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Drunken Post is a feature on Switchblade Comb wherein The Joe and RichmanVA get wasted and post nonsensical / non topical videos or musings at very early hours of the morning.

Ever since I was in high school one of my favorite things to do has been to get drunk and listen to straight edge hardcore bands. I don’t know why but there’s just something about being at a party with a 40 oz. in your hand and singing along to “Straight Edge” by Minor Threat that is one of the funnest things in the world to do. So that’s what I’m doing tonight. Getting drunk and listening to straight edge bands. You should too so here’s a short mix tape of some of my favorite straight edge hardcore songs. Enjoy it. I know I am.

Oh, also a quick couple funny hardcore facts.

1. Ian Mckaye was the only straight edge member of Minor Threat. Everyone else in the band drank and did drugs the entire time they were together… and after.

2. One night many, many years ago I was getting wasted with Ari, lead singer of Lifetime, and we were discussing regrettable tattoos. He pulled up his pant leg to show me his “Straight Edge Till Death” tattoo and called it the biggest mistake of his life.

Note: Not all of the songs are specifically about being straight edge but they are all performed by straight edge bands.

Minor Threat – “In My Eyes”

7 Seconds – “Young ‘Till I Die”


SSD – “Glue” (live – sorry, the quality sucks but I fuckin’ love this song)


Dag Nasty – “Can I Say”

Youth of Today – “Positive Outlook”

Redemption 87 – “The Plague” (I prefer “Can’t Break Me” but this is the only youtube song I could find)


Good Riddance – “Waste”


Refused – “New Noise”

H2O – “What Happened” (feat. Lou Koller and Matt Skiba)

Jud Jud – The Demos 7″ (The greatest straight edge band ever)