“Nobody can come up with a good argument for eating animals— nobody can. People as some kind of a joke say,‘Well, it’s tasty,’ but it’s only tasty once you garnish it and you put salt and pepper and you cook it and you have to do 300 things to it to disguise its true taste. If you put garnishes on a chair or fabric, it would probably taste quite nice.” —Morrissey

Vegan icon Morrissey inspired legions of listeners to stop eating animals when his band The Smiths released the classic album Meat Is Murder. Look what he started! Today, it’s hard to find a cool musician who isn’t vegetarian.We’ve got Geoff Rickly from Thursday giving shoutouts about animal rights during the Warped Tour and Goldfinger’s John Feldmann liberating lobsters from cramped supermarket tanks. Here’s more:

There’s no meat on the menu at Moby’s Teany Café in New York City. It’s all vegetarian, and even a struggling musician can afford to eat there—nothing costs more than10 bucks.

Meat Beat Manifesto mastermind Jack Dangers might want to rethink his band’s name.The cutting-edge musician beat his meat habit years ago. He told PETA, “Once you learn all the facts, the decision becomes a no-brainer.”

Conor Oberst, from Bright Eyes and Desaparecidos, and Azure Ray’s Orenda Fink are the cutest rock couple on the planet—and they’re animal-friendly. Orenda says the number one rule for any guy she’s going to date is that he must love animals. Conor makes the cut: He’s vegan.

Stuck on PETA’s Buttons Alt rockers Guster liked PETA’s “Love Animals, Don’t Eat Them” button so much, they stole it for the band’s “Love Guster, Don’t Eat Them” Tee. Drop us a line at GrrrMag@peta.org, and we’ll send you the button that started it all.

Guitar-Strap Heaven What’s the must-have accessory for an animal rights riot grrl or guy? A vegan guitar strap, of course! Check 'em out at Sparklecraft.com