REFUSED are dead. They spent their last
year in existence touring godforsaken hellholes scattered around the western
world. This is their testament.
In 1997 REFUSED wrote and recorded their
farewell record, the seminal The Shape Of Punk To Come, hailed by many
as an undisputed masterpiece of the genre.
Years of intensive touring
were finally paying off some and yet within the band there brooded a feeling of
bitter fatigue. Weary and tired REFUSED
dutifully put on a series of uninspired performances, grinding what little
energy they still possessed down to nothing.
When the police officers
finally forced their way through the crowd at their very last show with the
intention to shut it down, it seemed a fitting end to a story of revolutionary
romanticism and merry rebellion.
However, the band members felt liberated
as well as conflicted by the intervention, far from the defiant emotions of
their audience.
In this undaunted documentary, REFUSED guitarist Kristofer Steen
retraces the steps of how punk rock’s brave new sound forged its way through
the swamps and swill on their last campaign in Europe and America, rushing like
mad dogs to meet with their inevitable doom.
Also includes exclusive
live-footage from The Shape Of Punk To
Come era!
