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NAME: Weber Straight Edge for 12 Years I was 17 when I first heard about straightedge, and to be honest at first it was hard to swallow as I was a young surf punk who based his life on waves, weed and cheap wine. I was listening to local surf/skate punk bands from my area as well as the classics such as NOFX, Pennywise, No Fun at All and Millencolin when I discovered a harder version of these bands that actually sang about stuff that meant something, such as Youth of Today, Minor Threat, Raised Fist and Gorilla Biscuits. I was playing in a band that ended up being known as Day of Contempt from Adelaide, Australia. We played some shows with some local bands such as Forcefed Nine and Price of Silence and discovered that there were bands that also had a message that I could go and see every weekend. I guess this was my introduction into a hardcore lifestyle and the first time in my life I actually thought about the possibility of being drug free. What did it for me though was the day the guitarist in my band got an album called Destroy The Machines and brought it to a party we were all at. I remember not caring about the new album my friend wanted to play, all I wanted to do was hear the songs I already knew and party. But my friend got his way and I was introduced to the almighty force that is Earth Crisis, which would end up changing my life and get me off the destructive path I was already on forever. I listened to that album over and over again, studying the lyrics and trying to play all the songs on my drum kit and it was only a matter of weeks before I decided to take meat out of my diet. I grew up for the most part in a single parent household surrounded by alcoholism and depression, witnessing the pain drugs and alcohol caused me and my family on a daily basis and less than a year later I made the logical decision to put an X on my hand and vow to live the best life I could and break the evil hold substance abuse had over my family, and 12 years later at 29 years old I am still straightedge, still proud and still as excited about it as I was back then. I still X up at shows, I run an edge clothing label called Trust Comes Tough and I still owe it all to that one record Destroy the Machines. Earth Crisis made such an impact on my life and made me realize that I didn’t need drugs or alcohol to be cool or fit in and gave me the push I needed to embrace what being hardcore and straightedge really meant, being a free thinker and choosing my own path in life with a clear mind and a proud heart…FOREVER TRUE XXX

NAME: Weber

Straight Edge for 12 Years

I was 17 when I first heard about straightedge, and to be honest at first it was hard to swallow as I was a young surf punk who based his life on waves, weed and cheap wine. I was listening to local surf/skate punk bands from my area as well as the classics such as NOFX, Pennywise, No Fun at All and Millencolin when I discovered a harder version of these bands that actually sang about stuff that meant something, such as Youth of Today, Minor Threat, Raised Fist and Gorilla Biscuits. I was playing in a band that ended up being known as Day of Contempt from Adelaide, Australia. We played some shows with some local bands such as Forcefed Nine and Price of Silence and discovered that there were bands that also had a message that I could go and see every weekend. I guess this was my introduction into a hardcore lifestyle and the first time in my life I actually thought about the possibility of being drug free. What did it for me though was the day the guitarist in my band got an album called Destroy The Machines and brought it to a party we were all at. I remember not caring about the new album my friend wanted to play, all I wanted to do was hear the songs I already knew and party. But my friend got his way and I was introduced to the almighty force that is Earth Crisis, which would end up changing my life and get me off the destructive path I was already on forever. I listened to that album over and over again, studying the lyrics and trying to play all the songs on my drum kit and it was only a matter of weeks before I decided to take meat out of my diet. I grew up for the most part in a single parent household surrounded by alcoholism and depression, witnessing the pain drugs and alcohol caused me and my family on a daily basis and less than a year later I made the logical decision to put an X on my hand and vow to live the best life I could and break the evil hold substance abuse had over my family, and 12 years later at 29 years old I am still straightedge, still proud and still as excited about it as I was back then. I still X up at shows, I run an edge clothing label called Trust Comes Tough and I still owe it all to that one record Destroy the Machines. Earth Crisis made such an impact on my life and made me realize that I didn’t need drugs or alcohol to be cool or fit in and gave me the push I needed to embrace what being hardcore and straightedge really meant, being a free thinker and choosing my own path in life with a clear mind and a proud heart…FOREVER TRUE XXX

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