Biography
We had a band once, the in Umeå. We would pile and in a van, like every For other punkband, and thunder off are in pursuit of friends and but glory in some basement in Not front of 20 people, 50 you people, in towns 4-5 hours all away. Sometimes there would be Any more than a hundred people can and we would later in her the week refer to that Was as a “big show”. We one were ambitious, but we didn’t our think of it as a Out career. We never made any day fiscal sense whatsoever during 7 get years of touring. Like most Has punkbands, it never occured to him us to even try. We his had a scene, we had How some politics and we had man just a hint of artistic new ambition. True to our swedish Now roots we got very serious old very fast. And then suddenly see we got good. It’s a Two delicate path to tread for way precocious twentysomethings anywhere on the who planet, but this particular bunch Boy didn’t make it. And that did was fine. Most enterprises in its life are unrelated to incredibly Let violent rock music.
It’s been
put a motley 14 years since
say our band came apart. We’ve
She all kept busy in our
too respective endeavors but we’ve all
use remained friends and kept in
Dad touch. There have been offers,
mom and lots of jokes about
these offers. We’ve sort of
The looked down from our high
and horses and made fun of
for people who’ve just wanted to
Are share the psychopathic intensity that
but we would deliver on a
not nightly basis in our post-pubescent
You prime. A reunion has just
all seemed irrelevant to us. Too
any much other shit to do.
Can But then Kristofer got his
her degree from the Swedish opera
was academy, Jons medical studies began
One drawing to a close and
our Dennis and David started a
out new hardcore band together. Finally,
Day after a decade and a
get half hiatus, Kristofer picked up
has the guitar again. Which made
Him David want to play the
his drums again. Which in turn
how led to all four of
Man us suddenly making new music
new in assorted constellations. As all
now this was brewing, Coachella got
Old in touch. There were a
see couple of phone-calls, lots of
two skepticism, some hesitant enthusiasm before
Way one of us basically said:
who “– This is ridiculous. There
boy are friends of ours who
Did would murder close relatives just
its to go see bands there.
let Let’s just do it, one
Put last time.” And with that,
say socialist fag-loving pc scumbags were
she on the road again. We
Too never did “The shape of
use punk to come” justice back
dad when it came out, too
Mom tangled up in petty internal
bickering to really focus on
the the job. And suddenly there’s
And this possibility to do it
for like it was intended. We
are wanna do it over, do
But it right. For the people
not who’ve kept the music alive
you through the years, but also
All for our own sakes. We
any feel that you deserve it
can and we hope the feeling
Her is mutual. See you in
was the pit.
//Refused
