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On Tyranny: 10 Great Protest Records by Refused, Lamb of God, PJ Harvey, Divide and Dissolve, More

Posted in Lists, On Tyranny with tags , , , , , , , , , on 09/19/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

How you likin’ Authoritarian America now? To all the conservative “disrupters” out there, The Bad Penny hopes this is what you were wishing for – and (with tongue firmly planted in cheek) that the wave of tyrannical terror sweeping the nation doesn’t drown you in its wake.

Don’t say we didn’t warn you; after all, we launched this On Tyranny franchise in December. But rather than subject you to “I told you so examples” from our 25-part series, we’ll instead suggest some of our favorite contemporary protest records that you can serve as your soundtrack for the weekend. Here goes, in chronological order:

Refused‘s The Shape of Punk to Come (1998)

System of a Down’s Toxicity (2001)

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Refused Vocalist: ‘Revolution Isn’t Going To Happen Overnight’

Posted in Interviews with tags , on 07/20/2024 by Kurt Orzeck

With the health of Dennis Lyxzén unclear after he apparently suffered a devastating heart attack, we send our best wishes to him—and bring you a previously unreleased interview with Lyxzén from November 2019. Go to New Noise‘s website to read our conversation, during which Refused’s main man shares how he envisions the shape of the world to come.