The (International) Noise Conspiracy formed in Umeå, Sweden in 1995 with Dennis Lyxzén on vocals, Lars Ågren on guitar, Inge Johansson on bass, and Ludwig Dahlberg on drums. Their name referenced The Velvet Underground's 'The International,' which gave some indication of their broader outlook from the start.
Their music pulled from punk and post-hardcore, but with room for other textures. Songs like '(I've Got) Survival Sickness' and 'A New Morning, Changing Weather' carried that energy while Lyxzén's lyrics often addressed political and social themes directly. They weren't subtle about it.
The band put out five studio albums between 1997 and 2014, from 'Suburban Death Songs' to 'Pax Americana.' They stopped in 2014.
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