REFUSED

 

"this is the new deal"

Year:  1993

Label:  Burning Heart

Format:  CD, EP

Time:  5

Time:  14

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hardcore Punk

Refused is a Swedish punk rock 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.

On January 9, 2012, the band announced their reunion confirming shows at Coachella, Rock am Ring, Ruisrock, Roskilde Festival, Groezrock, Way Out West Festival, Sonisphere Festival (Cancelled), Download Festival, Rock for People, Primavera Sound, Hellfest, Fuji Rock Festival, Øyafestivalen, Pukkelpop, Resurrection. After embarking on a world tour for nearly a year, Refused went on hiatus again in 2012, but announced another reunion in November 2014.

The band released five EPs and three full-length albums before originally splitting up in 1998, and released their fourth full-length album Freedom on the Epitaph Records label on June 26, 2015. "Elektra" was released as the first single from the comeback album on April 27, 2015.

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"everlasting"

Year:  1994

Label:  Equal Vision

Format:  CD, EP

Tracks:  7

Time:  20 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hardcore Punk

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"this just might be the truth"

Year:  1994

Label:  We Bite

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  12

Time:  32 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hardcore Punk

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"songs to fan the flames of discontent"

Year:  1996

Label:  Victory

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  12

Time:  28 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hardcore Punk

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"the shape of punk to come"

Year:  1998

Label:  Epitaph

Format:  CD, 2 x LP

Tracks:  12

Time.  36 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Punk Avantgarde

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"freedom"

Year:  2015

Label:  Epitaph

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  10

Time:  36 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Punk Avantgarde

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"war music"

Year:  2019

Label:  Spinefarm

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  10

Time:  36 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Punk Avantgarde

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324

 

"rebelgrind"

Year:  2006

Label:  HG Fact

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  14

Time:  20 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Grindcore

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"boutokunoyaiyo"

Year:  2000

Label:  HG Fact

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  14

Time:  24 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Grindcore

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HIS HERO IS GONE

 

"fifteen counts of arson"

Year:  1997

Country:  US

City:  Memphis, TE

Label:  Prank

Format:  CD, LP

Tracs:  15

Time:  35 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Power Violence

Crust punk band from Memphis, Tennessee, active between 1995 and 1999. Their lyrics focused around a myriad of topics, such as racism in modern America, paranoia, poverty, forced institutionalization, anti-consumerism, and political anarchism. They were also known for their questioning of technology and their lack of any formal online presence.

15 Counts of Arson Review by Paul Kott. His Hero Is Gone was one of a small handful of standouts among the gamut of crust bands of the late '90s. Like many bands playing music in this vein, including fellow southerners and contemporaries Damad, His Hero Is Gone's albums were recorded and produced far from home in the notorious punk rock Mecca of Oakland, CA. Dan Rathburn did a great job recording the 15 songs included on the vinyl version of Fifteen Counts of Arson on 16 tracks at Polymorph, a fairly common studio choice for many bands in this genre. This CD also includes the first material produced by His Hero Is Gone, nine songs recorded by Noah Landis at Oakland's Guerrilla Euphonics. While the first 7" was very well received, the Fifteen Counts of Arson LP firmly established His Hero Is Gone on the streets as a band of note, alongside Damad, Dystopia (not to be confused with pop-punk band Dystopia One) and 1332. Dissonant melody, bludgeoning guitars, and well-done but rather stereotypical gruff vocals define a solid and consistent sound and approach through both of these recordings. The ambiance of the music effectively evokes the lyrical themes chronicling social, institutional, and mental collapse, the pain and hardship of living, and a revolutionary reaction to the banality and restriction of daily life in American culture. Although not the most original band at the time, His Hero Is Gone was sincere, and the music represented on both this CD and on the second LP, Monuments to Thieves, made a significant impact in the underground punk community of the late '90s.

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"monuments to thieves"

Year:  1997

Label:  Prank

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  16

Time:  25 min.

Genre.  rock

Style:        Power Violence

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"fool's Gold"

Year:  1998

Label:  TGASR

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  6

Time:  14 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Power Violence

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D.O.A

 

"unreleased tracks"

Year:  1978

Country:  Canada

City:  Vancouver

Label:  Sudden Death

Format:  2 x LP

Tracks:  21

Time:  40 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Punk

Originally formed in 1978, D.O.A. has been led from the beginning by singer/guitarist Joe Keithley, (aka Joey Shithead), who has been joined by a wide variety of other bandmates through the years (including future Black Flag, Danzig, Social Distortion drummer Chuck Biscuits), although guitarist Dave Gregg was present for much of the hijinks up until 1990. The same year as their formation, D.O.A. issued a debut EP, Disco Sucks, before following it up with a pair of full-lengths that many longtime fans consider D.O.A.'s classic recordings, 1980s Something Better Change and 1981's Hardcore '81 (a popular compilation of both releases plus early tracks reared its head in 1984, as Bloodied But Unbowed). Since the beginning Keithley has been unafraid to voice his political opinions (a renowned D.O.A. slogan among their faithful is "TALK-ACTION= 0"), which at one point, landed him in jail. D.O.A. would go on to sporadically issue albums throughout the '80s and '90s (including such highlights as 1982's War on 45, 1985's The Dawning of a New Error, 1993's Loggerheads, etc.). The group also found time to collaborate with another outspoken punk leader, former Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra, on 1990s Last Scream of the Missing Neighbors. Like Biafra before him, Keithley took the plunge and attempted to enter politics, running as a candidate in Canadian provincial and civic elections for the Green Party in 1996. Keithley also runs his own indie record company, Sudden Death Records, and issued an autobiography in late 2003, titled I, Shithead: A Life in Punk. D.O.A. continues strong to this day, as evidenced by such releases as 2002's Win the Battle. As a result of Keithley's hard work, D.O.A. is often name-checked as an important influence by other hardcore/punk bands, including such notables as Green Day, the Offspring, Rancid, and Propagandhi, among others (by Greg Prato ).

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"the lost tapes"

Year:  1979

Label:  Sudden Death

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  14

Time:  28 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Punk

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"something better change"

Year:  1980

Label:  Sudden Death

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  14

Time:  40 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Punk

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"Hardcore 81"

Year:  1981

Label:  Sudden Death

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  17

Time:  20 min.

Genre.  rock

Style:        Punk

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"war On 45"

Year:  1982

Label:  Alternative Tentacles

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  8

Time:  16 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Punk

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"let's wreck the party"

Year:  1985

Label:  Alternative Tentacles

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  12

Time:   36 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Heavy Metal

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"true north, strong and free"

Year:  1987

Label:  Sony music

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  10

Time:  36 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Punk / Hard Rock

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JELLO BIAFRA + DOA

"last scream of the missing neighbors"

Year:  1989

Label:  Alternative Tentacles

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  6

Time.  36 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Punk

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"murder"

Year:  1990

Label:  Restless

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  12

Time:  40 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hard Rock

By the time of this 1990 release, D.O.A. was quite a distance from their peak '80s form. The best years were behind them, for sure, but the Canadian rockers still had plenty left to say. Sonically, there's nothing surprising about "murder". The songs are perhaps a little more political than most of their '80s issue material, but only voracious lyric-readers will notice the difference. Highlights include the rambunctious "the agony and the ecstasy" and a truly sinister cover version of "the midnight special" that is probably the record's best cut. The world of bands had already witnessed several generational shifts before this Restless Records offering hit the streets, and even more new artists were waiting on deck, as the punk landscape would quickly become overcrowded with bands who might not even have heard of D.O.A. In such a competitive climate, it's good to know that this traditional hard rocck with some punk touches. outfit had the courage to stick to their early format so many years after their commercial heyday. Definitely an essential album, which has superb production and brilliant sound quality.

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"13 flavours of doom"

Year:  1992

Label:  Alternative Tentacles

Format:  LP, CD

Tracks:  15

Time:  43 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:         Hard Rock

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"loggerheads"

Year:  1993

Label:  Alternative Tentacles

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  15

Time:  50 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hard Rock

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"the black spot"

Year:  1995

Label:  Virgin

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  16

Time.  37 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Punk

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"festival of atheists"

Year:  1998

Label:  Sudden Death

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  13

Time:  40 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Punk / Hard Rock

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"win the battle"

Year:  2002

Label:  Sudden Death

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  13

Time:  40 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Punk / Hard Rock

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"live free or die"

Year:  2004

Label:  Sudden Death

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  20

Time:  40 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Punk / Hard Rock

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"northern avenger"

Year:  2008

Label:  Sudden Death

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  15

Time:  48 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Punk Hardcore

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"we come in peace"

Year:  2012

Label:  Sudden Death

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  14

Time:  34 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Punk Hardcore

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"hard rain failling"

Year:  2015

Label:  Sudden Death

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  12

Time:  40 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Punk Hardcore

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"fight back"

Year:  2018

Label:  Sudden Death

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  13

Time:  34 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Punk Hardcore

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"treason"

Year:  2020

Label:  Sudden Death

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  10

Time:  30 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Punk Rock

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MELVINS

 

"bad mood rising"

Year:  2022

Country:  US

City:  Montesano, WA

Label:  Amphetamine Reptile

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  6

Time:  45 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Alternative Metal

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"slithering slaughter"

Year:  2021

Label:  Amphetamine Reptile

Format:  CD, EP

Tracks:  4

Time:  16 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Alternative Metal

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JELLO BIAFRA +

THE MELVINS

"si howdy"

Year:  2005

Label:  Alternative Tentacles

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  10

Time:  45 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Punk

I am not going to argue that describing this conglomeration of politically like-minded individuals is difficult. In fact, I’ll admit that it’s pretty damn easy. Look at the name; Jello Biafra and the Melvins. Jello Biafra brings humorously scathing lyrics and a unique vocal styling while the Melvins, along with Tool guitarist Adam Jones deliver sometimes sludgy but mostly punk riffs. Call it honest advertising.

Sieg Howdy! is the group’s second outing and its ten tracks consist of four song types; one extended version of a song from their debut, two cover songs, four exclusive tracks, and three remixed versions of songs from their debut. As slapped together as this album reads, you’ll find that it all works rather seamlessly. Jumping from an Alice Cooper cover (“Halo of Flies”) to the extended track “The Lighter Side of Global Terrorism” does not require a comfortably schizophrenic state of mind. Speaking of the former, Biafra and his instrumental cohorts do Cooper right by maintaining the original’s attitude and addictive, driving riff while playing with the vocal delivery enough to distinguish the two. The extended track is the most disposable of the ten tracks because the original was a punk song and adding three minutes to the original’s four makes it three minutes too long. That said, if you don’t have the original you won’t see it as the throwaway that it is to those who own Never Breathe What You Can’t See. “Kalifornia Uber Alles” joins “Halo of Flies” to round out Sieg Howdy’s! covers. A live recording of Biafra and the Melvins playing a Dead Kennedy’s staple, the song could have sounded stale, but Osborne throws in some sludge influences to give it a life of its own and make it one of the album’s stronger songs. The last three tracks from What You Can’t See are remixed with interesting results. Strange synth beats aren’t just thrown into the mix for the hell of it, which is what I had initially feared. Well, “Dawn of the Locusts” comes close to that, but “Enchanted Thoughtfist” and “Caped Crusader” improve on the originals by adding layers that strengthen the character of Osborne’s riffs.

The four songs exclusive to Sieg Howdy! should not surprise anyone in possession of What You Can’t See, as they don’t stray too far from the punk meets sludge territory established by the original, which is fine by me. Melvins fans will find “Wholly Bun Bull” and “Voted Off the Island” especially to their liking, as both briefly incorporate a sludge riff or two, but anyone offended by speedier material should be warned that Sieg Howdy! is about three parts punk and one part sludge. “Those Dumb Punk Kids (Will Buy Anything)” is not only the strongest of the exclusive tracks, but also the strongest of any track on the album as a whole. Riffs come fast and Biafra lets loose with a diatribe that name-drops everyone from Nirvana to Black Flag.

Often times supergroups like Jello Biafra and the Melvins produce uninspired material that falls short of pleasing fan expectations, but for the second time Biafra, Osborne, Jones, Rutmanis, and Crover manage to record an album’s worth of sarcastic, intelligent, uncompromising, and fun music.

(*Review  by Chris Chellis ).

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"stag"

Year:  1996

Label:  Warner

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  16

Time:  50 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Alternative Metal

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"houdini"

Year:  1993

Label:  Warner

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  13

Time:  50 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Alternative Metal

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"bullhead"

Year:  1991

Label:  Boner

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  8

Time:  36 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Alternative Metal

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"ozma"

Year:  1989

Label:  Boner

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  18

Time:  40 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Alternative Metal

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