GWAR - Go Fur Free!

Original crazie Oderus Urungus from numero uno shock metal band GWAR (and if you don't know GWAR, where have you been the last 20 years?) goes berserk for you on camera, on a rant about the use of fur. This video is a bit too long, but it's still funny and it promotes a good cause. It's always nice to see how some of the most don't give a fuck people out there in the end show they do have the basic common sense most 'normal' people lack. Now you know what to do... Go fur/leather free!

Vegan Hardcore Tattoos - Tattooed Commitment

It's always interesting to study the way tattoos have become an inseparable part of hardcore music and lifestyle. In many cases, words collide and it's hard to tell who influences who: people cross from one culture into another, i.e. start from vegan straight edge and go to just being vegan without listening to hardcore but keeping the principles from a scene they grew out of. In other cases, people who are vegan come to discover hardcore and its philosophy, draw the parallel lines and become true dedicated vegan sXe hardcore kids.

All is possible, and while people change their beliefs and shift from one culture to another in their endless pursuit of a solid, justifiable identity, one thing is for sure: the emblems that they chose in the process will definitely stay on their bodies. We're talking about tattoos, of course, and the way that they pay testament to a person's beliefs and past. I think this is exactly why tatoos have been so big in hardcore (aside from the fashion, which is always a factor). Hardcore as a style of music has always been related with strong beliefs and life choices. For sure, hardcore bands have always been outspoken about their philosophies and personal beliefs. This is what makes hardcore interesting ; this is what makes hardcore unique. 

Today's post is a small photo collection exploring the world of vegan tattoos.The following photos are not necessarily from people who are die hard hardcore fans, but the action it self of getting a huge vegan tattoo is pretty hardcore and deserves to be presented here! So let's go!

Nice throat tattoo with a direct nod to ALF

Vegan knuckles is always a good way to go

Working hard to maintain vegan fitness

 Don't ask if it hurt

Walter Bond, the 'Lone Wolf' - imprisoned animal rights activist

Supporting animal rights for life

Los Ocegueda, vegan tattooist

Little Linda, a vegan sXe model and tattoist

Like always, this isn't no propagation article.We just show it like it is. Personal beliefs may coincide with certain ideologies, but we're not trying to push anything down people's throats. Also, we should not forget to let vegans and aspiring vegans know that there is vegan ink that they should use for their tattoos if they want to remain 100% vegan (most tattoo ink contains gelatine, certainly an animal product). It's more expensive and most tattoo shops don't have vegan ink yet, but... yeah.

Safari Black - Straight Up Vegan Hip Hop

In our search to find and document the best in awesome, thought-provoking staight edge and vegan hip hop, we stumble upon all kinds of interesting stuff circulating out there in the underground. Safari-Black is a super cool hip hop artist taking the animal rights cause to a whole new level, by mixing high-quality, intelligent raps with extra tight, modern hip hop music.

An outspoken animal rights activist and a member of the Vegan Hip Hop Movement, Safari Black does not forget to keep things entertaining (it's music after all). He manages to provide some real awesome hip hop to groove along to, while getting a healthy inflow of funky, compassionate & thoughful  messages. We strongly recommend to go and check his mixtape The Art of Love at bandcamp if you're up for some extra-chill, NY flavored hip hop in the vein of 2nd generation Wu Tan, Dead Prez, Masta Killa etc. Moreover, Safari Black showcases the latest  and best from that new wave hip hop sound, by adding  crazy samples and aural landscapes that will get your extra-terrestrial avatar in motion.

Safari Black is a busy man doing cool stuff for a good cause. Aside from making music, you will find his vegan episodes on youtube (vegan pizza recipes and all), as well as promoting all that is cool and compassiontate in the world of hip hop through his website So forget all that crappy, commercial hip hop and connect with the real urban underground!