Straight Edge


SSD Reissue Seminal Album ‘Get It Away’ – Release New Video And Short Film

Universally recognized as the first straight-edge band, SSD’s (Society System Decontrol) 1982 debut The Kids Will Have Their Say is considered a landmark release for hardcore music. However, many fans consider their 1983 sophomore effort Get It Away to be the…



Eyeteeth – Negative Reinforcement Flexi (Wiggin Out / CrewCuts)

A while ago I had a dream about going to a show to see a band that sounded like a brain-melting, four-way barbed wire deathmatch between Spazz, Voorhees, Dropdead, and Straight Ahead in which I…






Cutting Through – Empathy 7” (New Age Records)

Next weekend Californian institution New Age Records celebrates thirty years of putting out some of the finest straight edge hardcore with a three day festival. With a line-up that celebrates not only the labels illustrious…


Drug Control – Clear Sight 7” EP (New Age Records)

Somebody once told me that love without commitment wasn’t really love, it was just infatuation driven by endorphins. And she was almost certainly right, as even though I’ve never been able to commit to being…


San Diego’s Drug Control drop new track “Worthless” and invade Europe

Drug Control have just dropped their new single “Worthless” and we have the exclusive. So what are you waiting for?  Hit play and slam the day away. The new EP comes out on New Age/Straight…