“Not long after that, I became vegan and I was listening to a lot of vegan, straight edge, hardcore stuff, like Earth Crisis and things like that,” he says. Going to university was a turning point for him, where he decided to stop drinking after hearing about parties during Freshers’ Week, extolling the excesses of it. Nathan Stephens-Griffin from the Durham pop-punk band Martha claimed edge at 18 in 2004. That’s all it took – I discovered a whole new world, and finally felt not so alone in my way of thinking.” “It wasn’t until I went to a hardcore show and first saw Eighteen Visions that I discovered the straight edge community. “What I was doing was no longer extreme, and I was falling right in line with brainless scum without any of the same values I had,” he says. In 2001, a 17-year-old Trevor Friedrich, who has been the drummer in the straight edge band Eighteen Visions since 2004, decided to become straight edge after drinking and doing drugs as a young teen. “It wasn’t until I started going to actual hardcore shows that I met anyone else that was straight edge,” says Jeremy, “and that’s when I felt that belonging, for once.” Jeremy Bolm from Touché Amoré became edge at 14 in 1996, after watching an Ozzfest ‘96 VHS tape where an Earth Crisis performance prompted him to buy their Gomorrah’s Season Ends album, the liner notes for which contained information about straight edge. And approaches towards what the movement represents, and the militancy that’s associated with it, are different in 2020. As a movement that developed at hardcore shows throughout the '80s and '90s (where people would have black Xs daubed on their hands, as a way of repurposing the black Xs that were put on the hands of minors at shows so they wouldn’t get served), it is no longer an underground movement. The F100’s multi-toned purple paint scheme, featuring dark-violet scalloped details, black and white pinstriping, and a glittering roof, is reminiscent of these 1960s customs.Over 35 years since the straight edge movement gained its name from Minor Threat's 1981 single Straight Edge, the lifestyle still has many adherents who 'claim edge'. With its finned, rocket-ship accents, the truck came to reflect the custom cars of the 1960s, which featured exaggerated styling and wildly colorful paint schemes made possible by new translucent Candy Colors and sparkling Metalflake paints. INTERIOR: PEARLIZED VINYL BY WARD AUTO INTERIORSĬOLLECTION OF THE PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM | GIFT OF THE HETFIELD FAMILY INSPIRATIONġ960s CUSTOM CARS: Hetfield intended to use this F100 for everyday driving and did not begin customizing it with a definitive plan. Winged tail lights and “ventiports” from a 1953 Buick were then added to the truck’s hood, giving “Str8 Edge” a futuristic 1960s look.īUILDER : SCOTT MUGFORD, BLUE COLLAR CUSTOMS To customize it further, the truck first had to be restored to its original steel. The previous customizer had also added fiberglass fenders and used Bondo putty on the body to fill in its imperfections. The truck used to create “Str8 Edge” was already modified when Hetfield bought it, with a lengthened cabin and a flatbed used to transport the owner’s golf cart.
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