Invasion

There are at least five bands with the name Invasion: 1) Invasion were a Swedish rock group active from 2003 until 2006. 2) Invasion is a Latvian rock band. 3) Invasion were a Swedish punk group active in 1979 4) Invasion were a tejano band active in early to mid nineties. 5) Invasion are a London-based three-piece metal band.

1) Invasion . Mixing NY punk sneer with classic soul warmth, Swedish rockers Invasion were for sure one of the most self-willed and unique bands on the contemporary Swedish indie scene during the first few years of the 2000's.

The band's germination dates back to the late 90's, when singer/songwriter/guitarist Gustaf Jonsson and bassist/singer Johan Hölbling were in a noise rock constellation called Metal Machine Music (after an infamous Lou Reed album). When the group broke up, the pair continued playing. Meanwhile, Gustaf and class mate Clara Flygare, playing the drums, formed a band together with guitarist Martin Ståhl of semi-famous indie sensation Looking for Nancy.

Eventually, the quartet decided to play together and in late 2003 they were known as Invasion. Some months later they released their first EP, blending Bacharach pop, mod, stax soul, country and r 'n' b.

In 2005 they released their full-length debut album, Invasion For Lovers, and the acclaim for the album and the unique peculiarity in the band's sound raised Invasion's profile considerably. Hailing from Borlänge, a city famous for raising Sugarplum Fairy and Mando Diao, Invasion soon were called the next pop sensation from the harsh industrial community.

Early in 2006 the band released their second album, called Crazy Dance. Here the band proved to have a even wider spectrum of influences and combined vintage county with the rhythms of David Bowie's slick kraut disco. The band even recorded a cover of the Chuck Jackson classic Tell Him I'm Not Hom.

Some months later, in the autumn of 2006, Invasion dissolved. Difficulties to find time for and organise proper rehearsals was officially stated as the reason for the decision.

But at the turn of the year Jonsson, Flygare and Hölbling started to play together again and reformed as Love Attack. They are recording some of their first songs at this present.

2) Invasion (Latvia). Invasion - a Latvian rock band. Invasion was formed in Riga in December 1995. Initially, the band played thrash/death metal with keyboards and female vocals. The first album, To The Eternity was recorded in 1996, and has become the most sold metal album in Latvia by that moment. Some songs from this album were included in Melna Piektdiena compilation of Latvian metal music.

A couple of years later, the band has changed its music style to groove metal/nu metal. As a result, the new album, Line Of Advance, was recorded in 1999. Invasion played a lot of gigs and festivals in Latvia and Lithuania.

After year 2000, Invasion disbanded for a different reasons, and reunited only in February 2007. Now they play a bit "softer" music, which might be called as "nu-rock'n'roll"

The new album "Made In Heaven" has been released on September 5th, 2008.

Track List:
01. Frozen Heart
02. Six Enemies (2008)
03. Place Where I Live (Invasion feat. Scary Mary)
04. She`s Like a Wind
05. High Society Girl
06. Countdown (Intro for live performance)
07. Ready For My Way
08. Las Mich Jezt Alein
09. I Want You Back
10. Let`s Do It Quickly
11. Devil In Disguise
12. Hello Emptiness (Outro Instrumental)

www.myspace.com/invasionlv

3) Invasion were a Swedish punk group that emerged in Swedish city of Sundsvall in 1979. First, they were called Edith Ronk. The group disbanded in 1980 when singer Hasse Zetterqvist and bassist Anders Öhgren went on to form Fordringsfulla Gäster.

5) Invasion are a London-based psych-stoner-extreme-metal band. They consist of Marek (guitar), Zel (drums) and Chan (vocals). The band have just released their limited debut 7" EP Moongazer on Run for Your Lives and recently recorded a 13 track debut album in 4 days at Toerag Studios with James Shaw from Simian Mobile Disco producing. Following a 10" in 2008, their debut album is due in January 2009. Dates and more info: www.myspace.com/invasion