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Rather Be Dead - Live

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"Rather Be Dead - Live" is a track by Refused, from the album The Shape Of Punk To Come [Deluxe Version]. The track is 3:42 long. Dork has published 5 articles about Refused.

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From The Shape Of Punk To Come [Deluxe Version]

3:42
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The Shape Of Punk To Come [Deluxe Version]
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Refused
  1. —Worms Of The Senses / Faculties Of The Skull
    7:08
  2. —Liberation Frequency
    4:11
  3. —The Deadly Rhythm
    3:36
  4. —Summerholidays vs. Punkroutine
    4:04
  5. —Bruitist Pome #5
    1:27
  6. —New Noise
    5:10
  7. —The Refused Party Program
    2:40
  8. —Protest Song '68
    4:34
  9. —Refused Are Fucking Dead
    5:10
  10. —The Shape Of Punk To Come
    5:08
  11. —Tannhäuser / Derivè
    8:09
  12. —The Apollo Programme Was A Hoax
    4:14
  13. —Shape Of Punk To Come - Live
    4:38
  14. —Refused Party Program - Live
    1:28
  15. —Circle Pit - Live
    2:48
  16. —Worms Of The Senses / Faculties Of The Skull - Live
    5:31
  17. —Hook, Line And Sinker - Live
    2:51
  18. —Summer Holidays vs. Punk Routine - Live
    3:54
  19. —Rather Be Dead - Live
    3:42
  20. —Burn It - Live
    2:33
  21. —The Deadly Rythm - Live
    4:05
  22. —Coup d'Etat - Live
    5:10
  23. —New Noise - Live
    4:48
  24. —Tannhäuser - Live
    7:30

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This week, Refused released their first album in seventeen years, ‘Freedom’. It’s a record that, by simply existing, creates division. When the band fir...

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