Metallica frontman James Hetfield was asked in an interview about his new "Straight Edge" tattoo and he explained,

"And I don't need drink or drugs. That's straight edge life. Obviously I'm not straight edge - a true, hardcore straight edge has never had any of it in her or her whole life. But I'm a reborn straight edge."

The interview then said, I always associated Minor Threat and Ian MacKaye and those guys with straight edge punk. That's what they were all about.

James responded, "Absolutely. There's some hardcore people that are straight edge from birth. So this was my take on the straight edge X, you know? Straight razors. A straight edge, is what that was all about."

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