FROM THE STRAIGHT EDGE ARCHIVES: John McLoughlin (Wide Awake)

This interview with Wide Awake guitarist John McLoughlin was conducted on July 15, 2016, for my third book, Straight Edge: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History. Signed copies of the book may be purchased here.

Tony Rettman: Do you have any theory on why the Straight Edge thing took off the way it did in Connecticut?
John McLoughlin: I think that Ray and …