I wonder what the Refused members actually did in the past 10ish years, maybe they were at a lot of shows and buying demo's?
I just saw SOIA & Agnostic Front so I'm kinda all for keeping it up and not stopping, but the opening band reformed recently too and they were fucking
amazing. No idea if they still followed and contributed to hardcore while they were split up.
A lot of people ask me what kind of music I like. I love "soul music". My "soul music" isn’t a style, genre or niche. It’s music that is genuine. It’s
a painful lyric, a dirty bassline, it’s a harrowing vocal, it’s feedback, it’s an anthem, it’s a love song, it’s anarchy. I’ve got my personal
favourites but in the end it doesn’t matter who or where it comes from... so long as it’s good and it's real.
- Paul Morris, music director at 97.7 HTZ-FM
Most of the members were in a band called INTERNATIONAL NOISE CONSPIRACY. I got survival sickness. Saw them play in 2001 and they jammed except for
the anarchist/ communist propaganda shit they peddled.
Man I do remember back around 2000 everyone began to wear tight black pants, black jackets or hoodies, and jet black hair cut like they had bowls over
there head. Pasty white and pretentious. That was probably the last most annoying thing I remember in the scene. Reminded me of GG's from back in the
early 90's. Just annoying dirt bags looking like shit. I'd give up what I saw last weekend for GG's or these douche bags to come back though. The only
thing they threatened was with B.O. Especially the GG's.
Each aspect of the soul has it's own part to play, but the ideal is harmonious agreement with reason and control.
I received that Refused CD as a gift.
Never opened it.
Still in the wrapper in a box somewhere.
I disliked it just for the name itself "the shape of punk to come"
come on
Not just INC, some of them also played in hardcore/punk bands (like AC4). Also run a punk record label so its not like they just came back from a 10
year layoff of listening to rap or something just to cash in on HC/punk. They've been in it...just not in the US.
Yeah Scott is talking out of his ass...
Just because they haven't been playing in america doesn't mean they turned their back on hardcore...
so kids like them more now than they did then...
does that make em sell outs...
no
they never even got to tour on that record, so to get back together and do it right seems like fun.
shit at the drive in are cashing in as well this year and they said they are doing it for the money...
it's entertainment and a business.
if you can make money doing what you love, fucking do it
if that means you only play crucial basement shows for life, and you are happy good on ya
if that means you sell out stadiums who the fuck am I to judge.
Louis CK said something years ago in a standup comedy Usenet group that I've always thought was great. When someone asked him about a mainstream
comic (okay, it was Dane Cook) who started around the same time as he did and has become hugely popular, Louis just replied "His success has nothing
to do with my success." In other words, why worry about what someone else is doing? Shut the fuck up and do what you do.
This is the song I most associate Refused with. It's definitely more produced than your average hardcore song, and I wouldn't even call it hardcore
really. Who cares what it is. I like it.
Here was the news bit from lambgoat when it was announced they were gonna play Coachella. It sorta touches upon some of their motivations for playing
again.
Speaking of bands on Burning Heart from Sweden... Raised Fist will forever and always be the best thing ever to come out of that country (if not all
of Europe) in terms of hardcore.
Fuck Refused, bring on more Raised Fist albums and tours.
I liked New Noise because the guitar riff was sweet, but having that album I never got into any other songs. Songs To Fan The Flames Of Discontent
was a much better album.
A lot of people ask me what kind of music I like. I love "soul music". My "soul music" isn’t a style, genre or niche. It’s music that is genuine. It’s
a painful lyric, a dirty bassline, it’s a harrowing vocal, it’s feedback, it’s an anthem, it’s a love song, it’s anarchy. I’ve got my personal
favourites but in the end it doesn’t matter who or where it comes from... so long as it’s good and it's real.
- Paul Morris, music director at 97.7 HTZ-FM
A lot of people ask me what kind of music I like. I love "soul music". My "soul music" isn’t a style, genre or niche. It’s music that is genuine. It’s
a painful lyric, a dirty bassline, it’s a harrowing vocal, it’s feedback, it’s an anthem, it’s a love song, it’s anarchy. I’ve got my personal
favourites but in the end it doesn’t matter who or where it comes from... so long as it’s good and it's real.
- Paul Morris, music director at 97.7 HTZ-FM
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