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Guts and Groove and Great Politics

John Giuffo | New York City | 05/17/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"For those lucky enough to have caught the brief, brilliant inferno that was Refused, a post-punk, post-hardcore outfit from Sweden, Noise Conspiracy is just the thing. Same lead singer, different mission. Noise Conspiracy bridges the gap between Refused, Fugazi and the (vastly overrated) John Spencer Blues Explosion. It's a solid, groove-filled mix of angry punk, pop, soul and R&B, with a Rage Against the Machine bit of unflinching leftist politics thrown in. While the world wallows in sugar pop in an earnest effort to out-Orwell Orwell (remember the scene where Winston leans out of his window and listens to the clothes-washing woman humming a popular tune, which he described as catchy but utterly meaningless?) Noise Conspiracy have realized what many other artists and anti-establishment types are beginning to: that at a time when the underground has been invaded, co-opted and destroyed by the global marketing machine, the only true underground left is that which seeks to poison and destroy what is above ground. That's an approach that's beyond co-opting, and it makes for soul-filling music. BUY THIS!"

Just give me a black mask!

Brenden Lochhead | Langley, British Columbia Canada | 09/04/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"First of all, the noise conspiracy are NOT like the make-up, the make up are gospel, yeh-yeh music, rather the noise conspiracy is 60's punk with a totally different agenda then the make-up. Dennis puts it very bluntly in this cd, compared to Refused disguised in the guise of popular music[what the first reviewer was expecting]. Thought provoking revolutionary music is what you should expect. And besides, 'its not my revolution if i can't dance to it'"

Rock and politics

ryan | chicago illinois | 05/23/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"at first, i didn't like the international noise conspiracy because it was on epitaph. but the more i listened, the better it became. it's following a newer trend in hardcore, that of the straight up rock band. very catchy and fairly frantic, the international noise conspiracy delivers their agenda in a form you'll probably be humming for the rest of the day. it must be said that the singer of refused is in this band, and it feels like an extension of their record "the shape of punk to come" which i didn't particularly care for as much as their older records. and for the record, refused was around for years, not a brief time. pick this up if you like a bit of intelligence in your rock."