The Hives are Great!

Have seen them lots of times over the years and have enjoyed every show. Contenderizer's "continental garage rock" is spot-on - I'm hard-wired for most of that. I dig it when the Hives come up on random play but their ridiculous live show is the whole point. Early cassette from 1994 is a fave - before all those Sonics reissues hit Scandinavia the Hives were warp speed new wavy punks who manage to out-accelerate the Toy Dolls. Almqvist is the best Mitch Hedberg impersonator out there.

Sympathize with them for being on the wrong side of one of the most ridiculous headlines ever.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1558352/swedish-court-orders-the-hives-pay-the-cardigans-28m

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