Refused
Founded: 1992
Location: Sweden
Refused (also known as the Refused) is a Swedish hardcore punk band originating from Umeå and formed in 1991. Refused is composed of vocalist Dennis Lyxzén, guitarist Kristofer Steen, drummer David Sandström, and bassist Magnus Flagge. Guitarist Jon Brännström was a member from 1994, through reunions, until he was fired in late-2014. Their lyrics are often of a non-conformist and politically far-left nature and were for a time associated with the straight edge subculture.
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Refused Call It Quits, Announce New 'The Shape Of Punk To Come' With IDLES, Quicksand & More
Refused will break up at the end of 2025, with most of the year wide open for touring.
Refused Cancel Final Festival Gig In Sweden After Vocalist Suffers 'Massive Heart Attack'
Dennis Lyxzén detailed his shock "extremely painful and wildly scary" heart attack, and announced that the band's festival gig wouldn't be going ahead.
Album Review: Refused - 'War Music'
Seize the means of riffage.
Album Review: Refused – War Music
"[I]t rips and roars across ten songs in 35 minutes."
Live Review: Refused, Sick Of It All, High Tension
"'Protest Song '68' and 'The Deadly Rhythm' seemed every bit as poignant and current as they did when they were penned."
Live Review: Refused, Sick Of It All, High Tension
"Refused are the sartorial Jedi of hardcore, which they totally reinvent and own."
Live Review: Refused, Sick Of It All, High Tension
"Swinging the microphone, executing handstands, dancing and fly kicks, he is an enigma on stage."
Live Review: Refused, Sick Of It All, High Tension
"Trump administration-related banter proved a running theme."
Live Review: Refused, Sick Of It All, High Tension
"The band's surprising and contrasting arrangements provide an intense feeling of empowerment and confusion that somehow magically turns to euphoria."
Refused
"I don’t think it was so much a failure of the left; if anything it was a failure of America that Bernie Sanders was not the candidate against Trump."
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