Political Views
Svenonius' bands have consistently been anti-authoritarian and anti-capitalist. As the vocalist and mouthpiece of these bands, Svenonius is typically the band member associated most closely with the groups political identity. Allmusic's Steve Huey described Nation of Ulysses' philosophy as "a relentlessly provocative (and entertaining) jumble of teenage rock 'n' roll rebellion, leftist radicalism, and abstract intellectual rambling, an off-kilter, almost tongue-in-cheek approach to a 'perpetual 18-year old's' view of America, and life in general". In a 1997 interview – five years after the dissolution of the Nation of Ulysses – when asked if, in line with the title of Nation of Ulysses' 1991 album 13-Point Program to Destroy America, he still hoped to "destroy America", Svenonius responded simply: "Of course".
In describing the political evolutions of Svenonius' numerous projects, one reviewer said "...the undeniable truths of the was soon to give way to the death-at-all-costs philosophy of Cupid Car Club, the Gospel Yeh-Yeh theology of the Make-Up,... and the quiet revolutions of the Scene Creamers and Weird War".
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