FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE STRAIGHT EDGE BOOK: Dave Smalley

This interview with Dave Smalley was conducted in October of 2015 for my third book Straight Edge: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History. Signed copies can be purchased here.

To start off, please paint a picture of what youth culture in America was like in the 1970s?
Dave Smalley: People who are younger and just reading about this have to understand the ’…