List of people who follow a straight edge lifestyle

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Former Pro wrestler/current MMA fighter CM Punk

Metallica frontman James Hetfield

Minor Threat frontman Ian MacKaye, credited as creator of the term "straight edge"

Rise Against frontman Tim McIlrath

Professional wrestler M-Dogg 20

Pitcher C. J. Wilson

AFI frontman Davey Havok

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 (marijuana, LSD, cocaine, heroin, etc.). 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]

List of straight edge people

Name	Notes
Alan Day	Guitarist and vocalist for pop punk/melodic hardcore band Four Year Strong.[3]
Alissa White-Gluz	Vocalist for melodic death metal band Arch Enemy,[4] founding member and former vocalist of metalcore/melodic death metal band The Agonist.[5]
Andy Hurley	Drummer for pop punk band Fall Out Boy.[6]
Anthony Anzaldo	Guitarrist for punk rock band Ceremony.[7]
Beau Bokan	Lead singer of post-hardcore band Blessthefall.[8]
Ben Weinman	Guitarist of mathcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan[9]
Bif Naked	Canadian award-winning, multi-platinum record selling rock singer, actress and motivational speaker.[10]
Brandan Schieppati	Vocalist for metalcore band Bleeding Through.[11]
Bradley Cooper	Actor
Carah Faye	Vocalist for indie rock band Shiny Toy Guns.[12]
C. J. Wilson	Professional pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.[13]
Cedric Bixler-Zavala	Vocalist of alternative rock band Antemasque and former vocalist of progressive rock band The Mars Volta and post-hardcore band At The Drive-In.[9]
Chad Gilbert	Founder, lead guitarist and backing vocalist for punk rock band New Found Glory.[14]
Chris "Motionless" Cerulli	Founder, lead vocalist and the main songwriter of the American metalcore band Motionless in White.[15]
CM Punk	Retired professional wrestler turned mixed martial artist.[16]
Daniel Bryan	Retired professional wrestler, former Vegan Straight-Edge.[17]
Dan "Soupy" Campbell	Lead singer for pop punk band The Wonder Years.[18]
Dan O'Connor	Vocalist and guitarist for pop punk/melodic hardcore band Four Year Strong.[3]
Dave Peters	Guitarist for groove metal band Throwdown.[19][20]
Davey Havok	Lead vocalist for punk rock band AFI.[21][22]
Dick Dale	Lebanese American surf rock guitarist, known as The King of the Surf Guitar.[23]
Evandro Costa	Portuguese-Brazilian sports broadcaster and musician.[24]
Henry Rollins	Spoken word artist and former vocalist of hardcore punk band Black Flag and Rollins Band.[9]
Hopsin	Rapper, actor, and owner of record label Funk Volume.[25]
Ian MacKaye	Founder and lead vocalist for hardcore punk band Minor Threat.[26]
Jade Puget	Lead guitarist for punk rock band AFI.[27]
James Hart	Lead vocalist for hard rock band Burn Halo.[28][29]
James Hetfield	Founder, rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and lead vocalist for the American heavy metal band Metallica. He considers himself to have been reborn into straight edge.[30]
Jerry Horton	Lead guitarist and backing vocalist of Californian hard rock band Papa Roach.[31][32]
Jim Smallman	British stand-up comedian, wrestling promoter, radio presenter and voiceover artist.[33]
Joe Principe	Founder, bassist and backing vocalist for the punk rock band Rise Against.[34]
John Pettibone	Former vocalist for hardcore band Undertow, currently vocalist for The Vows.[35]
Jona Weinhofen	Lead guitarist for Australian melodic metalcore band I Killed the Prom Queen.[36]
Jonah Michea Judy	"Rock" and "progressive folk" singer, guitarist,and songwriter.[37][38]
Jonathan Anastas	Bassist for hardcore punk bands DYS and Slapshot.[39][40]
Justin Lee Brannan	Founder of hardcore band Indecision.[41]
Justin Sane	Lead guitarist and vocalist for punk rock band Anti-Flag.[42]
Karl Buechner	Vocalist for metalcore band Earth Crisis.[43][44]
Kevin Seconds	Lead vocalist for hardcore punk band 7 Seconds.[45][46]
Levi Benton	Lead vocalist for the metalcore band Miss May I.[47]
Liam Cormier	Lead vocalist of metalcore band Cancer Bats and metal supergroup AxeWound.[48][49]
M-Dogg 20	Professional wrestler, better known by his ring names M-Dogg 20 and Matt Cross.[50]
Martin Sorrondeguy	Vocalist of hardcore band Limp Wrist.[51]
Matt Davies-Kreye	Vocalist for Welsh Post Hardcore band Funeral for a Friend. [52] [53]
Matt Fox	Lead guitarist for American hardcore punk band Shai Hulud.[54]
Merzbow	Japanese noise musician.[55]
Michael Crafter	Lead vocalist for Australian metalcore band Confession.[56]
Mick Morris	Bassist and guitarist for metal band Eighteen Visions.[57]
Mike Lewis	Rhythm guitarist for the former Welsh alternative rock band Lostprophets and currently No Devotion.[58]
Patty Walters	Lead vocalist for the British rock band As It Is.[59][60]
Paul Dove	Drummer to New York based hardcore band Recon and San Diego based hardcore band World Of Pain.[61]
Paul Waggoner	Guitarist for progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me.[62]
Pete Kowalsky	Lead vocalist for hardcore punk band Remembering Never.[63]
Ray Cappo	Former vocalist for the hardcore punk band Youth of Today.[64]
Simon Amstell	English comedian, television presenter, screenwriter, and actor.[65]
Scott Middleton	Guitarist of metalcore band Cancer Bats.[49]
Tarjei Strøm	Drummer for the Norwegian bands Datarock and Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band.[66]
Tecia Torres	UFC fighter (straw weight)[67]
Tim McIlrath	Founder, rhythm guitarist, songwriter and lead vocalist for the American punk rock band Rise Against.[68]
Toby Morse	Leader singer of punk rock band H2O.[69]
Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr.	Vocalist and keyboard player of progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me[70]
Tyler, The Creator	Rapper and co-founder of alternative hip-hop group Odd Future[9]
Vincent Bennett	Vocalist for deathcore band The Acacia Strain.[71]
Vince Staples	Rapper and actor signed to Def Jam Recordings. Renowned for critically acclaimed debut album, Summertime '06
Winston McCall	Vocalist for Australian hardcore/metal band Parkway Drive.[72]
Zach Blair	Lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the punk rock band Rise Against.[73]

List of former straight edge people

This is a list of people who used to be straight edge.

Name	Notes
Dan Marsala	Lead vocalist for the band, Story of the Year.[74]
Daryl Palumbo	Lead vocalist for Glassjaw and Head Automatica.[75]
Bill Durrant	Lead guitarist for the band, Cut Short.[76]
Dennis Lyxzén	Lead vocalist for Swedish hardcore punk band Refused.[77]
Frank Turner	Solo artist and former singer with Million Dead.[78]
Oscar Isaac	Actor and musician.[79]
Pete Wentz	Bassist, primary lyricist and backing vocalist for the band Fall Out Boy.[80]
Zack de la Rocha	Lead vocalist for Rage Against the Machine.[81]

See also

• List of teetotalers

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