Q&A With Refused's Dennis Lyxzen: Reunion Success Was 'A Bit Trippy'
The intense, roaring crowds that greeted last year's reunion tour of the Swedish hardcore act Refused were a welcome shock to singer Dennis Lyxzén.
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The intense, roaring crowds that greeted last year's reunion tour of the Swedish hardcore act Refused were a welcome shock to singer Dennis Lyxzén.
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What are the guys of Refused up to now that their reunion tour has concluded?
Read MoreBetween the cartoonish direction taken by the (International) Noise Conspiracy, no doubt leading to its inevitable end, and a well-received reunion that gave many, many people a chance to fall in love with Refused a second time, Dennis Lyxzén came to realize that hardcore is his calling.
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It's no small thing to recapture a moment, and even harder to throw it away afterward.
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Refused must feel like they're existing in a strange world of dreams right now.
Read MoreTwo reunions happened earlier this year that no one in the punk and hardcore community thought they would ever see.
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"This is Swedish summer at its best," Refused singer Dennis Lyxzen joked last night from the stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, during a momentary pause in an explosive set by the reunited hardcore act from subarctic Umea, Sweden.
Read MoreIn 1998, just as Refused was at the apex of their influence and creativity, the Swedish anti-capitalist hardcore punk band disintegrated while on a slate of US tour dates.
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Refused have announced that they will now play Download festival after Sonisphere was cancelled last week.
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Influential Swedish post-hardcore crew Refused have announced their intention to reform for live shows this summer.
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Far from a simple reaction to punk's new accessibility – the band was equally ferocious on its earlier full-lengths and EPs – the record was a document of bleeding heart intention, a statement that reinforced the band's leftist political stances while redefining conceptions of how anti-establishment music was supposed to sound.
Read MoreAlmost thirteen years have passed since Refused played their last.
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