On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Jon Fine wrote:
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> Threat (who I vastly prefer to Fugazi) that had the song called "Straight
> Edge," which outlined the pro's of not drinking/drugging and ended up being
> adopted as an umbrella tag for a movement. I'd be willing to bet big that
> other members of Fugazi, if not Mackaye himself, enjoy the occassional
> beer/what-have-you.
The drummer of Minor Threat used to hang out at the greatly missed Village Idiot, an East Village bar. He was definitely not straight-edge.
Frances
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