# List of people who follow a straight edge lifestyle

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. For some, this extends to not engaging in promiscuous sex, following a vegetarian or vegan diet, and not using caffeine or prescription drugs.

## List of straight edge people

| Aaron Bedard | Lead singer of Bane. |
| Aaron Dalbec | Guitarist for Bane and Only Crime, former member of Converge. |
| Aaron North | Guitarist. |
| Alec Empire | German musician who is best known as a founding member of the band Atari Teenage Riot. |
| Alejandro Aranda | American singer and songwriter, also known as Scarypoolparty. |
| Alissa White-Gluz | Canadian vocalist. |
| Andy Hurley | Drummer for American pop punk band Fall Out Boy. |
| Anthony Fantano | American music reviewer. |
| Austin Theory | American professional wrestler. |
| Awsten Knight | Lead singer of Waterparks. |
| Beau Bokan | American singer best known as the frontman of post-hardcore band Blessthefall. |
| Ben Myers | English writer and journalist. |
| Bif Naked | Canadian singer, actress and motivational speaker. |
| Billie Eilish | American singer and songwriter. |
| Blake Lively | American actress. |
| Bobby Blood | Filmmaker, drummer for metalcore bands First Blood and Merauder. |
| Brett Ratner | Film director, film producer, screenwriter, film editor, and music video director. |
| Brody King | Professional wrestler and vocalist for hardcore band God's Hate. |
| C. J. Wilson | Former professional baseball pitcher. |
| Carah Faye Charnow | Vocalist for indie rock band Shiny Toy Guns. |
| Chad Gilbert | Founder, lead guitarist and backing vocalist for punk rock band New Found Glory. |
| Christy Mack | Nude model, feature dancer, and former pornographic actress. |
| CM Punk | Professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. |
| Curtis Lepore | Bass player and Vegan Athlete. |
| Dan Askew | Founder of Second Nature Recordings. |
| Dan Briggs | Bassist for progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me. |
| Dan "Soupy" Campbell | Lead singer for pop punk band The Wonder Years. |
| Danny Wylde | Writer, musician, filmmaker, and a former pornographic actor. |
| Dan Smith | New Zealander tattooist and musician, founder of the rock band The Dear & Departed. |
| Daniel Andreas San Diego | American domestic terrorist and animal liberationist. |
| Darby Allin | American professional wrestler. |
| Dave Peters | Vocalist for groove metal band Throwdown. |
| Davey Havok | Lead vocalist for punk rock band AFI. |
| Denzel Curry | American rapper, singer, and songwriter. |
| Derek Youngsma | American drummer for the metalcore band Bleeding Through. |
| Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein | Guitarist for the horror punk band the Misfits. |
| Elgin James | American filmmaker, musician, founder of the street gang Friends Stand United. |
| 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. |
| Front Porch Step | Pseudonymous of Jake Mcelfresh, acoustic and pop rock musician. |
| Gabriel Kuhn | Political writer and translator. Author of the book Sober Living for the Revolution: Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge, and Radical Politics. |
| Gail Greenwood | Bassist for bands like Belly and L7. |
| George Stroumboulopoulos | Canadian television and radio personality. |
| Glen E. Friedman | Photographer, artist and political activist. |
| Greg Graffin | Musician, college lecturer, and author mostly known for the band Bad Religion. |
| Hal Sparks | Actor, comedian, musician and television personality. |
| Hanson | Professional wrestler. |
| Howard Jones | Vocalist. |
| Ian MacKaye | Frontman of post-hardcore band Fugazi and of the hardcore punk band Minor Threat. |
| J Mascis | Singer, guitarist and main songwriter of alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. |
| Jacob Bannon | Vocalist, lyricist, and graphic artist for the American metalcore band Converge. |
| Jade Puget | Lead guitarist for punk rock band AFI. |
| James Hart | Lead vocalist for hardcore/metalcore band Eighteen Visions and Burn Halo. |
| Jamie Thomas | Skateboarder and owner and founder of Zero Skateboards. |
| Jason Shrout | Drummer for multiple bands as Eighteen Visions and Trial. |
| Jeff Tuttle | Musician and filmmaker, former guitarist of mathcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan. |
| Jeremy Bolm | Vocalist of post hardcore band Touché Amoré. |
| Jeremy McKinnon | Vocalist of metalcore band A Day to Remember. |
| Jim Norton | American comedian and actor. |
| Jim Smallman | British stand-up comedian, wrestling promoter, radio presenter and voiceover artist. |
| Jinder Mahal | Canadian professional wrestler. |
| Joe Mulherin | Musician who performs under the name Nothing,Nowhere and filmmaker. |
| Joe Principe | Founder, bassist and backing vocalist for the punk rock band Rise Against. |
| John 5 | Guitarist. |
| John Pettibone | Vocalist. |
| Jona Weinhofen | Lead guitarist for Australian melodic metalcore band I Killed the Prom Queen. |
| Jonathan Pollak | Israeli activist against the Israeli West Bank barrier. |
| Jonathan Vigil | Vocalist and founding member of metalcore band The Ghost Inside. |
| Jonny McBee | Founding member for experimental band The Browning and former singer for As Blood Runs Black. |
| JT Woodruff | Vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Hawthorne Heights. |
| Justin Beck | Musician and businessman, guitarist for Glassjaw. |
| Karl Buechner | Metalcore musician, vocalist for bands Earth Crisis, Freya and Path of Resistance. |
| Kaskade | American DJ, record producer and remixer. |
| Keiji Haino | Japanese musician. |
| Kenny Omega | Canadian professional wrestler. |
| Kent McClard | Record label owner and zine publisher from Goleta, California. |
| Kimya Dawson | Singer-songwriter, best known as a solo performer and as one half of The Moldy Peaches. |
| Kurt Ballou | Musician and producer, best known as the guitarist from Converge. |
| Lee Chung-Yong | South Korean professional soccer player. |
| Liam Cormier | Lead vocalist of metalcore band Cancer Bats and metal supergroup AxeWound. |
| Mat Bruso | Vocalist for hardcore punk band Bury Your Dead. |
| Matt Capiccioni (M-Dogg 20) | Professional wrestler, better known by his ring names M-Dogg 20 and Matt Cross. |
| Matt Fox | Lead guitarist for American hardcore punk band Shai Hulud. |
| Matt Jackson | Professional wrestler, member of The Young Bucks. |
| Mat Kerekes | Musician, best known as the frontman of the rock band Citizen. |
| Matt Mentley | Bassist for groove metal band Throwdown. |
| Matt Saincome | Journalist and satirist. |
| MC Lars | American post-punk laptop rapper. |
| Merzbow | Japanese noise musician. |
| Michael Crafter | Australian vocalist for metalcore and hardcore bands such as I Killed the Prom Queen, Carpathian, Bury Your Dead and Confession. |
| MickDeth (Mick Morris) | Former bassist for alternative metal band Eighteen Visions. |
| Mike Lewis | Rhythm guitarist. |
| Moshe Kasher | Stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. |
| My Summer as a Salvation Soldier | Pseudonym of Þórir Georg Jónsson, Icelandic singer-songwriter. |
| Nate Newton | Musician. |
| Nathan Aké | Dutch professional soccer player. |
| Nick Jackson | Professional wrestler, member of The Young Bucks. |
| Nick Jett | Drummer for hardcore punk band Terror. |
| Noah Kin | Finnish-Nigerian alternative rapper and producer. |
| Noah Levine | American Buddhist teacher. |
| Palmer Luckey | American entrepreneur, founder of Oculus VR and designer of the Oculus Rift. |
| Pandie James | New Zealand-born writer, actress and producer. |
| Patty Walters | Lead vocalist for the British rock band As It Is and YouTuber. |
| Paul Baribeau | Folk punk singer. |
| Paul Koehler | Drummer and founding member of Canadian post-hardcore band Silverstein. |
| Paul Waggoner | Guitarist for progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me. |
| Penn Jillette | Magician, comedian, actor and best-selling author. |
| Peter Daniel Young | American animal rights activist. |
| Raymond "Raybeez" Barbieri | Frontman and leader of hardcore punk band Warzone. He became straight edge after years of alcohol and drug use. |
| Raymond Rowe | Professional wrestler. |
| Russ Rankin | Singer for punk rock band Good Riddance. |
| Sage Francis | Rapper and spoken word poet. |
| Shannon Lucas | Former drummer for bands The Black Dahlia Murder and All That Remains. |
| Showyousuck | Rapper. |
| Sibylle Berg | German-Swiss author and playwright. |
| Soko | French indie pop singer-songwriter. |
| Steve Aoki | Electro house musician, record producer, and music executive. |
| Stick to Your Guns | Hardcore punk band formed in 2003. All its members follow a straight edge lifestyle. |
| Tarjei Strøm | Drummer for the Norwegian bands Datarock and Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band. |
| Tecia Torres | Puerto Rican-American mixed martial artist. |
| Tim McIlrath | Founder, rhythm guitarist, songwriter and lead vocalist for the American punk rock band Rise Against. |
| Title Fight | Rock band formed in 2003. All members, Jamie Rhoden, Ned Russin, Shane Moran and Ben Russin, follow a straight edge lifestyle. |
| Toby Morse | Musician and motivational speaker, best known as the vocalist for punk rock band H$_2$O. |
| Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr. | Vocalist and keyboard player of progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me. |
| Tuomas Saukkonen | Multi instrumentalist and founder of the former Finnish extreme metal band Before the Dawn. |
| Tyler, The Creator | American rapper, producer and actor. |
| UltraMantis Black | Musician and former professional wrestler. |
| Varg Vikernes | Norwegian musician. |
| Vince Staples | American rapper. |
| Vincent Bennett | Vocalist and only remaining founding member of deathcore band The Acacia Strain and Cockpunch!. |
| Walt Flanagan | Podcaster and comic book artist. |
| Wesley Eisold | Musician, poet and author. He records music under the name Cold Cave. |
| Zach Blair | Lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the punk rock band Rise Against. |
| Zerocalcare | Italian cartoonist. |

## List of former straight edge people

| Name | Notes |
| Aaron Bruno | Vocalist and founder for electronic rock band Awolnation. |
| Adam Dutkiewicz | Guitarist for metalcore band Killswitch Engage. |
| Alex Garcia-Rivera | Drummer. |
| Alexander Tucker | English musician. |
| Barney Greenway | Vocalist for extreme metal band Napalm Death. |
| Brandan Schieppati | Vocalist for metalcore band Bleeding Through and former guitarist for metalcore/groove metal band Throwdown |
| Cedric Bixler-Zavala | Vocalist for rock bands The Mars Volta, At the Drive-In, and Antemasque. |
| Chris Wollard | Singer and guitarist for the punk rock band Hot Water Music. |
| Damian Abraham | Vocalist for hardcore punk band Fucked Up. |
| Dan Marsala | Lead vocalist for the band Story of the Year. |
| Dana DeArmond | American pornographic actress and director. |
| Daniel O'Sullivan | English musician. |
| Daryl Palumbo | Lead vocalist for Glassjaw and Head Automatica. |
| Dave Smalley | Singer for the hardcore punk bands DYS, Dag Nasty, All, and Down by Law. |
| Dennis Lyxzén | Lead vocalist for Swedish hardcore punk band Refused. |
| Derek Brown | Entrepreneur, writer and mixologist. |
| Drew Daniel | Electronic musician and English professor, member of Matmos and The Soft Pink Truth. |
| Dominic Landolina | Guitarist for the bands Code Orange and Adventures. |
| Dwid Hellion | Vocalist and founder of hardcore punk band Integrity. |
| Erik Petersen | Founder of the DIY anarcho-punk band Mischief Brew. |
| Frank Carter | Vocalist formerly of Gallows and Pure Love, now of Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes. |
| Frank Turner | Solo artist and former singer with Million Dead. |
| Grant Morrison | Scottish comic book writer, playwright, and occultist. |
| Greg Anderson | American musician, co-founder of Southern Lord Records. |
| Harley Flanagan | Founding member and former bassist of the crossover thrash band Cro-Mags. |
| Ian Watkins | Former musician, lead singer and founder of Welsh rock band Lostprophets and convicted child sex offender. |
| J. R. Hayes | Vocalist for grindcore band Pig Destroyer. |
| Jamie Bissonnette | Chef. |
| Jocko Willink | Retired Navy Seal and podcast host. |
| Jonah Ray | American actor, comedian and writer from Los Angeles. |
| John Stabb | Punk rock vocalist and frontman, best known as the founding member of Government Issue. |
| Jonathan Anastas | Bassist for hardcore punk bands DYS and Slapshot. |
| Julien Baker | American indie rock singer and guitarist best known as a member of Boygenius. |
| Justice Tripp | American musician best known as the vocalist of Trapped Under Ice and Angel Dust. |
| Justin Young | English musician, lead singer and guitarist of indie rock band The Vaccines. |
| Keith Buckley | Vocalist and lyricist of the metalcore band Every Time I Die. |
| Kim Jones | English fashion designer. |
| Kim Schifino | Drummer of the indie dance duo Matt and Kim. |
| Lil Yachty | American rapper. |
| Mark Arm | Vocalist for the grunge band Mudhoney. |
| Matt Heafy | Guitarist and lead vocalist of heavy metal band Trivium. |
| Mike Hranica | Vocalist for metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada. |
| Mike Schleibaum | Guitarist for melodic death metal band Darkest Hour. |
| Mitch Lucker | Former vocalist for deathcore band Suicide Silence. |
| Bert McCracken | Vocalist for the Used. |
| Moby | Singer-songwriter, musician, DJ and photographer. |
| Omar Rodríguez-López | American musician, producer, writer, actor and film director. |
| Oscar Isaac | Actor and musician. |
| Ovidie | French director, producer, journalist, writer, and a former feminist pornographic actress. |
| Pete Wentz | Bassist, primary lyricist and backing vocalist for the band Fall Out Boy. |
| Ray Cappo | Vocalist for the hardcore punk band Youth of Today. |
| Sean Ingram | Musician and entrepreneur, frontman of metalcore band Coalesce. |
| Seth Rollins | Professional wrestler and actor. |
| Shaun Lopez | Music producer, composer, and musician. |
| Steve Turner | Guitarist for the grunge band Mudhoney. |
| Vinnie Caruana | Vocalist for punk band The Movielife and indie band I Am the Avalanche. |
| Walter Schreifels | Musician and producer of bands like Youth of Today and Gorilla Biscuits. |
| Zack de la Rocha | Lead vocalist for Rage Against the Machine. |