Hardline (subculture)
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Hardline is a subculture that has its roots in the vegan straight edge hardcore punk scene.[1] It is commonly seen as a more extreme version of straight edge, with influences from deep ecology philosophy. From its outset, hardline adherents put out statements and literature pushing a biocentric view of the world, which advocated for veganism, animal rights, pro-life, anti-homosexuality, and a much more militant version of the straight edge philosophy, which advocates for a no alcohol, no drugs, no tobacco lifestyle.[2][3] The hardline worldview has been accused by critics as ecoauthoritarian.[4][5] Hardline co-founder Sean Muttaqi adamantly rejected racism and fascism.[6]
A handful of hardline bands existed, the most well known of which were Vegan Reich[7] and Raid.[8] Earth Crisis was loosely aligned with the subculture, but were not necessarily classified as a hardline band.[9][10]
The heyday of hardline was in the early to mid-1990s when hardline chapters existed in a number of cities across the United States as well in the United Kingdom and Germany. However, by end of the 1990s, the subculture had mostly faded out of existence.[4]