Lost Patrol Band (ex-Refused) becomes Invasionen

Contributed by rob_rob. Posted by aubin on Friday, April 11, 2008 at 1:00 PM (EDT)

The Lost Patrol Band have changed their name to Invasionen and begun writing/performing in their native Swedish. The band explained:

There is a really crappy stuck up American artsy fartsy Indie band from NYC called The Lost Patrol and they copyrighted the name and sent us threateing letters saying that we interfered with their livelyhood and so on. [...] This is also a big part of why the last LPB record never came out in the states.

We did The Lost Patrol Band for 5 years, did over a 100 shows and did a couple of great tours but... it was time for a change! So, we choose the name Invasionen. Invasionen is Swedish for The Invasion. At first we wanted to call the band Invasion cause that would work in english as well but given the fact that there are like a million bands called Invasion (Vinnie Vincents Invasion just to mention one ) we went with Invasionen.

I never ever wrote songs in Swedish, ever. For the past 20 years I've been singing in a language that is not my own! And when we started writing in Swedish it felt cool, a whole new way of communcating and a whole new set of words to play with. We might still do songs in English, might even do the new record in both a Swedish and English version. Right now we are focusing on the Swedish but....

The band notably features Dennis Lyxzen of Refused and The (International) Noise Conspiracy.

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The Lost Patrol

Refused

The (International) Noise Conspiracy

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TheOneTrueBill (April 11, 2008)

This is sort of disappointing. The self titled album, especially the song "Golden Times," was amazing.

Did the second full band album ever get released in America? I've never seen it anywhere.

DropTheNeedle (April 11, 2008)

i love these dudes. not just LPB, but pretty much everything that anyone associated with these bands has put out. anyone heard masshysteri yet? amazing!

I-type-poorly (April 11, 2008)

Singing in Swedish is a good idea. Dennis lyrics on the last Lost Patrol Band album sucked so bad it was embarrassing to listen to, despite being catchy.

ConsolationPrizefighter (April 11, 2008)

Think this will still be as bad as his musical output has been lately?

JFK421 (April 11, 2008)

what (international) noise conspiracy album should i start with?

charlesbarkley (April 11, 2008)

None. Stick with Refused.

MattRamone (April 11, 2008)

Second.

kneel (April 11, 2008)

third

MattRamone (April 11, 2008)

hey, Neil can count!

VStoriesFallen (April 11, 2008)

A New Morning, Changing Weather

kidentropy (April 11, 2008)

I'd start with Survival Sickness.

corporatecriminal (April 11, 2008)

I'd say start with Survival Sickness. It's probably their most accessible and gives a good sense of their style. New Morning, Changing Weather is a close second. Musically and lyrically, it's a little more challenging. First Conspiracy would be next, it's a decent album, but not quite as interesting as the others. It's got some solid tracks, but it gets a little monotonous if you listen to it straight through. And finally, if you get those three and you're into them, you should get Armed Love. It gets hated on a lot and it was kind of a step backwards for them, but it's an album worth owning, particularly if you're into their stuff.

They have some decent live albums too, but those aren't the best place to start. My main advice if you're interested in checking them out is to go see them play if you ever get the chance. They put on an incredible show.

JaredK (April 11, 2008)

I bought a LPB album based on the fact I liked some of the INC stuff and that I read an article where Dennis said it had a lot of late 70's punk influences. The album was horrible.

ArtieFufkin (April 11, 2008)

are you sure it wasn't the band from NYC?

JaredK (April 11, 2008)

Oh yeah, it was their self-titled cd with the red/white cover. Just not good imo, bad lyrics, bad music. But again, I was not a huge INC (liked some of their stuff) fan so not terribly surprising either.

kneel (April 11, 2008)

was listening to refused just yesterday.

shape of things punk to come:

great hardcore album or greatest hardcore album?

greatest

MattRamone (April 11, 2008)

Madball for the win.

ArtieFufkin (April 11, 2008)

you just can't let it go can you? lol

MattRamone (April 11, 2008)

nah, I'm cool about it. I was just joking about it earlier with a friend. My original response was going to be Infinity on High, but this was too good to pass up.

I-type-poorly (April 11, 2008)

That topic came up over at a mate's house and he went "What?! bleagh ugh! They aren't hardcore! They're just... horrible" I dropped it, but now wonder if he is mistaking them for The Used.

corporatecriminal (April 11, 2008)

i'd vote greatest. at least the greatest one ive ever heard.

LookBackAndLaugh (April 11, 2008)

I vote great. Namely because the greatest hardcore album in my opinion is Out of Step.

KlashedKi (April 11, 2008)

Refused > Lost Patrol > International Noise

GreenVandal (April 11, 2008)

I guess this means that Dennis heard the Ian Svenonius started singing in swedish.

MattRamone (April 11, 2008)

hahaha this has my vote

corporatecriminal (April 11, 2008)

I really haven't been able to get into Lost Patrol. I love T(I)NC and Refused, but this is one of Dennis' projects I just can't get into.

pastepunk (April 11, 2008)

One gets a Trademark in a band name... not "coprighted" --- Arrrrrg!

VictorIkpeba24 (April 12, 2008)

So ?

Bipedcasserole (April 11, 2008)

yeah, even though the LPB tunes were fucking righteous as all hell, the lyrics were kind of goofy in a charming, i'm-swedish kind of way. the Invasionen should be awesome.