The Hives

Formed:: 1993, over 19 years ago.
Snapshot:: A Group with 20 releases, and credited once on others' music. 5 members.

The Hives are a Swedish rock band that first garnered attention in the early 2000s as a prominent group of the garage rock revival, playing garage punk. 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 black and white suits.

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The Hives Perform At Warfield In San Francisco

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International Festival of Benicassim - Day 4

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NHL All-Star Celebrity Sightings

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The Carling Weekend: Reading Festival - Friday

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MTV Europe Music Awards 2004 - Studio

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MTV Europe Music Awards 2004 - Press Room

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Genres

Punk, Garage Rock,

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The Black & White Album 2007 (Play) Buy mp3

Tyrannosaurus Hives 2004 (Play) Buy mp3

Veni Vidi Vicious 2000

Barely Legal 1997

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Chris Dangerous

current & founder member

Dr. Matt Destruction

current & founder member

Howlin' Pelle Almqvist

current & founder member

Nicholaus Arson

current & founder member

Vigilante Carlstroem

current & founder member

The Hives

Nov, 18 2008

The advent of Christmas means everybody starts listening to festive music - voluntarily or not - which can become a bit repetitive when you get past the age of 12 and Rudolph's red nose seems less amusing. In the spirit of giving, musicians often seek to allay the boredom by releasing their own festive-themed songs, widening the canon in the name of variety, even if the very idea conflicts with a previously scurrilous punk ethos – Billy Idol’s Happy Holidays anyone? That's not going on the SoundUnwound Christmas playlist, but one of the first new additions we will make will be from Swedish punks The Hives, who are teaming up with fun loving girl Cyndi Lauper for “A Christmas Duel”. The single will be available as a free download from The Hives' official website from November 28-30, followed by a UK store release December 1 and a US release the following day.