The Poetry of Punk by Gerfried Ambrosch

Author:Gerfried Ambrosch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CAM)

—Good Riddance, “Waste,” 1998182

It has been observed that “Vegetarianism and animal rights have become staples of the concerned Punk’s political philosophy.”183 For ethical reasons, many punks strongly object to the exploitation of animals for human consumption. This phenomenon began in the 1980s, a decade of increasing ethical and environmental awareness and political radicalization, and culminated in the 1990s, most notably in anarcho-punk and (straight edge) hardcore communities:

Early U.K. punk bands like Crass, Conflict, and Flux of Pink Indians, among others, spoke out against meat eating and animal experimentation and played an influential role in spreading these ideas around the scene. American political punk and hardcore bands like M.D.C. (though some feel they teetered back and forth on these issues), Crucifix, and, later on, Nausea also advocated vegetarianism. […] Many of these bands saw taking a stance for animal rights issues as one direct way of fighting back against corporate control. Emotional interests in the welfare of animals also played a role.184

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