Refused

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Umeå, Sweden (1992 – 1998)

Refused was an influential hardcore band from Umeå, Sweden, that formed in 1992 and broke up in 1998.

They formed in January 1992 with Dennis Lyxzén, David Sandström, Pär Hansson and Jonas Lidgren, and their final line-up consisted of the members Dennis Lyxzén, David Sandström, Kristofer Steen and Jon Brännström.

After releasing The Shape of Punk to Come, Refused decided to do one final campaign in the United States. With tension in the band running high, everything finally collided only a few shows into the tour. The band decided to call it quits after a show in Atlanta, Georgia. Flights were booked back to Sweden, and the band set out towards the Reagan International Airport. Fred Ziomek, guitarist for tourmates Darkest Hour, had attended James Madison University, in nearby Harrisonburg, Virginia. He convinced the band to play one last show in his basement en route to National Airport. They agreed, and even though there were only around twelve hours to promote the show, there were still around four-hundred people in attendance.

The police kept coming by all night, and Tony Weinbender who had been put in charge of organizing everything, kept them at bay for a while. Then they came during Frodus and said, “If we get another complaint and have to come back here, we’re taking you to jail.” Weinbender said he would shut the show down, but did not. A few songs into Refused’s set, police entered the house and plowed through the throng of people to get to the basement.

1	New Noise	2,019
2	Liberation Frequency	971
3	Protest Song '68	750
4	The Shape Of Punk To Come	740
5	Summerholidays Vs. Punkroutine	736
6	Bruitist Pome #5	646
7	Refused Are Fuckin Dead	600
8	The Refused Party Program	525
9	Rather Be Dead	419
10	The Apollo Programme Was a Hoax	385
11	The Deadly Rythm	361
12	Worms Of The Senses/Faculties Of The Skull	295
13	Tannhäuser / Derivè	272
14	Coup D'Etat	271
15	Worms of the Senses / Faculties of the Skull	264

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Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent
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This Just Might Be... the Truth
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Forever_Gold wrote:
Wednesday morning

if it doesn't sound like Infest, brahdood doesn't like it.

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Cannsaw wrote:
Tuesday evening

brahdood, if you spray an otter with liquidized peanuts, does it get larger? No, it doesn't.

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brahdood wrote:
Tuesday morning

refused sucks dick

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Forever_Gold wrote:
Monday morning

i love the used this much: http://internetisseriousbusiness.com/

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higginst wrote:
Monday morning

godiluvtehUsed

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Cannsaw wrote:
Sunday evening

why are you talking about fake shit?

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lewddude13 wrote:
Sunday morning

bad brains may have influenced, but they definitely didn't have the hardcore sound. just punk. bands that played more fast and aggressive punk like negative approach and minor threat were considered hardcore. 30 years later i'm sitting here listening to bands like the mongoloids wondering where the term "hardcore" went wrong

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Cannsaw wrote:
Sunday morning

i had to put my face in the freezer after Take It Away, cause its soo brutal it meltedmy FUCKING face off

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Forever_Gold wrote:
Saturday evening

thee brootalist

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Cannsaw wrote:
Saturday morning

of the brutal death kind, if i'm not mistaken.

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Forever_Gold wrote:
7 days ago

that shit's metal

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higginst wrote:
7 days ago

like The Used right lolol hard to the core

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Forever_Gold wrote:
last month

sounds like toby keith.

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Cannsaw wrote:
last month

yeah, like Fightstar. DEM GUYS ROCK IT MAN,PURE HARDCORE AFTER THE PUNX THAT WUS BUSTED

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Forever_Gold wrote:
last month

lol. why here? there are plenty more examples of traditional hardcore elsewhere.

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TROGDOR57 wrote:
last month

Kids who think they know hardcore because they listen to Enter Shikari should come here and get a history lesson.

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higginst wrote:
last month

this shoutbox is always so educational.

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Altered13 wrote:
last month

These guys were and still is my ticket to Hardcore kingdom. God I love these guys.

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k3kk0 wrote:
last month

how could I have lived without listening to this guys till now?!?!?

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Forever_Gold wrote:
last month

sorta, just 3 or 4 people shouting out the same phrase(more or less). i do think that minor threat did start this and influenced the youth crew sound and style of it. just listen to look back and laugh when ian shouts out "Try!", same goes for Think again; this is all in my opinion of course.

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