User:Mashaunix/Tofucore

Tofucore is hardcore punk or hardcore punk influenced music that is performed by vegetarian or vegan musicians and/or lyrically focused on topics such as the ethics of eating meat and animal rights. The name jokingly refers to the prominence of tofu in vegetarian and vegan diets. The genre has no specific musical characteristic and can describe bands in a number of hardcore punk influenced genres, such as melodic hardcore, grindcore or metalcore. It is rooted in hardcore punk subculture, especially the straight edge movement, which advocates abstinence from alcohol, tobacco, and other recreational drugs (which isn't an inherent aspect of tofucore), but often also a vegetarian or vegan diet. Popular tofucore bands include Rise Against, Heaven Shall Burn and Architects.