Rolling Stone’s site has a pretty good article about the Sweden rock scene, and the bands that have been birthed from it..
“The Soundtrack of Our Lives are not as abrasive as their predecessors: On their third album, Behind the Music, they opt for a classic rock sound that can touch on both Stones-esque raunch and Pink Floyd’s serene psychedelia. Lundberg says that his band sees itself as inheritors of the Sixties British Invasion bands. “When you really love something,” he says, “you don’t want to see it decline. We just want to keep the feeling going.” Having fallen in love with a fundamentally American art form, both Soundtrack and the Hives now feel confident enough to start selling it back. “It feels like the U.S. didn’t want this music anymore, and we picked it up,” says Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist. “There have always been American rock bands doing it the way we do, but nobody was paying attention. Because we came from Sweden, people got interested.” (full story)