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The Umeå scene
Umeå is a city in northern Sweden. Umeå listen [˘ʉməoː] is a city and a municipality in Västerbotten County, in northern Sweden. ...
During the last years of the 80s, through bands such as Final Exit, Step Forward and Refused, Umeå's hardcore scene grew forward. Significant for the Umeå scene was the large crowd of Straight Edge groups; in other words hardcore and straight edge were merged in Umeå. During this time local record companies emerged (e.g. Umeå Hardcore Records) and the hardcore-bands soon became popular live acts. Step Forward was founded in 1989 in Umeå, Sweden, by Dennis Lyxzén and his friends, Toft Stade, Jens Norden and Henrik Jansson. ...
Refused Biography Refused were a hardcore band originating from Umeå, Sweden. ...
Hardcore punk (or hardcore) is an intensified version of punk rock usually characterized by short, loud, and often angry songs with exceptionally fast tempos and chord changes. ...
For the drawing or cutting tool, see Straightedge. ...
Interest for this obscure form of music, which so clearly challenged established norms and was treated as political was enormous. This interest could be explained with the economic crisis and high unemployment rate in Sweden at that time.
In the early 90s a new wave of punk, metal and alternative rock swept across the world. Nirvana's Nevermind (1991), Metallica's Black (1991), Rage Against The Machine's self-titled album (1992) received recognition across the world, but at the local rock scene in Umeå, hardcore was still the hottest. This article is about the 1980s-1990s grunge band Nirvana. ...
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A photo of Thich Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk who burnt himself to death as a protest against Vietnamese Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diems administrations practices against the Buddhist religion, features on the cover of the first Rage Against the Machine album. ...
Umeå in the world and the world in Umeå Several of Umeå's hardcore bands were noticed on the international scene, and many toured in Europe and in the USA. The international interest for the Umeå scene resulted in more and more hardcore bands from other countries coming to see Umeå as a key player in the genre. An exampel is how the New York band Biohazard, at the time seen as a leading band within the genre, choose to start their 1997 European tour in Umeå. Billy Graziadei of Biohazard explained: Hardcore is a generic term, used to describe something more extreme than mainstream versions. ...
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"Umeå is the hardcore capital of Europe. We love the place. I think the bands in Umeå belive in what they sing more than in any other place in the world. And then I'm not just thinking about the Straight Edge bands like Refused, Doughnuts and Final Exit. There is an honesty in the music here that is known in the whole world. They know what they want." Refused Biography Refused were a hardcore band originating from Umeå, Sweden. ...
Distinctive of the Umeå scene and Swedish hardcore Vegan culture, such as Doughtnuts who used to sport a bass drum with the word "Vegan Revolution" printed across its front, is distinctive of the Umeå scene. Hardcore music has been used effectively to create what we today call the "animal rights movement." It is similar with the Straight Edge movement which has grown rapidly in Umeå ever since the hardcore scene emerged. In its adjective form, vegan describes: a philosophy and practise of respect for animals, which avoids the use of animals for food, clothing, and other human purposes people who ascribe to such a philosophy and practise food, clothing, other products, or diets that avoid the use of animals in line...
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For the drawing or cutting tool, see Straightedge. ...
Sources (in swedish) - http://www.tjuvlyssna.com/visainlagg.php?forumid=347
- http://www.musik.uu.se/ssm/stmonline/vol_3/tsandgren/
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