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Final Exit (band)
Final Exit was a Swedish straight edge hardcore punk, hardcore band from Umeå, formed in 1994. It was a side project made up by members of Refused and Abhinanda and was active from 1994 to 1997. History Final Exit formed in 1994 by Dennis Lyxzén (D-Rp), David Sandström (Dave Exit), Pär Hansson (SXE Guile) and Kristoffer Steen (Kid Stone). Unlike most of the band in Umeå at the time Final Exit played a more old-school hardcore influenced by band such as Sick of it All, Youth of Today and Agnostic Front instead of the more metal influenced hardcore sound of the nineties. Final Exit quickly gained a reputation as the members of the band worked on creating a myth about themselves and the Umeå hardcore scene with acts such as naming their first album "Teg" which portrayed the upperclass suburb of Teg as a rough ghetto. The members famous from their other bands took on fake aliases that they used on their records and in interviews where they often bad mouthed their real bands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umeå
Umeå ( , , , locally ; ; ; ; ) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Umeå is the largest Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Norrland and the thirteenth largest in Sweden, with a wider municipal population of 132,235 inhabitants in the beginning of 2023. When Umeå University was established in 1965, growth accelerated, and the amount of housing has doubled in 30 years from 1980 to 2010. , Umeå was gaining around 1,000 inhabitants per year and the municipality plans for having 200,000 inhabitants by 2050. The projection of municipality size in 2050 has, however, been questioned as an overestimation in an independent study. Umeå is a college town, university town and centre of education, technical and medical research in northern Sweden. The two universities located in the city, Umeå University and one of the 3 main branches of Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcore Punk
Hardcore punk (commonly abbreviated to hardcore or hXc) is a punk rock music genre#subtypes, subgenre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots can be traced to earlier punk scenes in San Francisco and Punk rock in California, Southern California which arose as a reaction against the still predominant History of the hippie movement, hippie cultural climate of the time. It was also inspired by Washington, D.C., hardcore#History, Washington, D.C., and Punk rock#New York City, New York punk rock and early proto-punk. Hardcore punk generally eschews commercialism, the established music industry and "anything similar to the characteristics of Rock music, mainstream rock" and often addresses social and political topics with "confrontational, politically charged lyrics". Hardcore sprouted underground scenes across the United States in the early 1980s, particularly in Los Angeles, San Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desperate Fight Records
Desperate Fight Records was an independent record label in existence between 1993 and 2000 in Umeå, Sweden, owned and operated by Dennis Lyxzén and Jose Saxlund. It released records by most of the bands in the huge local Straight edge hardcore scene, known collectively as Umeå Hardcore. Label discography DFR#1: Abhinanda - ''Darkness of Ignorance'' DFR#2: Various artists - ''Straight Edge as Fuck I'' DFR#3: Doughnuts - ''Equalize Nature'' DFR#4: Abhinanda - ''Senseless'' DFR#5: Shield - ''Build Me Up... Melt Me Down...'' DFR#6: Final Exit - ''Teg'' DFR#7: Purusam - ''Outbound'' DFR#8: Abhinanda - ''Neverending Well of Bliss'' DFR#9: Various artists - ''Straight Edge as Fuck II'' DFR#10: Shield - ''Vampiresongs'' DFR#11: Separation - ''5th Song'' DFR#12: Saidiwas - ''Saidiwas'' DFR#13: Purusam - ''The Way of the Dying Race'' DFR#14: Step Forward Step Forward was a Swedish hardcore punk band founded in 1989 in Umeå, Sweden by Dennis Lyxzén and his friends, To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monument Records
Monument Records is an American record label co-founded in 1958 by Fred Foster. Originally founded in Washington, D.C., the label moved to Nashville in 1960, and experienced success over the next two decades with a number of artists including Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Ray Stevens, Kris Kristofferson, Charlie McCoy, Boots Randolph, Jeannie Seely, and others. After financial struggles and bankruptcy, CBS Records acquired the Monument catalog in the 1980s. CBS successor Sony Music reactivated the label in 1997 as a country label and relaunched it in 2017. History After working in record promotions for several years, in March 1958 Fred Foster co-founded Monument Records and publishing company Combine Music with business manager Jack Kirby and well-known Baltimore disc jockey "Buddy" Deane. Founded in Washington, D.C., the label's name was inspired by the Washington Monument. For the label's first release, Foster took Billy Grammer to RCA's Nashville studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Step Forward
Step Forward was a Swedish hardcore punk band founded in 1989 in Umeå, Sweden by Dennis Lyxzén and his friends, Toft Stade, Jens Nordén and Henrik Jansson. Step Forward was one of the first hardcore punk bands in Sweden that held on to the American straight edge lifestyle. They soon released their first demo "I Am Me" and in October 1990, their second demo, "Does It Make a Difference". During their existence they played a handful of gigs, mostly in the north of Sweden where they are from. Differences of opinion on the kind of songs they wanted to play finally reached a point of no return and Step Forward was dissolved. They played their last gig in December 1991. In 1996, a Step Forward CD entitled ''It Did Make a Difference'' was released on the hardcore label Desperate Fight Records. It included the demo-recordings mentioned above as well as two of their live-sets. Although the band no longer exists, Dennis Lyxzén created a new band, Refused, in 1992, which has revolu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Refused
Refused (also known as the Refused) 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 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, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abhinanda
Abhinanda is a Swedish hardcore punk band that was active from 1992 until 1999 (with brief reunions in 2004 and from 2009 to 2010), releasing three albums. The band was part of the Umeå hardcore scene and had close ties to influential hardcore band Refused, which members formed the supergroup Final Exit, which released two albums. All members of the group were straight edge and either vegan or vegetarian. History Formation, ''Darkness of Ignorance'' and early lineup changes The band was formed in 1992 by a group of school friends (José Saxlund, Adam Nilsson, Jonas Lyxzén and Mattias Abrahamson), and began playing local shows and recording demos, taking its name from a lyric in Shelter's debut album. After around a year the group recorded its debut EP, ''Darkness of Ignorance'', released on Saxlund's own record label (run by him and Dennis Lyxzén), Desperate Fight Records. Shortly after the release of this EP, Kristofer Steen joined as a second guitarist, expanding the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AC4 (band)
AC4 was a Swedish hardcore punk band from Umeå. Refused members Dennis Lyxzén and David Sandström had been talking about starting a new band for a long time. In the spring of 2008 Karl Backman had written songs for the new band and they started to rehearse. Jens Nordén had played with Lyxzén in pre-Refused straight edge hardcore band Step Forward (1987–1991) and since 1990 with Backman in punk band The Vectors. The "AC" in the name is the regional code for the Västerbotten province where Umeå is located. The first show was at a squat on Parkgatan in Umeå on 5 May 2008. In May 2008 someone posted a live song on YouTube. It got on Kerrang's playlist and had over 14,000 hits the first week. They performed at Storsjöyran and Umeå Punkfest in 2008. In 2009 they performed at Way Out West Festival and released the self-titled debut album on Lyxzén's label Ny Våg. In 2010 their European tour took them around their native Sweden, as well as Norway, Denmark, Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Sandström
David Sandström (born 2 January 1975) is a Swedish musician best known as the drummer for the hardcore punk group Refused. After Refused first broke up in 1998, he and the other members worked on a project entitled TEXT and released one album. Later, he went on to do solo work. In 2008, he formed the hardcore band AC4 with Refused frontman Dennis Lyxzén, playing bass guitar. Sandström said that, before Refused formed, he was a "glue-sniffing death metal Death metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep death growl, growling vocals; aggressive ... kid" but eventually a fan of Step Forward, the embryo of Refused. As Step Forward called it quits and the friendship between Sandström and Dennis Lyxzén grew stronger, Lyxzén took him home and made him listen to Youth of Today's '' We're Not in This Alone'' album over an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Lyxzén
Sven Olov Dennis Lyxzén (born June 19, 1972) is a Swedish singer, best known as the lead vocalist for the influential hardcore punk band Refused, as well as the bands INVSN and Fake Names. He is also a former member of bands including AC4, Step Forward, Final Exit, and The (International) Noise Conspiracy, and co-founded the record labels Ny Våg and Desperate Fight Records. Career Refused Following a stint in the short-lived hardcore band Step Forward, Lyxzén formed Refused in 1991 with drummer David Sandström, guitarist Pär Hansson, and bassist Jonas Lindgren. They released three studio albums, '' This Just Might Be... the Truth'' (1994), ''Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent'' (1996), and ''The Shape of Punk to Come'' (1998), the latter of which was heavily influential on later bands but a commercial and critical failure upon release, and the group disbanded that same year. In March 2010, there were rumours that Refused would be reuniting after a 12 years hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristofer Steen
Kristofer Steen (born June 26, 1974) is a Swedish musician, who was the guitarist for hardcore punk band Refused. He directed '' Refused Are Fucking Dead'', a 2006 documentary charting the demise of Refused in 1998. After Refused's demise, Steen formed a band called TEXT with fellow Refused guitarist Jon Brännström and Refused drummer David Sandström, as well as embarking upon his own projects. Steen was also involved in the bands Brain Squashed Puppies, Abhinanda and Final Exit. Refused reunited to perform at Coachella 2012. Discography With Abhinanda *''Senseless'' (1994) With Refused *'' Everlasting (EP)'' (1995) *''Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent'' (1996) *''The Shape of Punk to Come'' (1998) *''Freedom Freedom is the power or right to speak, act, and change as one wants without hindrance or restraint. Freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy in the sense of "giving oneself one's own laws". In one definition, something is "free" i ...'' (2015) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Johansson (drummer)
Anders Johansson (born 25 May 1962) is a Swedish musician, best known as the former drummer of HammerFall and Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force. He currently plays in the power metal band Tungsten. He is the son of jazz pianist Jan Johansson, and brother of Stratovarius and Rainbow keyboardist Jens Johansson. Biography Anders Johansson was born in Stockholm. He and his mum and younger brother later moved to Malmö after his father died in a car accident. The first instrument he played was the piano, but at the age of 14, after a bicycle accident, he switched to drums. From 1979 through 1982 he attended an electronics engineering school. In 1984 he moved to the United States to join his brother Jens in Yngwie Malmsteen's band. He recorded five albums and made five world tours with Malmsteen. After that, he worked with a huge number of artists, including bassist Jonas Hellborg, Benny Jansson, and with his brother Jens (as "The Johansson Brothers"). He initially joined HammerFal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
