Refused- revolutionary punk band who tell it like it is


Refused are one of the bands i have found i have lots of respect for. Sadly this hardcore Swedish band are no longer together, but their music still continues to enter my playlist. The band were well known for being revolutionary, fighting capatilasm, and always had something to say- they even found to the time to be fighting for animal rights. They have written many manifestos and you hear mostly what they have to say through their music.
Their music is mostly modern punk and some is quite alternative modern punk as well.
Refused's album 'The Shape Of Punk To Come' is simply excellent and has certainly made them history, some songs start off with quotes from their manifestos, but mostly all the lyrics are just expressing it all through some hardcore singing.

It is quite alternative here and their the singing is more of screaming, and then it goes to normal, its not usually the type of music i go for, but the singing varies, however the lyrics mean so much so you cant just listen to it and say "oh its just a bunch of noise- just screaming into a mic", because even though the lyrics aren't always sung properly they still have great meaning and its something that people should actually listen to much more carefully as they tell it as it is.

Its not all hardcore though, some of it is alot lighter aswell, but still the lyrics do not change, just their style is so alternative you're not really sure what each track is going to be like as it's quite unpredictable.
For example if you download 'new noise' and then download 'pruitist pome' then you will no what i mean, 'pruitist pome' doesn't even have lyrics in fact, its just some good alternative electronic music. So as you can see its all very different.

Lyrics From 'New Noise'
Can I scream? It's here for us to admire if we can afford the beauty of it. If we can afford the luxury of turning our heads. If we can adjust that $1000 smile and behold the creation of man. Great words won't cover ugly actions and good frames won't save bad paintings. We lack the motion to move to the new beat. When the day is over the doors are locked on us. Cause money buys the access and we can't pay the cost. And how can we expect anyone to listen if we are using the same old voice? We need new noise , new art for the real people. We lack the motion to move to the new beat. We dance to all the wrong songs and we enjoy all the wrong moves. We're not leading..





You can buy 'The Shape Of Punk' from here
Recommended Songs
• new noise
• protest song '68 refused are fuckin' dead
• pruitist pome
• liberation frequency


You can find out more about Refused on their official website http://www.burningheart.com/refused/
Also check out their unofficial website http://page.to/come

You can buy their manifestos off these websites aswell.

Image Link 1: http://www.burningheart.com/refused/bilder/alldressedupyeah.jpg
Image link 2: http://www.burningheart.com/refused/bilder/finlandos2.jpg


| | Posted: Sat - June 11, 2005 at 12:41 PM          

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