today, Gorilla Biscuits, Chain of Strength, Insted, No for an Answer, and many other straight edge hardcore bands. Rettman resides on the North Shore of Long Island with his wife, two cats, and an inoperative hot tub.

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