Depicting the extremities within the straight edge community would be perfect fodder for a documentary. The National Geographic Channel sure thinks so, enough to make one and get long-time punker Thurston Moore to narrate the thing.
Airing tonight at 10:00 EST, Inside: Straight Edge is an hour-long examination that uncovers the abstinent, contradictory and divided world of those who brand themselves with "X tatts and refrain from drugs, booze and smoke.
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Heres the official NG sell:
Youth can be a minefield: drugs, sex, violence, and peer pressure. One group has an extreme way of dealing with it. They call themselves Straight Edge, and while they are being classified as a violent gang in areas such as Salt Lake City and Reno, they aren't like any other gang you know: they reject drugs, drinking, smoking, and even casual sex. They're rebels against a society in which everything goes. National Geographic goes inside this growing youth movement caught between being a refuge for Americas kids and a dangerous gang wanted by authorities.
Airing tonight at 10:00 EST, Inside: Straight Edge is an hour-long examination that uncovers the abstinent, contradictory and divided world of those who brand themselves with "X tatts and refrain from drugs, booze and smoke.
Want to know more about straight edge? Click here.
Heres the official NG sell:
Youth can be a minefield: drugs, sex, violence, and peer pressure. One group has an extreme way of dealing with it. They call themselves Straight Edge, and while they are being classified as a violent gang in areas such as Salt Lake City and Reno, they aren't like any other gang you know: they reject drugs, drinking, smoking, and even casual sex. They're rebels against a society in which everything goes. National Geographic goes inside this growing youth movement caught between being a refuge for Americas kids and a dangerous gang wanted by authorities.