Tim McIlrath
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Timothy James McIlrath is an American rock musician. He is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of the punk rock band Rise Against. He is vegetarian and straight edge.
McIlrath performing in 2023
McIlrath playing at Sziget Festival in Budapest in 2011
McIlrath performing in Philadelphia in 2021
Straight edge
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Straight edge is a subculture of hardcore punk whose adherents refrain from using alcohol, tobacco, and other recreational drugs in reaction to the punk subculture's perceived excesses. Some adherents
Tim McIlrath
…an American rock musician. He is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of the punk rock band Rise Against. He is vegetarian and straight edge. McIlrath was born in 1978 to Jim and Michelle McIlrath. He attended Rolling Meadows High School in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. In college (Northeastern…
A straight edge tattoo
Minor Threat, pictured in 1981, coined the term "straight edge".
Youth of Today, youth crew pioneers
The Brazilian vegan straight edge band Point of No Return in 2006