Refused drummer David Sandström has launched an in depth assertion addressing the band’s resolution to formally name it quits, making clear that in contrast to different teams who retire solely to reunite, Refused won’t be returning.
“A number of folks have insinuated that like another bands who, within the vogue of the nice Larry David, give up with bells, whistles (and blood raining from a lacerating sky) solely to return inside a couple of years as if nothing had occurred, Refused would do the identical. Properly, we can’t, and I really feel the necessity to elucidate.
We solely broke up as soon as and it was involuntary. Most of you won’t bear in mind however on the finish of our reunion yr 2012 we stored issues ambiguous in our ultimate assertion: ‘The hatchet is buried… we’re going dwelling’, for believable deniability, as a result of we weren’t certain our try at a everlasting reunion would fly. It did, however solely to this point.,” Sandström wrote.
He defined that whereas their first breakup was involuntary, the band’s try at a everlasting reunion after 2012 solely carried them to this point. “The explanations for ending the band are legion, however the two most necessary ones are:
“Refused was by no means good for mine and Dennis‘ relationship. We each have our personal concept of what the band needs to be and the way we should always behave and by no means the twain shall meet. And we might relatively be pals than play in a well-liked band.
“A brand new band has been born throughout the band and we (Mattias, Magnus, Dennis and me) need to discover that, a band with no baggage, no followers to please, restricted solely by our wildest musical hopes and desires. We’re very enthusiastic about getting round to taming this new wild beast.”
Earlier than that subsequent chapter begins, Refused are getting ready for a ultimate run of farewell reveals. These live shows will characteristic stacked lineups of longtime pals and collaborators, together with Youth Code, Harrowed, Division of Laura Lee, Millencolin, Abhinanda, Hearth, Nix, Matti Alkberg, and plenty of extra.
Sandström described the occasions as each a celebration and a reunion of the scene that birthed Refused: “That is going to be an absolute blast of a finale. A reasonably wonderful marriage of outdated and new, of underground and established, of traditionalists and risk-takers, and nothing may sum up our band greater than this superb catalog of bands.”
Refused‘s ultimate reveals will happen this December in Umeå, Sweden, bringing an emphatic finish to the profession of one in every of punk and hardcore’s most influential bands.
10/1 Glasgow, UK SWG3
10/2 Manchester, UK O2 Victoria Warehouse
10/3 London, UK O2 Academy Brixton
10/5 Dublin, IE 3Olympia Theatre
10/7 Tilburg, NL Poppodium 013
10/8 Paris, FR Élysée Montmartre
10/9 Lille, FR L’Aéronef
10/10 Köln, DE Bürgerhaus Stollwerck
10/11 Leipzig, DE Felsenkeller
10/12 München, DE Muffathalle
10/28 Barcelona, ES Razzmatazz 1
10/29 Madrid, ES Sala Riviera
10/31 São Paulo, BR Terra SP
11/1 Palermo, AR Palermo Groove
11/3 Santiago, CL Teatro Coliseo
12/11 Göteborg, SE Pustervik (w/ Division of Laura Lee & Spøgelse)
12/12 Göteborg, SE Pustervik (w/ Rome Is Not A City & Darla)
12/13 Norrköping, SE Arbis Bar & Salong (w/ Hearth & Misplaced Religion)
12/17 Johanneshov, SE Fållan (w/ Abhinanda & Twin Pigs)
12/18 Johanneshov, SE Fållan (w/ Youth Code & Harrowed)
12/19 Umeå, SE Väven (w/ Youth Code, Millencolin & Left Hand of Darkness)
12/20 Umeå, SE Väven (w/ Hearth, Mattias Alkberg & Deppa)
12/21 Umeå, SE Väven (w/ Abhinanda, Last Exit, Nix & Dream Warriors)
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