Refused

Summary

Refused is a musical group^[1]. Refused ranks in the top 4% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,345 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Refused was influenced by Born Against^[3].
• Refused was influenced by Fugazi^[4].
• Refused's instance of is recorded as musical group^[5].
• Refused's genre is hardcore punk^[6].
• Refused's genre is post-hardcore^[7].
• Refused's record label is recorded as Epitaph Records^[8].
• Refused's record label is recorded as Equal Vision Records^[9].
• Refused's record label is recorded as Burning Heart Records^[10].
• Refused's discography is recorded as Refused discography^[11].
• Refused's Commons category is recorded as Refused^[12].
• Refused's country of origin is recorded as Sweden^[13].
• Refused comprises Dennis Lyxzén^[14].
• 1991 marks the founding of Refused^[15].
• Refused's location of formation is recorded as Umeå^[16].
• Refused's official website is recorded as http://www.officialrefused.com/^[17].
• Refused's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Refused^[18].
• Refused's has characteristic is recorded as rock band^[19].
• Refused's start of work period is recorded as 1992^[20].
• Refused's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Refused'}^[21].
• Refused's member category is recorded as Category:Refused members^[22].
• Refused's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+36246'}^[23].
• Refused's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+36254'}^[24].
• Refused's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+35867'}^[25].
• Refused's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+35521'}^[26].

Product Details

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• Type: Group^[27]

• Country: SE^[28]

• Began / founded: 1992^[29]

• Ended / dissolved: 2025-12-21^[30]

• Genre(s): hardcore punk, post-hardcore, punk, punk rock^[31]

• Community tags: hardcore, hardcore punk, post-hardcore, punk, punk rock, swedish^[32]

• MusicBrainz ID: 42884e27-dfb8-453d-990f-2ffd90bc2d1a^[33]

Body

Founding

1991 marks the founding of Refused^[15]. Refused's location of formation is recorded as Umeå^[16].

Why It Matters

Refused ranks in the top 4% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,345 views/month).^[2] Refused has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Refused is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Refused has been cited as an influence by Fall Out Boy^[36], a musical group^[37], founded in 2001^[38] and Lostprophets^[39], a musical group^[40], founded in 1997^[41].

FAQs

Who did Refused influence?

Refused has been cited as an influence by Fall Out Boy^[36] and Lostprophets^[39].