The Hives are Law - You are Crime. Watch out Sweden. From the band's Myspace page... Greetings Hives Fans! The Hives are taking over Scandinavia this week in what will be an epic week of touring! If you are in the area be sure to come out and say "hej!" We promise to rock your Swedish socks off!22 March 2009 - Helsinki, Finland - Nosturi24 March 2009 - Göteborg, Sweden - Trädgår'n25 March 2009
The Hives have announced they have collaborated with singer Cyndi Lauper on a forthcoming Christmas track. The song, 'A Christmas Duel ', will be released as a free download on November 28 and will also be made available for purchase on December 2nd.In a post on their website , The Hives wrote: "The Hives have recorded a Christmas tune that might be out in time for the Holidays. The song is w...
The Hives are finding themselves at the center of a plagiarism lawsuit brought against them by a Los Angeles musician. Jason Shapiro has filed suit against the Swedish rockers claiming the group's popular song, 'Tick Tick Boom ', copies main riff and vocal melody to Shapiro 's song, 'Why You? '.Shapiro wrote the track, 'Why You? ', with his band The Roofies in 1997 and later re-recorded the so...
--- - |- Photo by Joseph MohanThe Hives have pranced their way back onto our radar screens with the announcement of September dates on both American continents. South America comes first, followed by a North American co-headlining tour with Eagles of Death Metal.The Swedish quintet has quite a few summer festival dates in Europe before then. All of these shows are in support of last year's The...
4 out of 5 Hives, NYC, 2003The Hives tour is now underway! Opening in Atlanta, GA on May 15, the tour's first 3 dates feature Jack Oblivian as the opener - in a gracious tip of the hat from The Hives to Jack's role in the Compulsive Gamblers, an under-rated but important band from the 90s....to read more about it, please visit www.punkturns30.com
The Hives, in many respects, seem to be the heirs to the Ramones: sartorial gimmick, jackhammer tempos, catchy earworm choruses. What's not to love? The Hives' new album, The Black and White Album, starts with such a barrage of excellence that I was initially sure I was listening to the album of the year. The Single "Tick Tick Boom" leads into "Try It Again," which features cheerleaders on ...
Where's my Swedish punk? C'mon Pelle, I want you to crack your voice and scream at the top your lungs. Your controlled vocal chaos has always been the highlight of your albums. There's just something about that off kilter screech that gets the adrenaline flowing. Your newest album is dragging though. Not to say that's it's not enjoyable, but it's not that pure pulse pounding, speed punk that I ...
I left school at lunch with a friend, drove to a whole other town and practically ran to the record store to buy the Hives' new CD, The Black and White Album on its first day out. My friend even brought his laptop and we loaded up our iPods before going back to school. And I must say, IT WAS SO WORTH IT! A bit different than their others, but it may be my new favorite. Oh, and their album cover...
hey so i think the song is great n all but im not so fond on the name its a little too close to the well known click click boom from the first fast n furious, but hey... still a good tune
--- - |- Photo by Joseph MohanThe Hives have pranced their way back onto our radar screens with the announcement of September dates on both American continents. South America comes first, followed by a North American co-headlining tour with Eagles of Death Metal.The Swedish quintet has quite a few summer festival dates in Europe before then. All of these shows are in support of last year's The...
Came across this today, needless to say I am excited. The Hives are currently rehearsing in Stockholm, Sweden for the follow up to 2004's Tyrannosaurus Hives. The band posted the following update to their website: Yeah so we started rehearsing in Stockholm for the upcoming recording session that will take place in Mississippi. Bashing out some tunes trying to figure out what sticks. Some of the...
There might come a cursed day when I won’t need this delicious piece of Swedish garage punk rock. Till that day comes, I can continue being in love with The Hives, their new song & their new video…Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh!*bouncing off the walls*This post is dedicated to *"Eric":http://mog.com/Iren* ; get your lovely Hives lowdown from *"his post!":http://mog.com/Iren/blog_post/116671*
The Hives fourth album will be titled The Black And White Album, according to the group's new website, The Hives Broadcasting Service (http://www.thehivesbroadcastingservice.com/#).The album will be released on October 9 in the U.S. The first single will be "Tick Tick Boom" and will be available for download on August 14.The new site includes a music player loaded with Hives tracks.
Swedish post punkers The Hives have scheduled nearly 10 dates in North American followed by nearly 20 stops throughout most of Europe according to the band's website. The group will be promoting their 4Th full length venture ??The Black and White Album??. ??Black & White?? was released last October via Interscope and has garnered a fair degree of positive response from fans and critics alike, s...