AC4

AC4 is a hardcore band from Umeå, Sweden. Ex-Refused members Dennis Lyxzén and David Sandström had been talking about starting a new band for a long time. In the spring of 2008 Karl Backman had written songs for the new band and they started to rehearse. Jens Nordén had played with Lyxzén in pre-Refused straight edge hardcore band Step Forward 1987 - 1991 and since 1990 with Backman in punk band The Vectors. The "AC" in the name is the regional code for the Västerbotten province where Umeå is located. The first show was at a squatting on Parkgatan in Umeå on the 5th of May 2008. In June 2008 someone posted a live song on You Tube. It got on Kerrang's playlist and had over 14,000 hits the first week. They performed at Storsjöyran and...