Step Forward

Step Forward
Origin Umeå, Sweden
Genres Hardcore punk, youth crew
Years active 1989-1991
Labels Desperate Fight Records
Associated acts Refused, AC4, Final Exit, The Vectors, Regulations, E.T.A.
Past members Dennis Lyxzén
Henrik Jansson
Jens Nordén
Toft Stade

Step Forward was founded in 1989 in Umeå, Sweden, by Dennis Lyxzén and his friends, Toft Stade, Jens Nordén and Henrik Jansson. Step Forward was one of the very first hardcore punk bands in Sweden that held on to the American straight edge lifestyle.

They soon released their first demo "I Am Me" and in October 1990, their second demo, "Does It Make a Difference". During their existence they played a handful of gigs, mostly in the north of Sweden where they are from.

Differences of opinion on the kind of songs they wanted to play finally reached a point of no return and Step Forward was dissolved. They played their last gig in December 1991.

In 1996, a Step Forward CD entitled It Did Make a Difference was released on the hardcore label Desperate Fight Records. It included the demo-recordings mentioned above as well as two of their live-sets. Although the band no longer exists, Dennis Lyxzén created a new band, Refused, in 1992, which has revolutionized hardcore punk in Sweden and around the world. Jens Nordén has since played in somewhat notable bands as well, such as Regulations, The Vectors, E.T.A. - and along with Lyxzén, the last lineup of Refused side project Final Exit. In 2008 Nordén and Lyxzén teamed up with Karl Backman, The Vectors, and David Sandström, ex-Refused, to form a new hardcore band called AC4.[1][2]

Members

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "Facebook; AC4 - About". Retrieved 2013-03-18.
  2. ↑ "PlugInMusic.com AC4's Karl Backman". Retrieved 2013-03-18.
  3. ↑ "Refused / the shape of page to come; Step Forward". Retrieved 2013-03-18.
  4. ↑ "Step Forward – It Did Make A Difference (CD) at Discogs". Retrieved 2013-03-18.


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