Al Barile, the co-founding guitarist in legendary Boston hardcore band SSD (formerly SS Decontrol) and a lifelong straight-edge icon, died this morning, his wife and author Nancy Barile shared online. “I never met anyone who was his own person as much as Al was,” she wrote . “No one made me laugh more. There was always a story. We loved each other unbelievably, and my heart is crushed into a million pieces.” He was 63. Often heralded as the most important hardcore band in all of New England,