INVSN

INVSN (Pronounced "Invasion")
INVSN at Highfield Festival, Germany in 2014
Background information
Origin	Umeå, Västerbotten, Sweden
Genres	Punk rock, post punk
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Ny Våg Burning Heart Records Razor & Tie
Associated acts	Refused The (International) Noise Conspiracy AC4 Masshysteri
Website	[1]
Members	Dennis Lyxzén Sara Almgren André Sandström Christina Karlsson Anders Stenberg
Past members	Robert Pettersson Richard Österman Kajsa Bergsten

INVSN (pronounced "Invasion") is a Post-Punk band from Umeå in the North of Sweden. The members have all played in influential punk and rock bands from Sweden. It is the music project of Swedish Punk rock musician Dennis Lyxzén. In contrast to his other projects, Refused and The (International) Noise Conspiracy, this started out as a solo career and much more folkish and softer than his prior music endeavors.

Sara Almgren used to be in the first Swedish all-female straight-edge band The Doughnuts. She later played keyboard and guitar in The (International) Noise Conspiracy and has also played in bands like The Vicious and Masshysteri. She has also toured with Marit Bergman and Sahara Hotnights.

Dennis Lyxzen is most known for being the lead vocalist in Refused but has also played in bands like The (International) Noise Conspiracy, AC4 and many more. He also been a touring member of The Bloody Beetroots.

Anders Stenberg is a member of acclaimed Swedish band the Deportees and also a touring member of Lykke Li's band.

Christina Karlsson, besides playing in INVSN she also plays with bands and artist such as Frida Selander, Tiger Forest Cat and Honungsvägen.

Andre Sandström hails from Swedish hardcore thrashers DS-13 and has also played in bands like The Vicious and Ux Vileheads.

The band was previously called the Lost Patrol Band; however, the name was changed to Invasionen because the American group, The Lost Patrol holds the North American trademark on the name. As the name changed, so did the music, and the band started to write in Swedish.