In Conversation: Dennis Lyxzn of Refused
In my mind, the Refused story is still one of the most improbable hardcore success stories of all time. When I first met them in 1993, they were a band of upstart vegan straight-edge kids opening the Swedish leg of a Shelter tour I was playing on. I still don’t remember any of the other European bands we played with that year, but Refused were determined to leave an impression on us—and they did. At one point, they even invited us to a studio in Stockholm to record gang backup vocals for their debut album, This Just Might Be… the Truth, and we were so taken by their ambition that we instantly agreed. When we got there, Dennis Lyxzén put us in a booth and said, “Right here, we want you to scream ‘We’re back!’”
Ray Cappo and Porcell looked at each other and …
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