Editing Refused (section)

{{Short description|Swedish punk band}}
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{{about|the Swedish band|the album by The Residents|Refused (album)|other meanings of the word|refusal (disambiguation){{!}}refusal}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Refused
| background        = group_or_band
| image             = All four members of Refused performing live.jpg
| caption           = Refused performing at [[Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall|Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall]] in 2025
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| landscape         = yes
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| origin            = [[Umeå]], Sweden
| genre             = {{flatlist|
* [[Post-hardcore]]
* [[hardcore punk]]
* [[alternative rock]]
}}
| years_active      = {{flatlist|
* 1991–1998
* 2012
* 2014–2025
}}
| label             = {{flatlist|
* [[Spinefarm Records|Spinefarm]]
* Search and Destroy
* [[Burning Heart Records|Burning Heart]]
* [[Epitaph Records|Epitaph]]
* [[Victory Records|Victory]]
* [[Equal Vision Records|Equal Vision]]<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r257974|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
* We Bite
* Startrec
* Umeå Hardcore<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/es/Refused-Refused/release/4425969|title=Refused - Refused|website=Discogs.com|date=10 August 1992 |access-date=19 October 2019}}</ref>
}}
| spinoff_of        = [[Step Forward]]
| spinoffs          = [[Final Exit (band)|Final Exit]], [[The (International) Noise Conspiracy]], [[TEXT]], [[INVSN]], [[AC4 (band)|AC4]]
| website           = {{URL|officialrefused.com}}
| current_members   = * [[Dennis Lyxzén]]
* [[David Sandström]]
* Magnus Flagge
* [[Mattias Bärjed]]
| past_members      = * Jonas Lidgren  
* Pär Hansson  
* Henrik Jansson  
* Jon Brännström  
* Magnus Höggren 
* Ulf Nybérg
* [[Kristofer Steen]]
}}

'''Refused''' (also known as '''the Refused''')<ref name="underoath">{{cite web|access-date=27 November 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213091504/http://www.musicfaith.com/Interviews/7|archive-date=13 February 2007|title=Music Faith Exclusive {{!}} Interview with|website=Musicfaith.com|url=https://www.musicfaith.com/Interviews/7}}</ref><ref name="nick hipa">{{cite web|access-date=27 November 2017|url=https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/backstage-pass/interview-with-nick-hipa-of-as-i-lay-dying| title=Interview with Nick Hipa of As I Lay Dying|publication-date=7 August 2012 |first=Kat |last=King |website=[[Seymour Duncan|seymourduncan.com]]|date=7 August 2012 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811094414/https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/backstage-pass/interview-with-nick-hipa-of-as-i-lay-dying|archive-date=11 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="anthrax">{{cite web|access-date=2 December 2017|url=http://www.westword.com/music/scott-ian-of-anthrax-on-worship-music-comic-books-doctor-who-vh1-and-interviewing-ozzy-5713033|title=Scott Ian of Anthrax on Worship Music, comic books, Doctor Who, VH1 and interviewing Ozzy|first=Tom |last=Murphy |publication-date=18 October 2011 |website=[[Westword]]|quote=[[Scott Ian]]: [...] It's a song ["[[New Noise (song)|New Noise]]"] we've been playing, a band we love, something that's just fun for us to do. Asking what it is about the Refused I like is like asking "What is it about the food that you like?" I don't know -- I listen to their music, and they move me in a way that any music that I like moves me. I can't tell you specifically; it's just that I think they're a great band. I break music into two categories: music that moves me and music that doesn't. Genres don't mean anything to me, and the Refused makes me happy when I listen to it.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605031653/http://www.westword.com/music/scott-ian-of-anthrax-on-worship-music-comic-books-doctor-who-vh1-and-interviewing-ozzy-5713033|archive-date=5 June 2016}}</ref> is a Swedish [[hardcore punk]] 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 politics|far-left]] nature{{r|burningheart2}}{{r|allmusic}} and were for a time associated with the [[Straight edge|straight edge subculture]].

The band released their debut album ''[[This Just Might Be... the Truth]]'' in 1994. They followed this up with ''[[Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent]]'' (1996) and five EPs. In 1998, the band released ''[[The Shape of Punk to Come]]'', which expanded their sound with [[jazz]] and [[Electronic music|electronic]] influences, but was initially poorly received commercially and critically. The group shortly after disbanded during their subsequent tour. Despite limited contemporary success, Refused were influential on the development of rock music in subsequent decades.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="p carter reformation">{{cite web |author=Daniel P. Carter |author-link=Daniel P. Carter |title=My thoughts on the Refused reformation |url=https://www.rocksound.tv/blog/read/my-thoughts-on-the-refused-reformation-daniel-p-carter? |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909060304/http://www.rocksound.tv/blog/article/my-thoughts-on-the-refused-reformation-daniel-p-carter |archive-date=9 September 2012 |access-date=1 December 2017 |work=[[Rock Sound]] |publication-date=10 January 2012}}</ref>

In 2012, the band reformed and commenced [[Refused Reunion Tour|a reunion tour]], and later released further albums ''[[Freedom (Refused album)|Freedom]]'' (2015)<ref name="Lam">{{cite web|author1=Lamington23|title=Refused on lying, selling outand Taylor Swift|url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/43137/Refused-on-lying-selling-out-and-Taylor-Swift|website=FasterLouder.com.au|access-date=28 June 2015|date=24 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628081410/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/43137/Refused-on-lying-selling-out-and-Taylor-Swift|archive-date=28 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[War Music (Refused album)|''War Music'']] (2019).