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The 4 IngredIenT

Vegan

80 Veg News Think. Eat. Thrive.™ September+October 2010

 Veg Culture

Tby M i livig, bTig

hardcore punk powerhouse. e doesn’t use

drus, drnk acoho, or eat meat; nstead

he promotes poste thnkn, compasson,

and cean n—a whe surrounded

commtted frends, scads of rock stars, and, of 

course, ean pzza.

Much ke the erce knetc enre he’s

dedcated haf hs fe to, Morse s a muscan

 wth a messae, transmttn hs postephosoph throuh ntense heartfet and

upeat ener. s the front man of eendar

ew york hardcore and 2, he’s spent

more than 15 ears nsprn oun peope

 wth meodc rhthms and motatn rcs

that preach asc punk credos: Reject peer pressure, discover your own personalethics, and live with purpose.

in 2008, after takn a seen-ear hatus

from recordn, 2 reeased ts most

accamed aum to date, Nothing to Prove,

mn a deo for the tte track wth a

star-studded, who’s-who méane of the

hardcore scene. The aum’s ast track, “What

appened?” features frend and feow ean

Matt ka of punk rock and kane Tro,

 who croons aout a eneraton that doesn’t

“rememer what t fees ke to e oun.” Ths

s not a proem for the sef-procamed oun-

at-heart Morse, who speaks of hs feon

conctons—eetaransm and straht-ede

n—wth the same exuerant, unwaern

condence of a new mpassoned teenae

e credts the anma-eraton anthem

“Cats and Dos” hardcore poneers gor

bscuts as the reason he dtched meat

products more than 22 ears ao, ctes the 19

bad brans son “tttude” as the mpetus fo

hs poste menta atttude (PM) phosoph

and sas the Mnor Threat cassc “traht

de” heped sea hs fetme pede to cea

n. Durn adoescence, t was ths ond wth musc that preented Morse from fan

nto the temptaton of sustance ause.

“kateoardn and punk rock kept me awa

from peer pressure. gon to shows at a oun

ae heped sae me from that,” he sas.

n oemer 11, 1988, Morse ot the rst

of hs man tattoos: a ora wearn arm

pants and canas vans wth X’s—the uner

straht-ede smo—shaed nto hs fur.

e sas the mae, whch he cas hs “Meat

is Murder” tattoo, honors hs commtment

to e a meat-free, straht-ede feste. in

addton to the eetaran educaton musc

afforded hm, he aso descres readn John

ons’ estsen Diet for a New America 

as a watershed fe experence. “i don’t want

to hurt the anmas; that’s part of wh i went

 eetaran—for anma rhts,” sas Morse.

“If you really, really love animals thendon’t eat them. It’s simple [to be vegaand people think it’s so hard.” When h

home n los nees, he oes eatn pant-

H2O front man TobyMorse shares his

positive, punk rockmessage with the

next generation.By Liz Miller 

Morse’s

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