This is a list of notable people who follow the straight edge lifestyle. Straight edge is a subculture and subgenre of hardcore punk whose adherents refrain from using alcohol, tobacco, and other recreational/non-prescribed drugs. It was a direct reaction to the sexual revolution, hedonism, and excess associated with punk rock.[1][2] For some, this extends to not engaging in promiscuous sex, following a vegetarian or vegan diet, and not using caffeine or prescription drugs.[1]
Aaron Bedard | Lead singer of Bane.[3] |
Aaron Dalbec | Guitarist for Bane and Only Crime, former member of Converge.[3] |
Aaron North | Guitarist and was the co-founder and guitarist of punk band The Icarus Line, the lead guitarist of industrial rock group Nine Inch Nails, and vocalist/guitarist for Jubilee.[4] |
Alec Empire | German musician who is best known as a founding member of the band Atari Teenage Riot.[5] |
Alejandro Aranda | American singer and songwriter, also known as Scarypoolparty.[6] |
Alissa White-Gluz | Canadian vocalist for Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, founding member and former vocalist of Canadian metalcore/melodic death metal band The Agonist.[7][8] |
Andy Hurley | Drummer for American pop punk band Fall Out Boy.[9] |
Anthony Fantano | American music reviewer[10] |
Awsten Knight | Lead singer of the American multi genre rock band Waterparks[11] |
Beau Bokan | American singer best known as the frontman of post-hardcore band Blessthefall.[12] |
Ben Myers | English writer and journalist.[13] |
Bif Naked | Canadian award-winning, multi-platinum record selling rock singer, actress and motivational speaker.[14] |
Billie Eilish | American singer and songwriter.[15] |
Bobby Blood | Filmmaker, drummer for metalcore bands First Blood and Merauder.[16] |
Brett Ratner | Film director, film producer, screenwriter, film editor, and music video director.[17] |
Brody King | Professional wrestler and vocalist for hardcore band God's Hate.[18] |
C. J. Wilson | Former professional baseball pitcher.[19] |
Carah Faye Charnow | Vocalist for indie rock band Shiny Toy Guns.[20] |
Chad Gilbert | Founder, lead guitarist and backing vocalist for punk rock band New Found Glory.[21] |
Chris Motionless | Lead singer, founder and frontman of Scranton-based heavy metal band Motionless in White. Claims to have been straight edge from an early age.[22]
Was vegetarian from 2005 to 2007, becoming vegan in 2016.[23] |
Christy Mack | Nude model, feature dancer, and former pornographic actress.[24] |
CM Punk | Professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.[25][better source needed] |
Curtis Lepore | Bass player and Vegan Athlete.[26] |
Dan Askew | Founder of Second Nature Recordings.[27] |
Dan Briggs | Bassist for progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me.[28][29] |
Dan "Soupy" Campbell | Lead singer for pop punk band The Wonder Years.[30] |
Danny Wylde | Writer, musician, filmmaker, and a former pornographic actor.[31][better source needed] |
Dan Smith | New Zealander tattooist and musician, founder of the rock band The Dear & Departed.[32] |
Daniel Andreas San Diego | American domestic terrorist and animal liberationist.[33] |
Darby Allin | American professional wrestler.[34] |
Dave Peters | Vocalist for groove metal band Throwdown.[35][36] |
Davey Havok | Lead vocalist for punk rock band AFI.[37] |
Denzel Curry | American rapper, singer, and songwriter.[38] |
Derek Youngsma | American drummer for the metalcore band Bleeding Through.[39] |
Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein | Guitarist for the horror punk band the Misfits.[8] |
Duncan Patterson | Musician known for his work in Anathema and Antimatter.[40][better source needed] |
Elgin James | American filmmaker, musician, founder of the street gang Friends Stand United.[41] |
Fred Mascherino | Lead vocalist and guitarist of the band The Color Fred. Former guitarist and vocalist of the bands Taking Back Sunday and Breaking Pangaea.[42] |
Front Porch Step | Pseudonymous of Jake Mcelfresh, acoustic and pop rock musician.[43] |
Gabriel Kuhn | Political writer and translator. Author of the book Sober Living for the Revolution: Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge, and Radical Politics.[44] |
Gail Greenwood | Bassist for bands like Belly and L7.[45] |
George Stroumboulopoulos | Canadian television and radio personality.[46] |
Glen E. Friedman | Photographer, artist and political activist.[47][48] |
Greg Graffin | Musician, college lecturer, and author mostly known for the band Bad Religion.[49] |
Hal Sparks | Actor, comedian, musician and television personality.[50] |
Hanson | Professional wrestler.[51] |
Howard Jones | Former vocalist for the metal bands Killswitch Engage and Blood Has Been Shed, current vocalist for Devil You Know.[52] |
Ian MacKaye | Frontman of post-hardcore band Fugazi and of the hardcore punk band Minor Threat.[53] |
J Mascis | Singer, guitarist and main songwriter of alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr.[54][55] |
Jacob Bannon | Vocalist, lyricist, and graphic artist for the American metalcore band Converge.[56] |
Jade Puget | Lead guitarist for punk rock band AFI.[57] |
James Hart | Lead vocalist for hardcore/metalcore band Eighteen Visions and Burn Halo.[58] |
Jamie Thomas | Skateboarder and owner and founder of Zero Skateboards.[59] |
Jason Shrout | Drummer for multiple bands as Eighteen Visions and Trial.[60] |
Jeff Tuttle | Musician and filmmaker, former guitarist of mathcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan.[61] |
Jeremy Bolm | Vocalist of post hardcore band Touché Amoré.[62] |
Jeremy McKinnon | Vocalist of metalcore band A Day to Remember.[63] |
Jim Norton | American comedian and actor.[64] |
Jim Smallman | British stand-up comedian, wrestling promoter, radio presenter and voiceover artist.[65] |
Jinder Mahal | Professional wrestler.[66] |
Joe Mulherin | Musician who performs under the name Nothing,Nowhere and filmmaker.[67] |
Joe Principe | Founder, bassist and backing vocalist for the punk rock band Rise Against.[68] |
John 5 | Former lead guitarist of Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, and The David Lee Roth Band, current lead guitarist for Mötley Crüe and L.A. Rats[69][70][71] |
John Pettibone | Former vocalist for hardcore band Undertow, currently vocalist for The Vows.[72][73] |
John Porcelly | Musician for the American 1980s and 1990s hardcore bands Project X, Youth of Today, Judge and Shelter.[74] |
Jona Weinhofen | Lead guitarist for Australian melodic metalcore band I Killed the Prom Queen.[75][76] |
Jonathan Pollak | Israeli activist against the Israeli West Bank barrier.[77] |
Jonathan Vigil | Vocalist and founding member of metalcore band The Ghost Inside.[78][better source needed] |
Jonny McBee | Founding member for experimental band The Browning and former singer for As Blood Runs Black.[79] |
JT Woodruff | Vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Hawthorne Heights.[80] |
Justin Beck | Musician and businessman, guitarist for Glassjaw.[81][better source needed][82] |
Justin Lee Brannan | Founder of hardcore band Indecision.[83][better source needed][84] |
Karl Buechner | Metalcore musician, vocalist for bands Earth Crisis, Freya and Path of Resistance.[85][86] |
Kaskade | American DJ, record producer and remixer.[87] |
Keiji Haino | Japanese musician. |
Kenny Omega | Canadian professional wrestler.[88] |
Kent McClard | Record label owner and zine publisher from Goleta, California.[89] |
Kevin Tucker | Anarcho-primitivist writer and speaker, musician for death metal band Peregrine.[90][better source needed] |
Kimya Dawson | Singer-songwriter, best known as a solo performer and as one half of The Moldy Peaches.[91] |
Kurt Ballou | Musician and producer, best known as the guitarist from Converge.[56] |
Lee Chung-Yong | South Korean professional soccer player.[92] |
Liam Cormier | Lead vocalist of metalcore band Cancer Bats and metal supergroup AxeWound.[93][94] |
Mat Bruso | Vocalist for hardcore punk band Bury Your Dead.[95][96] |
Matt Capiccioni (M-Dogg 20) | Professional wrestler, better known by his ring names M-Dogg 20 and Matt Cross.[97][98] |
Matt Fox | Lead guitarist for American hardcore punk band Shai Hulud.[99] |
Matt Jackson | Professional wrestler, member of The Young Bucks.[100] |
Mat Kerekes | Musician, best known as the frontman of the rock band Citizen.[101] |
Matt Mentley | Bassist for groove metal band Throwdown.[102] |
Matt Pizzolo | Award-winning film director, screenwriter, producer, comic book writer, playwright and entrepreneur.[103][better source needed] |
Matt Saincome | Journalist and satirist.[104] |
MC Lars | American post-punk laptop rapper.[105][106] |
Merzbow | Japanese noise musician.[107] |
Michael Crafter | Australian vocalist for metalcore and hardcore bands such as I Killed the Prom Queen, Carpathian, Bury Your Dead and Confession.[108] |
MickDeth (Mick Morris) | Former bassist for alternative metal band Eighteen Visions.[citation needed][109] |
Mike Lewis | Rhythm guitarist for the former Welsh alternative rock band Lostprophets and currently No Devotion.[110] |
Moshe Kasher | Stand-up comedian, writer, and actor based in Los Angeles.[111] |
My Summer as a Salvation Soldier | Pseudonym of Þórir Georg Jónsson, Icelandic singer-songwriter.[112] |
Nate Newton | Musician, member of the hardcore and metal bands Converge, Cavalera Conspiracy, Old Man Gloom, Doomriders and Jesuit.[113][better source needed][114] |
Nick Jackson | Professional wrestler, member of The Young Bucks.[115] |
Nick Jett | Drummer for hardcore punk band Terror.[116] |
Noah Kin | Finnish-Nigerian alternative rapper and producer.[117] |
Noah Levine | American Buddhist teacher.[118] |
Palmer Luckey | American entrepreneur, founder of Oculus VR and designer of the Oculus Rift.[119] |
Pandie James | New Zealand-born writer, actress and producer.[120] |
Patty Walters | Lead vocalist for the British rock band As It Is and YouTuber.[121][122] |
Paul Baribeau | Folk punk singer.[91][123] |
Paul Koehler | Drummer and founding member of Canadian post-hardcore band Silverstein.[124][better source needed] |
Paul Waggoner | Guitarist for progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me.[29][125] |
Penn Jillette | Magician, comedian, actor and best-selling author.[126] |
Pete Kowalsky | Lead vocalist for hardcore punk band Remembering Never and former for Bishop.[127][128] |
Peter Daniel Young | American animal rights activist.[129] |
Raymond "Raybeez" Barbieri | Frontman and leader of hardcore punk band Warzone. He became straight edge after years of alcohol and drug use.[130] |
Raymond Rowe | Professional wrestler.[51][131] |
Russ Rankin | Singer for punk rock band Good Riddance.[132] |
Sage Francis | Rapper and spoken word poet.[133] |
Shannon Lucas | Former drummer for bands The Black Dahlia Murder and All That Remains.[134] |
Showyousuck | Rapper.[135] |
Sibylle Berg | German-Swiss author and playwright.[136] |
Soko | French indie pop singer-songwriter.[137] |
Steve Aoki | Electro house musician, record producer, and music executive.[138][better source needed][139] |
Stick to Your Guns | Hardcore punk band formed in 2003. All its members follow a straight edge lifestyle.[140] |
Tarjei Strøm | Drummer for the Norwegian bands Datarock and Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band.[141] |
Tecia Torres | Puerto Rican-American mixed martial artist.[142] |
Tim McIlrath | Founder, rhythm guitarist, songwriter and lead vocalist for the American punk rock band Rise Against.[143] |
Title Fight | Rock band formed in 2003. All members, Jamie Rhoden, Ned Russin, Shane Moran and Ben Russin, follow a straight edge lifestyle[144] and the last three are in the straight edge band Disengage.[145] |
Toby Morse | Musician and motivational speaker, best known as the vocalist for punk rock band H2O.[146] |
Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr. | Vocalist and keyboard player of progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me.[28][29] |
Tuomas Saukkonen | Multi instrumentalist and founder of the former Finnish extreme metal band Before the Dawn.[147] |
Tyler, The Creator | American rapper, producer/actor in the Adult Swim comedy show Loiter Squad, and co-founder of alternative hip-hop group Odd Future.[148][149][150] |
UltraMantis Black | Former professional wrestler and current musician.[151] |
Vince Staples | American rapper.[152] |
Vincent Bennett | Vocalist and only remaining founding member of deathcore band The Acacia Strain and Cockpunch!.[153] |
Walt Flanagan | Podcaster and comic book artist. |
Wesley Eisold | Musician, poet and author. He records music under the name Cold Cave.[154][155] |
Yishai Romanoff | Founder and lead singer of the Hasidic hardcore punk band Moshiach Oi!.[156][better source needed] |
Zach Blair | Lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the punk rock band Rise Against.[157][better source needed] |
Zerocalcare | Italian cartoonist.[158] |
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Aaron Bruno | Vocalist and founder for electronic rock band Awolnation.[159] |
Adam Dutkiewicz | Guitarist for metalcore band Killswitch Engage.[160] |
Alex Garcia-Rivera | Drummer.[155] |
Alexander Tucker | English musician.[161] |
Barney Greenway | Vocalist for extreme metal band Napalm Death.[162][163] |
Bradley Soileau | Model, DJ, producer, and designer.[164][better source needed] |
Brandan Schieppati | Vocalist for metalcore band Bleeding Through and former guitarist for metalcore/groove metal band Throwdown[165] |
Cedric Bixler-Zavala | Vocalist for rock bands The Mars Volta, At the Drive-In, and Antemasque.[166][167][better source needed] |
Chris Wollard | Singer and guitarist for the punk rock band Hot Water Music.[168] |
Damian Abraham | Vocalist for hardcore punk band Fucked Up.[169] |
Dan Marsala | Lead vocalist for the band Story of the Year.[170] |
Dana DeArmond | American pornographic actress and director.[171] |
Daniel O'Sullivan | English musician.[161] |
Daryl Palumbo | Lead vocalist for Glassjaw and Head Automatica.[172] |
Dave Smalley | Singer for the hardcore punk bands DYS, Dag Nasty, All, and Down by Law.[173] |
Dennis Lyxzén | Lead vocalist for Swedish hardcore punk band Refused.[174] |
Derek Brown | Entrepreneur, writer and mixologist.[175] |
Derrick Green | Singer of Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura.[176][better source needed] |
Drew Daniel | Electronic musician and English professor, member of Matmos and The Soft Pink Truth.[177] |
Dominic Landolina | Guitarist for the bands Code Orange and Adventures.[178] |
Dwid Hellion | Vocalist and founder of hardcore punk band Integrity.[179][180] |
Erik Petersen | Founder of the DIY anarcho-punk band Mischief Brew.[181] |
Frank Carter | Vocalist formerly of Gallows and Pure Love, now of Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes.[182][183][better source needed] |
Frank Turner | Solo artist and former singer with Million Dead.[184] |
Grant Morrison | Scottish comic book writer, playwright, and occultist.[185][better source needed] |
Greg Anderson | American musician, co-founder of Southern Lord Records.[186][187] |
Harley Flanagan | Founding member and former bassist of the crossover thrash band Cro-Mags.[188] |
J. R. Hayes | Vocalist for grindcore band Pig Destroyer.[189] |
Jamie Bissonnette | Chef.[190] |
Jocko Willink | Retired Navy Seal and podcast host.[191] |
Jonah Ray | American actor, comedian and writer from Los Angeles.[192] |
John Stabb | Punk rock vocalist and frontman, best known as the founding member of Government Issue.[193] |
Jonathan Anastas | Bassist for hardcore punk bands DYS and Slapshot.[194] |
Justin Young | English musician, lead singer and guitarist of indie rock band The Vaccines.[195] |
Keith Buckley | Vocalist and lyricist of the metalcore band Every Time I Die.[196] |
Kim Jones | English fashion designer.[197] |
Kim Schifino | Drummer of the indie dance duo Matt and Kim.[198] |
Lil Yachty | American rapper.[199] |
Mark Arm | Vocalist for the grunge band Mudhoney.[200] |
Matt Heafy | Guitarist and lead vocalist of heavy metal band Trivium.[201][202] |
Mike Hranica | Vocalist for metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada.[203] |
Mike Schleibaum | Guitarist for melodic death metal band Darkest Hour.[204] |
Mitch Lucker | Former vocalist for deathcore band Suicide Silence.[205] |
Bert McCracken | Vocalist for the Used.[206] |
Moby | Singer-songwriter, musician, DJ and photographer.[207] |
Omar Rodríguez-López | American musician, producer, writer, actor and film director.[167] |
Oscar Isaac | Actor and musician.[208] |
Ovidie | French director, producer, journalist, writer, and a former feminist pornographic actress.[209][210] |
Pete Wentz | Bassist, primary lyricist and backing vocalist for the band Fall Out Boy.[211][212] |
Ray Cappo | Vocalist for the hardcore punk band Youth of Today.[213] |
Roger Miret | Vocalist for punk bands Agnostic Front, Roger Miret and the Disasters and The Alligators.[214] |
Sean Ingram | Musician and entrepreneur, frontman of metalcore band Coalesce.[215] |
Seth Rollins | Professional wrestler and actor currently signed to WWE.[216][217] |
Shaun Lopez | Music producer, composer, and musician.[218] |
Steve Turner | Guitarist for the grunge band Mudhoney.[200] |
Vic Bondi | Singer and co-founder of political Chicago punk band Articles of Faith.[219][better source needed] |
Vinnie Caruana | Vocalist for punk band The Movielife and indie band I Am the Avalanche.[220][221] |
Walter Schreifels | Musician and producer of bands like Youth of Today and Gorilla Biscuits.[222] |
Zack de la Rocha | Lead vocalist for Rage Against the Machine.[223][better source needed] |