REFUSED - Rather Be Dead (Official Video)

Official music video by Refused
Taken from the Album "Songs to fan the flames of discontent"
(1996 Startracks)
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[@christophercraft8236]

These guys spent the night in my house when they were touring the US - I want to say it was 96. Good dudes.

[@rolfanderson3925]

Fucking incredible. What where they like before Shape of Punk?

[@danilogutierrez3586]

Amazing ❤

[@jacobewing5556]

The drummer so good he can make a 3 piece sound like a 8 piece

[@fabioenchalada8972]

Ikr

[@Demention94]

Yep

[@shanebagwell253]

Big deal alcohol can do that too. 😂

[@ontheline3077]

Yep. Bloody atomic clock))

[@joshvaclavik4003]

So true......even my dad said it........back then

[@j.dwillesen7063]

I like to believe that this is what John Connor really got up to after Terminator 2, being the lead singer of a band like this, I could see it.

[@alexandreguerra9047]

HAhaha

[@redherronrecords]

According to Terminator: Dark Fate he ended up as a poorly implemented plot device in a dogshit movie.

[@danielharrison8238]

Punk singer. Punk resistance leader.

[@j.dwillesen7063]

@@redherronrecords I come from a timeline where that movie doesn't exist.

[@tompowers4013]

@@j.dwillesen7063 I just arrived and i want to travel back.

[@shaunphagoo1715]

I am so mad that I am only now discovering this in 2020

[@naturaljourney2431]

Agreed I woulda been blasting this

[@spencerb9998]

Better late than never, right? Long live Refused!

[@eduardolopez7670]

Lucky for you, they’re still touring, making music, and even playing old songs. I remember I bought a ticket back in 2014 when I heard they were coming back.

[@cristhiantv]

It was my last concert before COVID 🥲

[@a3ther637]

Same, me after playing cyberpunk

[@EmporioZuagroast]

I'm somewhat bummed that I had never heard refused back in 1996. This song and this album would have changed my teenage self's life.

[@jeanlundi2141]

Well, your [inser current age]-self also deserves inspiring music.

[@Originalchubbz77]

The more and more I hear of these guys the more I realized Keanu wasn't even needed in Cyberpunk. Just have this lead singer be the voice actor too lol. This dude is the real life Johnny Silverhand through and through

[@VVVHHHSSS]

It’s funny bc Johnny is from Texas and Sven is Swedish, would be awesome.

[@jspence8863]

Go outside Live life before you can't anymore If all you can relate to is a video game when listening to this song Then you NEED to Go to a concert Go to a show Start a band with your friends or just go outside and break something that doesn't belong to you Honestly wtf is with this generation?????

[@VVVHHHSSS]

@@jspence8863 lmao, chill out, my dude. Refused was featured music in that game, people are going to talk about it, if you can’t handle that get off KZbin and go touch grass yourself.

[@levanane2413]

​@@jspence8863 Ye, what's up with this generation who doesn't want to go outside and randomly break stuff ? God, I wish that spirit of breaking stuff for breaking stuff, which the punk movement is so famously known for /s, was still out there.

[@curtismills8838]

Lol, but Keanu funded a lot of the game, his motorcycle company is even in the game "Arch motorcycles" but this guy is as cool as Johnny for sure

[@n78966969696896]

Damn. Cant believe I have been under a rock this whole time and never heard of Refused before until I decided to find out who made the Cyberpunk songs in game... You guys are kick ass!

[@B1tterAndThenSome]

I LOVE that people are getting into Refused in 2023 because of Cyberpunk.

[@michaelstarratt4868]

@@B1tterAndThenSome I wholeheartedly agree.

[@cookiezx3478]

True! Same for me XD This Band is a Gem!

[@JacobSever]

This band shaped my high school fashion style, music taste, and overall interests. And nearly 25 years later...it's still one of the heaviest songs I've ever heard.

[@emmaejwertzmusic6931]

My punk band wild cherry opened for them in my hometown Halmstad Sweden when I was 15 years old. Someone through meat on stage and Dennis got really mad,

[@VVVHHHSSS]

Same dude, listened to this waiting for the bus

[@danorott]

@@emmaejwertzmusic6931 woah, I’d love to play a show with Dennis.

[@jeanjacqueslundi3502]

Cringe. Only normies emulate musicians fashion style.

[@1dog915]

@@jeanjacqueslundi3502 your comment is equally as cringe sorry

[@posisteve]

I could watch this on repeat for months

[@GreeVince247]

Salute to one of the founding fathers of all things Hardcore.

[@powertrip6426]

The shape of punk to come changed many of our lives. They are legends !

[@erlineandrews]

I love the way they look so pale and fragile but are making hardcore music.

[@drachenfriedhof]

ever seen them live on stage? :D

[@heinrichbinreino4536]

Well, they are vegans...

[@tomholais6413]

Just normal dudes playing good HC music, not some testosterone fueled wannabe tough guys.

[@janedoex8345]

ever seen converge's lead singer?

[@puglosipher1666]

Fuck the norm

[@davideiringonzalez9674]

Rather be dead than alive by your oppression Rather be dead than alive by your design Poisoned my fingers Burned out my eyes Cut down my throat To be alive Rather be dead than alive by your social values Rather be dead than alive by your tradition Poisoned my fingers Burned out my eyes Cut down my throat To be alive Rather be alive Rather be alive Rather be alive Rather be alive Rather be alive Rather be alive Rather be Rather be alive Rather be alive Rather be Rather be alive Rather be alive Poisoned my fingers Burned out my eyes Cut down my throat

[@ScottQ1]

always thought it was but you refuse to be alive

[@wendiplays]

25+ years later this still fucks

[@hannahbella1594]

RATHER BE ALIVE!!! Seeing this live is incredible.

[@irvinucan3275]

How have I never heard this... One of the best lead singers ever...

[@rahawk69]

Irvin Ucan If you weren’t a teenager in the 90’s then you’re excused.

[@dearkazuscorner2549]

I saw them in Barcelona in 97! Fucking amazing! Saw them again last month...still fucking amazing!

[@editsanddrawings1458]

this is pure energy man...raw power...

[@justinclark7888]

4real

[@jummycommander]

where are the views....?...my god this is classic

[@levigriffin4314]

A lot of older music blew up on Myspace and MTV back in the day before KZbin. Then when KZbin took over as the main music video platform a lot of the bands fell out of public eye. This video probably has a lot more views but on older platforms when it came out.

[@gov.joshdoria1812]

@@levigriffin4314 it's settled then

[@jerickp.1535]

Heaviest telecaster ever

[@randerins]

Wow. Just listening to this for the first time. What a badass crossover of genres. Ahead of it's time!

[@letmetrade6804]

This is Straight Edge

[@posisteve]

made my day seeing this for 1st time

[@winkinggerbil]

They're chippin in for cyberpunk 2077!

[@gazzy_burns]

These guys CHANGED punk and hardcore.

[@BrownistKidUKnow]

While green day was doing water down POP punk music, THESE GUYS CARRIED THE TORCH OF FUCKING HARDCORE

[@ultramutt3645]

DOOKIE was good.

[@xyvxyethe5584]

@@ultramutt3645 was

[@candideggplant1575]

@@ultramutt3645 Kerplunk, Nimrod, Insomniac, American Idiot and Dookie were good, but different styles of punk. I like a bit of Green Day every now and then but Refused were doing something entirely different.

[@letmetrade6804]

@@candideggplant1575 this is Straight Edge,they were on two Victory Style compilations

[@tigerpussy3957]

I saw them last night in Vancouver. 2020 and the message is more relevant than ever.

[@robprice85]

Love this album . All the fuss is about ‘The Shape of Punk...’ but this album is just as good in my opinion , just in a different way.

[@bigE35094]

No way

[@VVVHHHSSS]

All their albums are pretty good, but year, this one hits a little more like a Converge album or something. I love SoPtC, but it’s kinda bloated at points.

[@trzztrzz2477]

fogudondon frigitely y adizo

[@theaspiration]

I agree with the OP in every way. Both are standout records. They both show and refine the same ideas. TSOPTC doesn't happen without its predecessor.

[@candideggplant1575]

Songs is more straightforward hardcore with a little more earth crisis ish vibes going on, whereas shape is really pushing the envelope and boundaries of what punk is, means, or could be. Both are great at what they do, this one is a little more subdued but still heavy, whereas Shape went balls out

[@thesoldierofqku]

2020 and i'm here!

[@LosMuertosNegros]

It took me this long... but I am finally here.... I've been missing out.

[@lonniewiley1356]

100 % ! This is very truly amazing music. But that is just my opinion.

[@dirtswimmer]

Better late than never, welcome.

[@jakec7613]

It's coming, when the world burns we'll hear this

[@alexpressure944]

since 95

[@heightenedsenses9605]

Wow so intense 😮

[@justinclark7888]

The refused kicks serious ass

[@hirsebrei1974]

ich habe refused anfang 90´er im Jugendzentum Süd im Hamm mit 108 gesehen..vergesse ich nie..

[@moeb1us]

ich irgendwann im ajz in bielefeld. ebenso unvergessen. allerdings später als sie gerade the shape of punk rausbrachten. hat uns weggeblasen muss ich ehrlich sagen. fuck

[@BADCATMEDIA]

The "Slipknot" before Slipknot existed. Refused will furever be in my heart.

[@kattihatt]

Slipknot are loosers compared to refused.

[@Martails]

it's amazing

[@svobodasimon1185]

Just saw them live great.

[@andrewlacey9710]

You might be 14 coming across this song and you colud be french/english/nordic or slav. I'm English and came across this as at 16. Seven years before I was a bank manager. I love this band. I don't neccasirly think Marxism is a legitmate form of goverment. But The shape of punk to come is thw unbeaten and this is the preccusor. Don't let anyone guide your path. The shape of punk to come tells you everything you need to know and the song 'The deadly rythem' is unbeaten by even this band. Keep doing you mate wherever you are x

[@pladisc]

BAD ASS JAM.

[@pladisc]

Killer! These dudes jam.

[@jasonpeters9716]

Had Refused DVD in Navy after boot camp in 2005. I turned all these guys onto them at A School.

[@richiedagger733]

Totally addicted to this song.

[@coldwar1977]

Telecastercore!

[@petegiant]

Telecasters to the face!!

[@raw820]

This is power man

[@endlessgrind6951]

That was hardcore as fuck definitely did not expect that thought it was sunny day real estate.

[@joepizzoni4370]

a gem

[@kit4626]

Epic. Thx

[@alex_belmont]

Teacher: leaves biology class for a few minutes Me and the boys:

[@francoispetitpain7770]

pure energie.....

[@RedGoldGreen-Dub]

Freaking great song 👊🏻😎

[@tompowers4013]

Black Flag Old SChool all the way!

[@Vivian-bk4nd]

Sick

[@Airfryerbath]

It’s cool some game made people realize how good refused are after all these years. If you’re new, check out new noise, liberation frequency, summer holidays

[@meanmachine3453]

IMAGINE dressing so sharply and setting the standards for all Deftones records after Adrenaline.

[@jasonpeters9716]

? DEFTONES were still b4 this. U make 0 sense

[@jasonpeters9716]

Adrenaline is Deftones best album. 1994

[@JHallDaBoss]

Very influential.

[@joshuamcconnell3627]

this song is so dope live

[@martijnblokzijl1350]

This song reminds me of Abhinanda a lot! (one of my first HC albums) Edit: dit not now Kristofer played in Abhinanda awesome. Gotta be his riffs

[@kcjones6034]

Great song

[@kdcblinky5165]

I’m 18 and the year is 2022 when I’m discovering this. Why the fuck wasn’t I from this time period?!?! I’m a drummer and have been playing for about 3 years now. THIS is what I wanna be like

[@SavvyMuhon]

Hey man what’s important is you’ve found it now! I didn’t find them until I was 14 back in 2007 and their bass player inspired me. You can do it!!

[@apan8783]

I’m 18 and discovered them this summer too, i cant believe i hadnt heard of dennis lyxzén before

[@candideggplant1575]

I barely got into them like last year at 20, the drumming and guitar playing, the bass and lyrics are just something else. They really changed the way I viewed hardcore/heavy guitars in general.

[@jasonpeters9716]

Cuz Yo GenX is best. EVERYTHING good in Rock? Was done by 1995

[@oskarRrsennn]

sencillamente brutal.

[@paherbst524]

its hard to believe that this is the band that brought us the shape of punk to come

[@bigE35094]

Yeah for real

[@IFDIgital]

@@tompowers4013 bruh did you listen to the album

[@tompowers4013]

@@IFDIgital Touch me, don't touch me bwo!

[@VVVHHHSSS]

Nah, all their albums rule, like they’re just as good here.

[@dim2181]

Мощно

[@andrade2129]

I love this long intros

[@johnqdarwin]

sonic perfection.

[@user-ob1tq1ck6j]

1996

[@foxeppuxati8]

Double tele 🤟🤟

[@nathonbryant4454]

U all got old punk soles! Love this shit!

[@Black25284]

cool song

[@aim__freakz8499]

Yes sir

[@agustinwerfi4705]

Denle un guiso a estos pibes.

[@prnst]

OMG i've been searching for this for 20 years ! Lost the tape and band name on a party late 90's ffs, so happy i found these guys again, also LOL@ 1:23

[@redherronrecords]

The old OG downloading... people taking your good tapes/CD's at a party.

[@titogiforce]

all song from this band = Cyberpunk 2077 Fan Playlist! F Yeah! BURN Baby!

[@BrutusBongo]

I bet you're a capitalist

[@Psy1-1]

NEVER FADE AWAY!

[@CaioFelipekingpotato]

@@BrutusBongo what's the of being capitalist?

[@jayybirdberg6545]

Refused are Gods

[@JohnnySilverwrench]

Refused don't need cyberpunk and cyberpunk didn't need refused that's what makes both of these rebell icons (game and music) a match made in heaven hopefully there's more songs in phantom and hoping they release a new album themselves cheers chooms🎉🎉🤘🔥💯

[@mikeking4188]

Dude has a badass ,screaming ,metal voice..the band isn't too shabby at all either. I love that bass riff at the end when it's nsync with the drums .

[@francoispetitpain7770]

hard harder refused...

[@PatrikCostaGobbi]

only the black t-shirt guitarist is immune to slug poison luck guy

[@loud_laughter]

The Shape of Punk to Come is so good. Everything else feels like it couldn’t have come from the same band. It’s bizarre!!

[@emmaejwertzmusic6931]

My band

[@Zluka366]

Я влюбилась

[@heightenedsenses9605]

Being dead is more fuñ though i bet it is no pain no bs...you will be in a a constant state of nirvana. In a trip of sorts 🎉😮

[@changtang6541]

Burning Heart Records bands were rocking hard

[@STARTRACKSAB]

This was released on Startracks. For a period it was licensed to Burning Heart bit now back on Startracks again. Look Out for amazing anniversary releases next year

[@kristianlaing8926]

Star tracks & Burning Heart ❤🔥 revelation were so underrated in the day.So many amazing bands like 59 times the pain,No fun at all, Bodyjar,Satanic Surfers,Raised fist to Samiam.Legenardary lo fi labels that were on par with Fat wreck, Epitaph & Honest Dons & would of withstood the sands of time. Gone but not forgotten.♾🤘🏻

[@user-vl8ck4gz6w]

He looks like levi from aot in real life lmao

[@chilliam00]

He needs more of a middle parting. This is more like George McFly but from Charlie's Angels (2000s remake). 😂

[@beneeles8975]

Who's listening in 2077?

[@andrew3912]

B4 their time

[@Slayyyer84]

Happy Birthday Indeed! This entire album was recorded in -95 and released in -96 They have inspired so many bands, even tho some artists don't admit it.

[@pedruuucosta]

Saudações brasileiras 🇧🇷🤘

[@Moshpitscum]

The Drummer goes nutz..

[@ontheline3077]

Good

[@kendalson7817]

A Korean skincare video.

[@CMC6996]

Who needs an 8 string? Standard tuning on a telecaster and heavier than most of the drop E Djent these days

[@excitinglymundane8028]

Passion + purpose

[@SandalwoodBros]

The teles are just for the video shoot, they never actually played them live or when recording

[@dominicnatanael1731]

@@SandalwoodBros there is a video of them playing telecasters in 1996

[@dominicnatanael1731]

@@SandalwoodBros kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKjdhaGcbN6lrqs

[@argpalauanbruh]

Bruh,Eljif Elmas is a pretty good singer when he's not playing for Napoli

[@Helldiver1906]

I love drum 2:42

[@CanadianWolverine]

Damn, its the slugs from The Expanse!

[@vikingsade]

RIP Magnus

[@M4ND1NG0X]

Weezer on steroids

[@agustaafkalashnikov1429]

M4ND1NG0X LOL 😂😂😂

[@jonathangray7749]

M4ND1NG0X bad ass punk....

[@Stiegosaurus]

Weezer has shit on these guys.

[@LJTEAM0723]

- Stiegosaurus - apart from talent, a shitload of money and 1/100th of the pretentiousness of these guys...

[@TheWhmaxwell]

wow

[@aguspermana3727]

I Miss my high school freinds

[@PardonedLion]

The OG breakdown bump.

[@molokovellocet]

Haha Telecaster go brrrrrr

[@baybay4me]

He looks like the bad guy from Charlie’s Angels

[@miroslavadankovagerner8232]

!!!

[@xSk4nkHunt42x]

Man I grew up with stuff like this, choking victim, leftover crack. God my friends and I were trouble lol

[@ultramutt3645]

They're surrounded by slow, meager, snails who loved their gilded cage so much it killed the mighty human.

[@Cangaca777]

..and now they are in Cyberpunk 2077! : D

[@andrianr1040]

I really like this song until whenever

[@elise205]

A fellow AnCom in the wild! Nice