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==Legacy== Refused profoundly affected the development of rock music at the turn of the twenty-first century, despite the fact that very few people supported them when they were active.<ref name="p carter reformation"/> According to [[Vice (magazine)|''Vice'']], they "stood at the nexus of modern punk, incorporating all of its subgenres into one scattered but neat package", putting "the risk back into punk and hardcore by making it unexpected again."<ref name="popsongs"/> David Anthony of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' described ''The Shape of Punk to Come'' as "an undisputed classic that served as a rallying cry for bands longing to incorporate sounds from outside the walls of aggressive music."<ref name=":0">{{cite web|access-date=29 November 2017|url=https://www.avclub.com/with-freedom-refused-tries-to-kill-its-legacy-1798184218|title=With Freedom, Refused tries to kill its legacy|first=David |last=Anthony|publication-date=30 June 2015 |website=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=30 June 2015 }}</ref> Author [[Gabriel Kuhn]] states that Refused "became the flagship of a remarkably strong vegan straight edge movement that engulfed Sweden throughout the 1990s" with "witty manifestos" and "performances" that "challenged many of the scene's standards".{{sfn|Kuhn|2010|p=53}} Among the artists who cite Refused as an influence are [[Linkin Park]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=29 November 2017|url=https://www.yahoo.com/music/blogs/yahoo-music/linkin-park-seek-original-sound-hunting-party-183836270.html|title=Linkin Park Seek Original Sound for 'The Hunting Party'|first=Jon|last=Wiederhorn|publication-date=25 June 2014|location=Los Angeles, California|work=[[Yahoo! Music]]|date=25 June 2014 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171129032255/https://www.yahoo.com/music/blogs/yahoo-music/linkin-park-seek-original-sound-hunting-party-183836270.html|archive-date=29 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=29 November 2017|title=[AltWire Interview] Chester Bennington – "We'll Be Playing Some Songs That We Haven't Played Before…"|publication-date=12 March 2015|first=Derek|last=Oswald|website=Altwire.net|date=13 March 2015|url=https://www.altwire.net/2015/03/12/altwire-interview-chester-bennington/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150318232425/http://www.altwire.net/2015/03/12/altwire-interview-chester-bennington/|archive-date=18 March 2015}}</ref> [[Duff McKagan]] of [[Velvet Revolver]] and [[Guns N' Roses]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2 December 2017|url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/playlists/under-the-influence-duff-mckagan|title=Under the Influence: Duff McKagan |first=Duff |last=McKagan |publication-date=5 October 2012|website=[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]|quote=Duff McKagan: [...] If you listen to [[Contraband (Velvet Revolver album)|the first Velvet Revolver record]], all we were listening to was ''The Shape of Punk to Come''. We have this song called Illegal Eye and that riff at the beginning came about after cranking Refused in rehearsal.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328015221/http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/playlists/under-the-influence-duff-mckagan|archive-date=28 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2 December 2017|url=http://archive.seattleweekly.com/music/duffmckagan/918664-129/duffmckagan|title=Duff McKagan: Refused Aren't Dead, They're Killing!|first=Duff|last=McKagan|publication-date=6 September 2012|website=[[Seattle Weekly]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171202064023/http://archive.seattleweekly.com/music/duffmckagan/918664-129/duffmckagan|archive-date=2 December 2017}}</ref> [[Sum 41]],<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=di Perna |first1=Alan |title=Sum 41: Blow Up |magazine=[[Guitar World]] |date=December 2004|publication-date=13 November 2008 |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/sum-41-blow|access-date=2 March 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=27 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027170728/https://www.guitarworld.com/features/sum-41-blow}}</ref> [[Tom DeLonge]] and [[Mark Hoppus]] of [[Blink-182]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=28 November 2017|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1452089/blink-182s-tom-delonge-salutes-his-roots-on-new-album/|title=Blink-182's Tom DeLonge Salutes His Roots On New Album|website=[[MTV.com]]|first=Corey|last=Moss|publication-date=31 January 2002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150308064524/http://www.mtv.com/news/1452089/blink-182s-tom-delonge-salutes-his-roots-on-new-album/|archive-date=8 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=28 November 2017|title=blink-182: no ''jacket'' required|website=[[MTV.com]]|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/b/blink01/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104230934/http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/b/blink01/|archive-date=4 November 2012}}</ref> [[AFI (band)|AFI]],<ref>{{cite magazine|access-date=28 November 2017|title=AFI|publication-date=11 February 2003|first=Edd|last=Baldry|publisher=[[Last Hours]]|magazine=Rancid News|issue=1|quote=[[Davey Havok]]: [...] But Refused were a great band. I mean when '''Songs to fan the Flames''' came out that was… I mean '''[[Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes|Shut Your Mouth Open Your Eyes]]''' wouldn't have been the same if it hadn't been for Refused (laughs) they were hugely inspirational. It was very cool being able to play with them!|url=http://www.archive.lasthours.org.uk/interviews/afi/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171128035853/http://www.archive.lasthours.org.uk/interviews/afi/|archive-date=28 November 2017}}</ref> [[Papa Roach]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=28 November 2017|url=http://www.metal-rules.com/metalnews/2010/12/27/papa-roach-guitarist-jerry-horton/|title=PAPA ROACH – guitarist Jerry Horton|location=Helsinki, Finland|website=[[Metal Rules]]|date=15 November 2010|publication-date=27 December 2010|first=Marko|last=Syrjala|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171128031218/http://www.metal-rules.com/metalnews/2010/12/27/papa-roach-guitarist-jerry-horton/|archive-date=28 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=28 November 2017|url=http://loudwire.com/papa-roach-face-everything-and-rise-video-tour-seether-more/|website=[[Loudwire]]|title=Papa Roach Talk 'Face Everything and Rise' Video, Tour With Seether + More|first=Chad |last=Childers|date=22 December 2014 |publication-date=22 December 2014}}</ref> [[Tim McIlrath]] of [[Rise Against]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2011/02/rise-againsts-mcilrath-influential-music-books/|title=Rise Against's McIlrath on Influential Music, Books|first=Kevin|last=O'Donnell|publication-date=18 February 2011|access-date=28 November 2017|website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=18 February 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171128025902/https://www.spin.com/2011/02/rise-againsts-mcilrath-influential-music-books/|archive-date=28 November 2017}}</ref> [[Underoath]],<ref name="underoath"/> [[Enter Shikari]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=6 March 2018|url=http://themicmagazine.co.uk/2017/10/10/interview-enter-shikari/|first=Luke |last=Barnard|title=Interview: Enter Shikari|publication-date=10 October 2017| url-status=live | archive-date=6 March 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180306080123/http://themicmagazine.co.uk/2017/10/10/interview-enter-shikari/}}</ref> [[the Used]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=28 November 2017|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/the_used_rhythm_is_the_illusion_to_music_and_to_everything.html|title=The Used: 'Rhythm Is The Illusion To Music And To Everything'|publication-date =13 June 2012 |first=Steven |last=Rosen|website=[[Ultimate Guitar Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=28 November 2017|url=http://mindequalsblown.net/interviews/the-used-interview-dan-whitesides-8-28-2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022234933/http://mindequalsblown.net/interviews/the-used-interview-dan-whitesides-8-28-2009|url-status=usurped|archive-date=22 October 2015|title=Interview: The Used|first=Mat |last=Colwell|date=29 August 2009 |website=Mindequalsblown.net}}</ref> [[Every Time I Die]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=28 November 2017|url=http://crypticrock.com/interview-keith-buckley-of-every-time-i-die/|publication-date=29 August 2014 |title=Interview – Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die|website=Crypticrock.com |first=Frank |last=Malerba |date=29 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=28 November 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxAnOs16IBg|format=video|title=Every Time I Die // Favourite Albums (Ep. 26)|publication-date=7 October 2014|publisher=Backstage Broadcast}}</ref> [[Norma Jean (band)|Norma Jean]],<ref>{{cite magazine|access-date=6 March 2018|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tru_LMeiZNEC&pg=PA23|page=23|publication-date=20 January 2003|date=August 2002|title=Five questions with... Daniel Davison of Norma Jean!|magazine=[[CMJ New Music Report]]|first=Amy |last=Sciarretto|issue=797|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180305081125/https://books.google.com/books?id=tru_LMeiZNEC&pg=PA23|archive-date=5 March 2018}}</ref> [[Showbread (band)|Showbread]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2 December 2017|title=Interview with Showbread lead singer Josh Dies|first=Bruce |last=Moore |publication-date=21 September 2009 |website=Puregrainaudio.com|url=http://puregrainaudio.com/interviews/showbread|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925144213/http://puregrainaudio.com/interviews/showbread|archive-date=25 September 2009}}</ref> [[La Dispute (band)|La Dispute]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=27 November 2017|format=video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BZKsPndaIU|title=La Dispute Interview|website=FromTheGarage.net|time=4:08}}</ref> [[Nick Hipa]] of [[As I Lay Dying (band)|As I Lay Dying]],<ref name="nick hipa"/> Derek E. Miller of [[Poison the Well (band)|Poison the Well]] and [[Sleigh Bells (band)|Sleigh Bells]],<ref name="Was Refused's The Shape Of Punk To Come Actually The Shape Of Punk To Come?">{{cite web |last1=Lyons |first1=Patrick |title=Was Refused's The Shape Of Punk To Come Actually The Shape Of Punk To Come? |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2020358/refused-shape-of-punk-to-come-turns-20/franchises/sounding-board/ |website=[[Stereogum]] |date=26 October 2018 |access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref> [[Geoff Rickly]] of [[Thursday (band)|Thursday]], [[United Nations (band)|United Nations]] and [[No Devotion]],<ref name="Was Refused's The Shape Of Punk To Come Actually The Shape Of Punk To Come?" /> [[Marcos Curiel]] of [[P.O.D.]] and [[Daylight Division]],<ref name="Was Refused's The Shape Of Punk To Come Actually The Shape Of Punk To Come?" /> [[Jeremy Bolm]] of [[Hesitation Wounds]] and [[Touché Amoré]],<ref name="Was Refused's The Shape Of Punk To Come Actually The Shape Of Punk To Come?" /> Zachary Garren of [[Dance Gavin Dance]] and [[Strawberry Girls]],<ref name="Was Refused's The Shape Of Punk To Come Actually The Shape Of Punk To Come?" /> Chris Teti of [[the World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die]],<ref name="Was Refused's The Shape Of Punk To Come Actually The Shape Of Punk To Come?" /> [[the New Transit Direction]],<ref name="Was Refused's The Shape Of Punk To Come Actually The Shape Of Punk To Come?" /> [[the Bloody Beetroots]],<ref name="Was Refused's The Shape Of Punk To Come Actually The Shape Of Punk To Come?" /> [[Justin Beck]] of [[Glassjaw]] and [[Sons of Abraham]],<ref name="Was Refused's The Shape Of Punk To Come Actually The Shape Of Punk To Come?" /> [[Robin Staps]] of [[the Ocean (band)|the Ocean]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=6 March 2018|url=http://mega-metal.de/interviews/2008/the-ocean.html|language=de|website=Mega-metal.de|title=Interview: THE OCEAN|first=Siegfried |last=Wehkamp|location=Osnabrück, Germany|date=27 March 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819135217/http://mega-metal.de/interviews/2008/the-ocean.html|archive-date=19 August 2016}}</ref> [[the Bled]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://myspace.com/thebled|title=THE BLED|website=[[MySpace]]|access-date=5 March 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050205064834/https://myspace.com/thebled|archive-date=5 February 2005}}</ref> Thomas Williams of [[Stray from the Path]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=6 March 2018|url=https://substreammagazine.com/2017/09/stray-from-the-path-interview/|title=We're all temporary: A conversation with Stray From The Path|first=James |last=Shotwell |publication-date=27 September 2017|website=Substream Magazine|date=27 September 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306081517/https://substreammagazine.com/2017/09/stray-from-the-path-interview/|archive-date=6 March 2018}}</ref> [[Brandon Kellum]] of [[American Standards]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=6 March 2018|url=https://shetalksmusic.com/2017/12/06/american-standards-interview/|title=American Standards – Interview|author=Rachel|publication-date= 6 December 2017|website=Shetalksmusic.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114020234/https://shetalksmusic.com/2017/12/06/american-standards-interview/|archive-date=14 January 2018}}</ref> and [[Jonathan Boulet]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=6 March 2018|url=http://theorangepress.net/2011/08/qa-jonathon-boulet/|title=Q&A: Jonathan Boulet|publication-date=4 August 2011 |website=Theorangepress.net |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824043313/http://theorangepress.net/2011/08/qa-jonathon-boulet/|archive-date=24 August 2011}}</ref> The song "H. Ledger" from [[letlive.]]'s album ''[[Fake History]]'' is a "homage" to Refused because the band felt that they "didn't receive proper recognition until they were no longer active."<ref>{{cite web|access-date=28 November 2017|title=Interviews: Letlive.|url=http://www.punknews.org/article/46786/interviews-letlive|first=Faye|last=Turnbull|location=Newcastle, United Kingdom|website=Punknews.org|date=2 April 2012 |publication-date=2 April 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131104182208/http://www.punknews.org/article/46786/interviews-letlive|archive-date=4 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=28 November 2017|website=[[Rock Sound]]|title=Exclusive: Letlive 'Fake History' Album Track By Track|publication-date=6 April 2011|first=Jason|last=Butler|author-link=Jason Aalon Butler|url=https://www.rocksound.tv/features/read/exclusive-letlive-fake-history-album-stream-and-track-by-track|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171128045222/https://www.rocksound.tv/features/read/exclusive-letlive-fake-history-album-stream-and-track-by-track|archive-date=28 November 2017}}</ref> British musician [[Frank Turner]] stated that ''The Shape of Punk to Come'' "shaped my musical path as a musician for a long time" and his group, [[Million Dead]], took their name from a line in the Refused's song "The Apollo Programme was a Hoax".<ref>{{cite web|access-date=28 November 2017|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/frank-turner-the-records-that-changed-my-life|page=7|title=Frank Turner: the records that changed my life|website=[[MusicRadar]]|first=Rich |last=Chamberlain |date=10 May 2017|publication-date=10 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/frank-turners-ten-favorite-hardcore-records/|title=Frank Turner's Ten Favorite Hardcore Records|first=Dan |last=Ozzi|publication-date=28 May 2014|publisher=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|website=Noisey.vice.com|date=28 May 2014 |access-date=19 October 2019}}</ref> Pop punk band [[Paramore]] were inspired by the song "Liberation Frequency" and quoted a line of it on their 2007 song "[[Born for This (Paramore song)|Born for This]]".<ref>{{cite web|last=Jamieson|first=Sarah |url=http://www.organised-sound.com/v2/interviews/1009/ |title=Organised-Sound interview with Paramore |location=Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England|website=Organised-sound.com |date=2 September 2007 |access-date=2 December 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111031621/http://www.organised-sound.com/v2/interviews/1009/|archive-date=11 January 2009}}</ref> Other artists have been quoted expressing admiration for their work are [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]],<ref name="anthrax"/> [[Steve Aoki]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=1 December 2017|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/steve-aoki-top-hardcore-straight-edge/|title=We Asked Steve Aoki About His Favorite Hardcore and Straight Edge Albums on Ian MacKaye's Birthday|publication-date=16 April 2015|website=Noisey.vice.com|publisher=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|first=Rod |last=Glacial|date=16 April 2015 }}</ref> and [[Ben Weinman]] of [[the Dillinger Escape Plan]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=6 March 2018|title=THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN (usa) - Ben Weinman (Avril-2013/VF-EV)|date=April 2013|publication-date=6 July 2013|website=Metal-impact.com|url=http://www.metal-impact.com/index.php?name=Interviews&req=showcontent&id=519|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180130105540/http://www.metal-impact.com/index.php?name=Interviews&req=showcontent&id=519|archive-date=30 January 2018}}</ref>
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