From Joshua Claybourn of the supremely on-the-ball Hoosier Review:

The FBI considers Luke John Helder to be the top suspect for a recent rash of pipe bombs across the Midwest. Apparently Luke was an avid Internet user. Here is his band’s web site. His bio reads, “He digs Nirvana (and Cobain) a great deal, and that’s pretty evident in, well, his life! Most of his songs are very Nirvana-esque, which of course is not a bad thing! Luke goes to UW-Stout and he made some kick-ass Apathy stickers to hand out. Dude, the stickers rule.” You’ll also notice his email address at the bottom of the page. You might want to drop him a line and let him know what you think about blowing up innocent people.

The Hoosier Review has scrounged around and found one of Apathy’s songs (Apathy is the name of Luke’s band). It was posted on a site that has since been taken down. I hate to say it, but their song called “Conformity” has a nice sound. Here’s the link to download “Conformity” as an mp3 file (right click, save as). I don’t believe this is available anywhere else online anymore. The lyrics begin with “It’s a story how I’m supposed to feel because you told me so…” News reports suggest that Luke is planting the pipe bombs to protest a U.S. government that he thinks controls our lives.

I suppose one could suggest there’s hidden meaning in these lyrics, but considering it was written in 1999, I doubt there’s any signals or clues in the song. Nevertheless, the lyrics do sound a lot like a letter that accompanied his bombs.

(Alleged) Pipe bomber guitar riffs. Digitized.

Man, is the internet ever an amazing thing to behold…