The Hives
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Biography
Eight years into their career, The Hives rose from rock stalwarts to one of the trendiest bands of the early 2000s, along with The Strokes and The White Stripes. Mixing arty contrivances such as a strict black-and-white dress code and the guidance of a (possibly imaginary) Svengali named Randy Fitzsimmons with The Stooges-inspired rock, The Hives -- Nicholaus Arson, Chris Dangerous, Dr. Matt Destruction, Vigilante Carlstroem, and Howlin' Pelle Almqvist -- formed in 1993 in Fagersta, Sweden, while they were still in their teens. After signing with a subsidiary of the Burning Heart label in 1995, they released their debut EP, Oh Lord! When? How?, the following year. The group switched to Burning Heart for their first full-length, Barely Legal, in 1997; that year they also embarked on their first U.S. tour. After the release of 1998's A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T EP, changes in the band's management put things on hold for a time. However, The Hives returned in 2000 with their second full-length album, Veni Vidi Vicious, which featured the singles "Hate to Say I Told You So" and "Main Offender." The album, along with tours with the like-minded The (International) Noise Conspiracy and The Hellacopters, generated serious buzz around the group, leading to praise from stars as diverse as Noel Gallagher and Courtney Love and a deal with Alan McGee's Poptones label in 2001. Stateside, Gearhead Records reissued Barely Legal, A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T, and Hate to Say I Told You So. More touring and the re-release of their singles in the U.K. culminated with the Top Ten debut of Your New Favourite Band, a compilation of songs from their two previous albums and EPs, upon its release in spring 2002. That summer, The Hives returned to the U.S. for another round of live dates before playing the Reading and Leeds festivals, among others. The band spent most of 2003 in the studio and out of the limelight, but they returned with a vengeance in 2004: Your New Favourite Band was reissued in the States by Sire Records; Interscope released the Walk Idiot Walk single and The Hives' third full-length, Tyrannosaurus Hives. Late in 2007, The Black and White album, which featured production work from The Neptunes, arrived. ~ Heather Phares, Rovi
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Hate To Say I Told You So - (3:19) - 103,041 playsLyricsDo what I want 'cause I can
And if I don't because I wanna
Be ignored by the stiff
And the bored because I'm gonna
Spit and retrieve 'cause I give
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Tick Tick Boom - (3:41) - 94,328 playsLyricsYeah, yeah, yeah
I was right all along
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You come tagging along
Exhibit 'A' on a tray, what you say?
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Walk Idiot Walk - (3:33) - 51,548 playsLyricsWell, is it true what they say about it?
They say it's new, but I have to doubt it
And then they tell you everything about it
Had enough?
I got some people saying this way
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Main Offender - (2:32) - 46,893 playsLyricsI'm on my way
Can't settle down
Stuck in ways of being an ass
And I got a lot of nerve
That I'm ready to pass
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Try It Again - (3:30) - 36,557 playsLyricsDoo wacko
Here is to you, honey
But I'm out of your league
You never gonna pass me
'Cause I'm out of your league
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