This article is about the Swedish band. For the disease known as hives, see Urticaria. The Hives are a rock band from Fagersta, Sweden that first rose to prominence in the early 2000s as a leading group of the garage rock revival. Their breakthrough came with the release of the "best-of" compilation Your New Favourite Band, featuring their most commercially successful song "Hate to Say I Told You So". The band produces punk-influenced garage rock songs and wear matching black and white suits. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ...
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Almqvist live at the Southside Festival 2004 Howlin Pelle Almqvist (born May 29, 1978 in Fagersta, Västmanlands län, Sweden) is the lead singer of Swedish garage rock band The Hives. ...
Nicholaus Arson (born 26 January 1977) is a guitarist and backup vocalist of the Swedish Garage Rock band The Hives. ...
Fagersta is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. ...
Garage rock was a simple, raw form of rock and roll created by a number of American bands in the mid-1960s. ...
Your New Favourite Band is a greatest hits collection of The Hives first two albums and EPs. ...
Hate to Say I Told You So was released on the Hives second album, Veni Vidi Vicious, as the sixth track. ...
History
Early days (Oh Lord! When? How? and Barely Legal) The band claims it was formed in 1993 under the guidance of Randy Fitzsimmons. Fitzsimmons suggested that they form a garage rock band. Fitzsimmons allegedly acts as a songwriter and Svengali for the band. Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...
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In 1995 they were signed by Peter Ahlqvist to Sidekick records, a subsidiary of the Swedish skate punk record label Burning Heart Records. The following year they released their debut EP Oh Lord! When? How? Ahlqvist decided to promote the band to Burning Heart. Skate punk (also known as skatepunk, skate-punk, skate-thrash, surf punk, or skate-core) was named because of its popularity among skateboarders, and the fact that many members of skate punk bands were themselves skaters. ...
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Burning Heart Records is an independent record label based in Örebro, Sweden. ...
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Oh Lord! When? How? is the first official release from The Hives. ...
1997 saw the release of The Hives debut album Barely Legal (an early stage name of Vigilante's), and they began touring. The following year they released their second EP A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T. For the band, see 1997 (band). ...
Barely Legal is the debut album by Swedish band The Hives, released in 1998. ...
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The breakthrough (Veni Vidi Vicious and Your New Favourite Band) After a two-year break The Hives returned with a new album entitled Veni Vidi Vicious which saw the band move away from the raw punk rock intensity of their early work to more of a garage rock sound. The band themselves described the album as being like 'a velvet glove with brass knuckles, both brutal and sophisticated at the same time'. The album yielded the singles "Hate to Say I Told You So", "Main Offender", "Die, All Right!", and "Supply & Demand". Veni Vidi Vicious is the title of a garage rock album by Swedish band The Hives, released on September 12, 2000. ...
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. ...
Hate to Say I Told You So was released on the Hives second album, Veni Vidi Vicious, as the sixth track. ...
Main Offender was released on the Hives second album, Veni Vidi Vicious, as the fourth track. ...
Die, All Right! was released on the Hives second album, Veni Vidi Vicious, as the second track. ...
Supply and Demand was released on the Hives second album, Veni Vidi Vicious, as the final track. ...
After seeing the video for "Hate to Say I Told You So" on German TV, Alan McGee (Oasis, Creation Records) decided to sign the band to his newly formed Poptones label. Poptones released the 'best of' compilation, Your New Favourite Band, in 2001 which proved to be their breakthrough record, reaching #7 in the UK album charts. Following the success of the album, the band re-released singles "Hate to Say I Told You So" and "Main Offender" which reach numbers #23 and #24 respectively in the UK Singles chart. The band also re-released "Veni Vidi Vicious" in the US. Alan McGee is a British music industry mogul and musician famed for founding the independent Creation Records label which ran from 1983 to 2000. ...
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Your New Favourite Band is a greatest hits collection of The Hives first two albums and EPs. ...
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Veni Vidi Vicious is the title of a garage rock album by Swedish band The Hives, released on September 12, 2000. ...
It was during the promotion of Veni Vidi Vicious and Your New Favourite Band that The Hives signed a record deal with Universal Music, reportedly worth $12 million. This led to a dispute between The Hives and Burning Heart, who claimed that The Hives were still contracted to them for one more album. Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest major label in the record industry, with a 23% market share. ...
Continued Success (Tyrannosaurus Hives and beyond) After extensive touring, the band retreated to Fagersta to record their third album. The result was 2004's Tyrannosaurus Hives, their first new material in four years. The album includes the hit singles "Walk Idiot Walk" (which debuted at #13 on the UK singles charts) "Two-Timing Touch And Broken Bones" (another top 50 hit), and "A Little More For A Little You". Fagersta is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. ...
Tyrannosaurus Hives is the third full-length The Hives. ...
The Hives have a new album out called The Black and White Album[1]. They announced, via their website, that they were recording in Mississippi. Recent touring announcements for their July 24, 2007 show in London have as a footnote: "New Album out October". Singles from The Black and White Album Released: August 14, 2007 The Black and White Album is the title of the fourth full-length album by Swedish garage rock revivalists The Hives. ...
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The Hives have recently performed two new songs at the Hurricane Festival in Germany one called "Hey Little World" and a second song "Arm yourself for armageddon, Arm yourself for summer" . [2] Also two other new songs known as "Have No Money" and "Tick Tick Boom"
Their website also recently unveiled new tour dates in Sweden and Germany.
As of May 22nd, 2007, a video entitled "Remembering the Titans" has been up on the official Hives website assuring fans that the best is yet to come.
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The Return (The Black and White Album) The Hives official website was overhauled in the second week of August, with a grungier, "emergency broadcast" layout. The new site revealed the album's cover and the title of the first single, "Tick Tick Boom," with a release date of August 14 in the United States and October 8 in the United Kingdom. The revealed release dates for the new record are October 15 in the UK on Polydor and November 13 in the US on A&M/Octone. is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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To support the release of the new album The Hives are embarking on a 2 month long North American tour in late September 2007, opening for Maroon 5. This arena tour stops in major cities across North America, and on off days The Hives are playing their own headlining shows at smaller more appropriate venues.
The Black and White Album leaked online on October 12th 2007.
Randy Fitzsimmons The band claims that their songs are written by an honorary "sixth Hive", Randy Fitzsimmons. It was revealed in NME that Randy Fitzsimmons is a registered pseudonym belonging to Nicholas Arson. This has led many to believe that Randy Fitzsimmons is in fact a myth, and that it is Arson who writes the songs. Arson and the rest of the band deny this and insist on the existence of Randy Fitzsimmons as the band's songwriter. For other uses, see NME (disambiguation). ...
Live performances Vocalist Pelle Almqvist is known for his habits of stage diving, climbing amps, executing scissor kicks and nonsensical speech.
At the 2002 Video Music Awards, on MTV, The Hives performed "Main Offender" in a "Battle of the Bands" type of set up, with The Vines playing their hit "Get Free" right after The Hives. Before The Vines began playing, Pelle Almqvist said to the crowd, "I know you want us to play more, but that's all the time we have so you can turn off now!" The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year. ...
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Collaborations The Hives completed recording vocals and guitar in late November 2006 for a song called "Throw It On Me", a collaboration with hip-hop producer Timbaland. The song was included on his album, Timbaland Presents Shock Value, released April 3, 2007. They also performed in a music video for the track. The Hives also have recently spoken of a collaboration with Jack White's The Raconteurs on a song for The Raconteurs' new album, originally entitled "Footsteps", however it was later revealed that Howlin' Pelle had literally recorded footsteps. Howlin Pelle also did a collaboration with Swedish rock artist Moneybrother. They did a cover of an Operation Ivy song called Freeze Up. They put on Swedish lyrics and called it "Jag skriver inte på nått", that stands for "I won't sign anything". The song Throw It on Me is a collaboration between Timbaland and The Hives from the album Timbaland Presents Shock Value. ...
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Wardrobe The Hives are noted for wearing matching suits or outfits, always in nothing but black and white, synchronized to spell their name in one position. However, their clothing has changed with each album. They wore suits for Veni Vidi Vicious, suits with colonel-styled laces and white spats for Tyrannosaurus Hives and bandannas and suspenders for their most recent tours. Lately, for their new album "The Black and White Album", they have gone with something of a schoolboy look, with black blazers bearing an "H" crest on the left breast, and striped black and white ties. Veni Vidi Vicious is the title of a garage rock album by Swedish band The Hives, released on September 12, 2000. ...
Tyrannosaurus Hives is the third full-length The Hives. ...
Singles from The Black and White Album Released: August 14, 2007 The Black and White Album is the title of the fourth full-length album by Swedish garage rock revivalists The Hives. ...
The Hives on Cartoon Network The Hives can be seen playing the theme song for Cartoon Network, Fall is Just Something That Grownups Invented throughout the channel's fall season. There are several versions of the song shown: one, a shortened version, that is simply played between shows and features children dancing, another, full version, with lyrics and the same children dancing, and a final, featuring the Hives themselves singing. For Cartoon Network outside of the United States, see Cartoon Network around the world. ...
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Nicholaus Arson (born 26 January 1977) is a guitarist and backup vocalist of the Swedish Garage Rock band The Hives. ...
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Discography
Albums Barely Legal is the debut album by Swedish band The Hives, released in 1998. ...
Veni Vidi Vicious is the title of a garage rock album by Swedish band The Hives, released on September 12, 2000. ...
Tyrannosaurus Hives is the third full-length The Hives. ...
Singles from The Black and White Album Released: August 14, 2007 The Black and White Album is the title of the fourth full-length album by Swedish garage rock revivalists The Hives. ...
October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ...
Compilations Your New Favourite Band is a greatest hits collection of The Hives first two albums and EPs. ...
EPs Oh Lord! When? How? is the first official release from The Hives. ...
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A Killer Among Us is a split EP from Swedish bands The Hives and The Pricks released in 1998 on the Hard-On Records label. ...
Singles “British Hit Singles†redirects here. ...
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Hate to Say I Told You So was released on the Hives second album, Veni Vidi Vicious, as the sixth track. ...
Veni Vidi Vicious is the title of a garage rock album by Swedish band The Hives, released on September 12, 2000. ...
Main Offender was released on the Hives second album, Veni Vidi Vicious, as the fourth track. ...
Supply and Demand was released on the Hives second album, Veni Vidi Vicious, as the final track. ...
Die, All Right! was released on the Hives second album, Veni Vidi Vicious, as the second track. ...
Hate to Say I Told You So was released on the Hives second album, Veni Vidi Vicious, as the sixth track. ...
Main Offender was released on the Hives second album, Veni Vidi Vicious, as the fourth track. ...
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Walk Idiot Walk is the first single from the Swedish band The Hives second album, Tyrannosaurus Hives. ...
Tyrannosaurus Hives is the third full-length The Hives. ...
Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones is the second single off of The Hives 2004 release, Tyrannosaurus Hives. ...
The song Throw It on Me is a collaboration between Timbaland and The Hives from the album Timbaland Presents Shock Value. ...
Tick Tick Boom is a single by Swedish rock band The Hives, released in 2007. ...
Singles from The Black and White Album Released: August 14, 2007 The Black and White Album is the title of the fourth full-length album by Swedish garage rock revivalists The Hives. ...
DVDs Tussles in Brussels is a live DVD released by Swedish punk rock band The Hives. ...
Media reference - The Hives are shown playing their new song "Tick Tick Boom" in a commercial for Nike + Shoes.
- The Hives' song: "See Through Head" was featured in the preview for the movie Hot Rod.
- The Hives' song: "Outsmarted" was featured in the Australian movie Kenny.
- "Tick Tick Boom" is featured in Madden 08. However, it is an earlier version of the song.
- "Well Alright!" is featured in NBA Live 08.
- The song: "Declare Guerre Nucleaire" was featured in the movie Accepted.
- The song: "Diabolic Scheme" was featured in the Swedish vampire movie Frostbiten
- Their song: "Main Offender" is playable in the game Rock Band.
- The Hives' Song: "Fall Is Just Something That Grownups Invented" is used as the commercial theme for Cartoon Network.
- The song "Main Offender" is featured in various Singstar games, and "Hate To Say I Told You So" was featured in Singstar Rocks!.
- The song "Main Offender" was used in an Agent Provocateur commercial featuring Kylie Minogue
- "Tick Tick Boom" is the official theme song for WWE Survivor Series 2007.
- "Die, All Right!" feaures on the promo trailer for the movie "Live Free or Die".
- "Hate To Say I Told You So" was the theme tune for the Australian radio programme Get This.
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