The Hives

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Image Credit: Stuart Sevastos (The Hives @ Esplande Park (23/7/2011)), CC BY 2.0

Biography

The Hives are a Swedish garage rock band that first garnered attention in the early 2000s as a prominent group of the garage rock revival. Their mainstream success came with the release of the "greatest hits" album Your New Favourite Band, featuring their most well-known song "Hate to Say I Told You So". The Hives are known for performing in ever-changing, matching black-and-white suits. The band puts emphasis on their energetic live shows, notably with lead vocalist Howlin' Pelle Almqvist's engaging onstage banter and his guitarist brother Nicholaus Arson's crazy stage antics. They have been acclaimed by music critics as one of the best live rock bands in current music. The Hives have released five studio albums: Barely Legal (1997), Veni Vidi Vicious (2000), Tyrannosaurus Hives (2004), The Black and White Album (2007) and Lex Hives (2012). They have one compilation album, Your New Favourite Band (2001) and they have issued a live DVD, Tussles in Brussels (2005).

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Year Formed 1993
Number of Albums 14
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Website thehivesbroadcastingservice.com
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Trivia

In what year did 5 adolescents in Fagersta receive a letter with a time and place?

1993

...In 1993 , 5 adolescents in the small industrial town of Fagersta, Sweden each receive a letter with a time and place. A year later they, led by the gen...
What are the Hives and Mr. Fitzsimmons looking for?

a new sound

... and exciting this sounds. Meanwhile, the Hives and Mr. Fitzsimmons are already looking for a new sound and find it. They begin to plan a debut album....
When did the Hives begin touring the US?

1997

...though the quintet formed in 1993 and began touring the United States in 1997 , the Hives didn't achieve international success until the release of the...
What was the population of Fagersta, Sweden?

12,000

...93 in Fagersta, Sweden, a steel manufacturing town with a population of 12,000 . The band members were as young as thirteen years old, and the individu...
Who was Rob Sheffield?

Rolling Stone writer

... we formed the band, which I guess is kind of odd, Almqvist told Rolling Stone writer Rob Sheffield. But when we formed the band, we started to see wh...
What kind of music did all of us really like?

Seventies Swedish punk rock

...started to see what we had in common. We all really liked the Seventies Swedish punk rock that's what we really bonded on. The first five years we did ...
Who brought the band together?

Randy Fitzsimmons

.... The band's mythology holds that they were initially brought together by Randy Fitzsimmons , a Svengalitype manager who may or may not actually exist....
What is the name of the single from The Hives' 1997 album?

Barely Legal

...he best live rock bands. The Hives have released five studio albums: Barely Legal (1997), Veni Vidi Vicious (2000), Tyrannosaurus Hives (2004), The Bl...
Who suggested that the band form a garage rock band?

Fitzsimmons

... Hives (2004), The Black and White Album (2007) and Lex Hives (2012). Fitzsimmons suggested that they form a garage rock band. He gave each band membe...
How did Fitzsimmons ask each band member to start a new group?

letter

...suggested that they form a garage rock band. He gave each band member a letter asking them to start the band. Fitzsimmons allegedly acts as a songwrit...
When did the band record a demo called Sounds Like Sushi?

1994

...hem to start the band. Fitzsimmons allegedly acts as a songwriter and manager for the band. The band recorded a demo titled Sounds Like Sushi in 1994 ....
What did the album go Gold in?

Sweden

...ike Hate To Say I Told You So and Main Offender, the album went Gold in Sweden and catapulted The Hives to the forefront of the international garage r...
What was the name of the album that catapulted The Hives to the forefront of the international garage rock revival?

Veni Vidi Vicious

...h. But it wasnt until they released their masterful 2000 followup, Veni Vidi Vicious , that the band truly exploded around the world. On the strength o...
How many Swedish Grammis did Tick Tick Boom get?

five

...nd hate us at the same. It earned them their first Gold album in the US, five Swedish Grammis, and more rave reviews everywhere from Rolling Stone to ...
What was the name of the lead single from the album?

Tick Tick Boom

...ore rave reviews everywhere from Rolling Stone to Mojo. Lead single Tick Tick Boom was an instant smash, cracking the Top 40 in the US and appearing i...
When did The Hives first appear in the US and UK?

early 2000s

...k band from Fagersta, Sweden that emerged in the US and the UK in the early 2000s , but existed for nearly a decade before that, playing punk rock. Sin...
Who is listed under the pseudonym Randy Fitzsimmons?

Nicholaus Almqvist

...existed for nearly a decade before that, playing punk rock. Since Nicholaus Almqvist can be found listed under the pseudonym Randy Fitzsimmons in the ...
What did the Hives originally want to call themselves?

The HIVs

.... The Hives formed in 1993 (originally they wanted to call themselves ' The HIVs ', but decided to change it slightly resulting in their current name) a...
What was the name of the band's debut album?

Oh Lord! EP

...ing in their current name) and released their debut recording, the EP Oh Lord! EP on the Swedish skate punk oriented record label Burning Heart Record...
What label did Oh Lord! EP belong to?

Burning Heart Records

...e EP Oh Lord! EP on the Swedish skate punk oriented record label Burning Heart Records . Soon after, they began touring in the US and finally released ...
What hit singles were included on the 2000 Veni Vividious album?

Main Offender and Hate to Say I Told You So

...Veni Vidi Vicious; the album included the hit singles Main Offender and Hate to Say I Told You So . This was followed by extensive touring, as well as ...
In what year was Veni Vivicious released in the US?

2000

...rds. Soon after, they began touring in the US and finally released their 2000 US breakthrough album, Veni Vidi Vicious; the album included the hit sin...
What is the name of The Hives' next album?

The Black and White Album

...d A Little More For Little You. The Hives' next record, titled The Black and White Album , was released on October 15, 2007 (November 13 in the U.S.). ...
When was The Black and White Album released?

October 15, 2007

...es' next record, titled The Black and White Album, was released on October 15, 2007 (November 13 in the U.S.). The band said they've recorded 20 to 30...
How many songs did the band say they've recorded for this album?

20 to 30

...ber 15, 2007 (November 13 in the U.S.). The band said they've recorded 20 to 30 songs (including seven recorded with producer Pharrell Williams) for t...
How many of the songs were recorded with producer Pharrell Williams?

seven

...3 in the U.S.). The band said they've recorded 20 to 30 songs (including seven recorded with producer Pharrell Williams) for this album and are curren...