Refused
The Refused, perhaps the most seminal force in post-punk evolution, called it quits after releasing one of the best recordings in all of punk rock’s history, The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombation In 12 Bursts. Look for a DVD released in April documenting the band’s history. Here’s the video for “New Noise” that first got me hooked on these Swedish rockers:
February 27th, 2006 at 6:41 pm
Rockin all right.
It’s funny how the ”too many syllables per line” vocal sound of hardcore was replaced by that scream. So many bands doing that timber of scream these days, or in the days after. To me it will always be the ‘Trevor scream’.
March 1st, 2006 at 8:15 pm
Goddamn right- along with Born Against, these guys were the only band to offer anything interesting in the HC realm in the past 16 or 17 years. I’ve always been partial to the rip yer head off/pull yer intestines out scream action HC, as opposed to the new gay “screamo” the kids these days are hip to. I’ve included a short list of my favorites - indulge me if you care:
1. The dude from Void 2. BF era Hank Rollins (My War side2 makes me feel warm & fuzzy) 3. Mike Dean 4. Negative Approach/LaughingHyenas dude 5. Htothefreakin’R 6. Ray of Today (even though he’s a Krishna) 7. John Joseph/Cromags 8. Crucifix/the asian dude 9. Diamond David Lee Roth (Hon. Mensch)
March 1st, 2006 at 10:02 pm
McQ still lives! Dwarfster got himself a computer and posted all up and in the 21st century!
March 2nd, 2006 at 12:10 pm
Rabbi Trevor of Athens/Portland fame? The one with the knee-cap splitting jumps? Mild mannered Clark Kent dishwasher by day, madman screamer superman by night, Trevor? I still don’t know what got into that kid. He’s gotta be in a wheelchair by now. Either that or he cruises around on a segue. Yahweh bless ‘im.
March 2nd, 2006 at 8:32 pm
Medders i am still walking but barely but yes i am still doing those jumps once a year when i get to play david yow in a jesus lizard cover band. how are things in hotlanta boys? ya’ll need to come out to portland one of these days, all is well out here just working away and shit. Well hello to all and nice to see craig on this post up with good bands on his list as well. and i do agree with how the new scremo bands are quite weak as we promote shows for most of them.
March 2nd, 2006 at 10:11 pm
’segue’, Medders? I thought my spelling was bad….. Oh I forgot, you’re French now. ‘I luv U, ghi ghi!’ btw, did you ever go to Costa Rice or what? Where’s the special ‘live report’, or you know, a BLOG or something?!?
March 2nd, 2006 at 10:34 pm
Costa Rica, god I’m such a typo-
March 3rd, 2006 at 12:50 pm
Ray of Today, hard to beat (see ‘We just might’) the only one I’d add is the duo from Blood Brothers
March 3rd, 2006 at 1:17 pm
Look it up, Pat. Segue is really a word. I haven’t gone to Costa Rica yet. The deal fell through to sell the land so my career as a mule has yet to begin. I’ll just have to keep my chops up for the fateful day. Sweet T., glad to hear you’re still doin it, man! Gary and I were just talking about you the other day. All good of course.
March 3rd, 2006 at 2:34 pm
http://www.segway.com/
Yes Medallion, it is a literary term, a word for transition, but how could T cruise around on that?
But hey I don’t want no fight wit cha, peace out man…after you’ve written your apology-
March 3rd, 2006 at 3:09 pm
Quit squabblin chillins…that’s ’squabblin’, yep…
Ray of Today gets my hall of fame vote. He was one of the first if not the first person I met in Atlanta besides the hotel clerk. Had been down here for one day and went to a Youth of Today show at the metroplex. Talked to Ray afterwards on Marietta street for about an hour about how “fucked up” southern culture was. Of course, neither of us had any idea of what we were talking about, just riffing off the sterotype…
McQ’s list is right on…Mogre, Blood Bros addition is a great call. I was trying to think of something to add:
Check it:
March 3rd, 2006 at 4:11 pm
Apology? I don’t know the meaning of the word.
March 3rd, 2006 at 11:41 pm
MUS: dude we opened for them at that show as well as Gorrilla Biscuits. He was trying to convert all the kids after the show- creepy krishna.
March 5th, 2006 at 5:43 am
Pantera, Raw Display of Power era, deserves another honorable menshen, menschion, mionsion. I remember seeing them open for MindOver4 at the Excellsior, rock and rule, chuckwagon singer was getting busy in the bathroom. They did spawn a sucky horde of wannabe cross-over bands, like Lincoln Park and I can’t remember the name of the other ones, but at the time they were original. kudos.
March 6th, 2006 at 4:51 am
Refused ain’t got nothing on these guys. Check out the scorching pipes and dynamic showmanship.
http://www.break.com/index/finalcountdown.html
March 6th, 2006 at 9:25 pm
Truely, Curt, ROCK has been redefined! How could anyone, ever, be, more in-the-moment; and translating the energy of that moment, to any mortal who deemed themself worthy to observe?
Hammer of the Gods?
Nay, Maul Of The Pantheon!