CheapJon Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 "We had a band once, in Umeå. We would pile in a van, like every other punkband, and thunder off in pursuit of friends and glory in some basement in front of 20 people, 50 people, in towns 4-5 hours away. Sometimes there would be more than a hundred people and we would later in the week refer to that as a "big show". We were ambitious, but we didn't think of it as a career. We never made any fiscal sense whatsoever during 7 years of touring. Like most punkbands, it never occured to us to even try. We had a scene, we had some politics and we had just a hint of artistic ambition. True to our swedish roots we got very serious very fast. And then suddenly we got good. It's a delicate path to tread for precocious twentysomethings anywhere on the planet, but this particular bunch didn't make it. And that was fine. Most enterprises in life are unrelated to incredibly violent rock music. It's been a motley 14 years since our band came apart. We've all kept busy in our respective endeavors but we've all remained friends and kept in touch. There have been offers, and lots of jokes about these offers. We've sort of looked down from our high horses and made fun of people who've just wanted to share the psychopathic intensity that we would deliver on a nightly basis in our post-pubescent prime. A reunion has just seemed irrelevant to us. Too much other shit to do. But then Kristofer got his degree from the Swedish opera academy, Jons medical studies began drawing to a close and Dennis and David started a new hardcore band together. Finally, after a decade and a half hiatus, Kristofer picked up the guitar again. Which made David want to play the drums again. Which in turn led to all four of us suddenly making new music in assorted constellations. As all this was brewing, Coachella got in touch. There were a couple of phone-calls, lots of skepticism, some hesitant enthusiasm before one of us basically said: "– This is ridiculous. There are friends of ours who would murder close relatives just to go see bands there. Let's just do it, one last time." And with that, socialist fag-loving pc scumbags were on the road again. We never did "The shape of punk to come" justice back when it came out, too tangled up in petty internal bickering to really focus on the job. And suddenly there's this possibility to do it like it was intended. We wanna do it over, do it right. For the people who've kept the music alive through the years, but also for our own sakes. We feel that you deserve it and we hope the feeling is mutual. See you in the pit.//Refused "http://officialrefused.com.preview.binero.se/one of the best songs of the 90's: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt88 Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Definitely sweet, and i'd argue the At The Drive-In reunion is equally as significant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheapJon Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 Refused just released the first song in 17 years! New album will be out june 30th. They'll be touring with FaITH nO mORE. 01 Elektra 02 Old Friends / New War03 Dawkins Christ04 Françafrique 05 Thought Is Blood 06 War on the Palaces 07 Destroy the Man 08 366 09 Servants of Death 10 Useless Europeans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixes Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 fucking awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 The new song is terrific, hope the rest of the album is up to this standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheapJon Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 "This is perhaps the most radical we 've ever done, both musically and lyrically ," Dennis LyxsenThat really doesn't say anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I like that new song a lot more than the one in the first post, but I'm going to check these guys out. Might as well since I'll see them with FNM this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheapJon Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 Another new song!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheapJon Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 New album is now on Spotify 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheapJon Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 I really like it! It's streaming on their website as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Saw them open for FNM last night and they were awesome. Lead singer was legit! Definitely wanna see them again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixes Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Saw them open for FNM last night and they were awesome. Lead singer was legit! Definitely wanna see them again.they are one of the best bands live and studio of the past 25 years...with a long break in there.....and they are so overlooked and under heard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Yeah, was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked them and how awesome they were live.Some dude shouted out and requested Deadly Rhythm, and at first they were like "Next time... Come back stage, we'll play it for you then". Then after a few second he was like "Or we'll just do it right now." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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