Hives

Biography

The Hives celebrates the Mod Style on the stage in stylischen suits and ironed shirts and makes the best, straightesten and entertainendsten garage Punkrock, which one can get for the moment. Punk, Attituede and a tidy portion fun constitute those volume. Industrielle a town in the middle in Sweden in the year 1993. The volume fairy tale mentioned that five up to this time completely innocent boys got a letter, in which only one time and a place stood. Everyone decided to go. There arrived expected it the genius of a Mr. Randy Fitzsimmons, which the Hives until today mysterioesen in form, in the background acting Mentors to accompany is. The five began to make thus on this input music. After the words NIC get from Arsons, guitarist volume, the Hives its Songs was entered to that from the outset by the ominoesen Fitzsimmons. Singers Pelle Almqvist, NIC get from Arsons (guitar), Dr. matt Destruction (bass), Vigilante Carl-flow (guitar) and Chris Dangerous (schlagzeug) were intended only for it, its ideas to implement... Whereby the Songs would have received naturally also the note of the five. Good music develops thus with the assistance of Phantomen. Those never to triumph seeming energy that volume however, those young always brought those into their music. And so it was also no miracle that only a broad public in Sweden became attentive and then also Mathias - Drummer with Millencollin - on the five boyful Rotzrocker. It helped them, which carried second demo to produce and it to Burning Heart, which Swedish Indie label, on which also its volume is at home. The owner of the disk company, Peter Ahlquist, was only somewhat irresolute, which he was to begin with that volume. The best solution seemed to it to bring out the Hives only mark on a Sidelabel. And in such a way 1996 the first mini CD of the Hives "Oh lord came! When? How?" on Sidekicks raus. One was inspired and now also ready to take up a complete album that volume on the nut/mother label. Burning Heart is the best jump board for Swedish of skirt volume and took time also the international acknowledgment thus well not long. Getourt after release of "Barely legal" 1997 and gerockt to the sweat from the cover ran. On the stage the garage Rotz Punk Attituede came so genuinly more rueber that route-accompanying Schreiberlinge did not want at all to have truely, what behind the window blind happened: Nothing at all. No alcohol-soaked Orgien, no hotel room Demolationen, simply only nice memo twenties, which plays gladly times ' ne round kicker. A little then however nevertheless moved are they. The history of Mr. Fitzsimmons lives and holds also still as alleged inspiration basis for their 2000 ingenious Zweitling "Veni Vidi Vicious" appeared ago. In addition they distinguish themselves text from other musicians of their age; Texts constitute according to their opinion half of a Songs: "with merry words and funny Reimen one can make a good Song a great Song", avowedly NIC get from. And they are not a political volume nevertheless - in the texts go it around asking someone going to hell. After the second album publication 2000/01 are getourt only times hard with label colleagues. (internationally) the Noise Conspiracy can still bear the straight. Otherwise the some used Rocker of the Hellacopters against it can pack up. Notice: "Never let the Hives support your volume" - they make Songs, "simply, straight and for full energy" are (NIC get from). And Posern such as Pelle Almqvist at the micro, sympathetic with one charming the Entertainer and. With a concert of the Hives one must be calm on everything. It could happen that Pelle begins, with the public to argue and instead of music make rather with the people discussed. Or it hangs itself - charming face down - schweinebaumelnd over the public to the cover. With the Hives of everything already Trade Union of German Employees natures. To longer break and always far they change for rising popularity values to major Polydor universal and publish there in the summer 2004 its to date ripest album "Tyrannosaurus Hives", on which both Fitzsimmons and the Hives carried whole work out.