The Hive is a Swedish rock band that became famous in the early 2000s during the garage rock revival. Their mainstream success came with the release of Veni Vidi Vicious album, containing the national anthem "Hate to Say I Told You So". The band has been recognized by music critics as one of the best live rock bands in the music today.
The Hives has released five studio albums: Barely Legal (1997), Veni Vicious (2000), Tyrannosaurus Hives (2004), The Black and White Albums (2007) and Lex Hives (2012). They have one compilation album, Your New Favorite Band (2001) and they have published a live DVD, Tussles in Brussels (2005). The Black and White album has been the most successful in December 2017.
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Histori
Awal dari Hives (1989-1999)
The band claimed to be formed in 1993 (though formed in 1989 under a different name and sound) under the guidance of Randy Fitzsimmons. Fitzsimmons suggested they form a rock band garage. He gave each member a band of letters asking them to start the band. Fitzsimmons allegedly acted as songwriter and manager for the band. The band recorded a demo titled Sounds Like Sushi in 1994. The following year they signed with Burning Heart, a Swedish skate punk record label. The following year they released their debut EP Oh Lord! When? How? Almqvist decided to promote the band to Burning Heart.
In 1997 they released an album titled Barely Legal (first stage name guitarist Vigilante Carlstroem), and began the tour. The following year they released their second EP A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T .
Lagu "The Stomp" ditampilkan dalam film soundtrack RocknRolla RocknRolla.
Veni Vidi Vicious dan Band Favorit Baru Anda (2000-2002)
They released their second studio album Veni Vidi Vicious in April 2000 through Burning Heart Records. The band itself described the album as being like a "velvet glove with brass knuckles, both brutal and sophisticated at the same time". The album produced the single "Hate to Say I Tell You So," "Main Offender", "Die, All Right!", And "Supply and Demand."
After seeing the video for "Hate to Say I'm Told" on German TV, Alan McGee (Oasis, Recording Creation) decided to sign the band to the newly formed Poptones label. Poptones released a compilation of 'Best of' Your New Favorite Band in 2001, which proved to be their breakthrough record, reaching No. 1. 7 on the UK album charts. Following the album's success, the band released the singles "Hate to Say I Told You So" and "Main Offender" which reached No.. 23 and No. 24 each on the UK Singles chart. The band also re-released Veni Vidi's in the US. "The Hives - Introducing the Metrics System in Time" is included in Punk-O-Rama Volume 5's album Punk-O-Rama Volume 5 album from Epitaph Records.
It's during your Veni Vidi Vicious and Your Favorite Favorite Band that Hives signed a recording contract with Universal Music, which is reportedly worth $ 50 million. This led to a dispute between Hive and Burning Heart, who claimed that Hive was still contracted for one more album.
The song "Main Offender" is featured in the video game of Rock Band while "Die, All Right!" released as downloadable content for game music stores on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo Wii.
Tyrannosaurus Hives (2003-2006)
After the extensive tour, the band retreated to Fagersta to record their third album. The result was 2004 Tyrannosaurus Hives , their first new material in four years. The album included the hit single "Walk Idiot Walk," which debuted at No. 1. 13 on the UK singles charts, "Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones," another top 50 hit, and "A Little More for Little You." Tracks "B is for Brutus" and "No Pun Intended" are also featured in the games Gran Turismo 4 and SSX on Tour , respectively. In 2006, their song "Diabolic Scheme" was used in the Frostbiten vampire movie, marking the first time a Hive song was used in a major movie. ("Hate to say I said so" is featured in the 2002 'Spider-man' film starring Tobey Maguire)
The Hives won the "Best International Band" and "Best Dressed Band" at the 2003 NME awards.
The band also won five prestigious Swedish Grammis for Tyrannosaurus Hives at the 23rd annual Swedish Gramography Awards, presented on February 7, 2005 for "Artist of the Year"; "Stone Group of the Year"; "Album of the Year"; "Producer of the Year" (with collaborator, Pelle Gunnerfeldt); and "Walk Idiot Walk" took home MTV's "Best Music Video".
Black & White Album (2007) - 2011)
Hives official website was overhauled during the second week of August 2007, with an "emergency" layout. The new site reveals the first album cover and title single, "Tick Tick Boom", with a August 14 release date in the United States and October 8 in the UK. The release date for the new record, Black & White Album , is October 15 in the UK on Polydor and 13 November in the US on A & amp; M/Oktone in 2007. Most of them were recorded in Oxford, Mississippi, Miami, and in their native Sweden.
The Hives featured in the Finish Line ad featuring "Tick Tick Boom", as well as Nike ads featuring the song "Return The Favor". "Tick Tick Boom" is also used in many different ads including: the 2007 season of the NFL Network, the advertisement for the CBS series Jericho and the USA series of Burning Notifications, as well as the films Jumper (2008), MacGruber , and Get Smart , and is also the official theme song for WWE Survivor Series 2007. The Hive song "Try It Again "is shown in the trailer for the US film Get Him to Greece .
On January 9, 2008, the band received the "Best Live Act" award at Swedish Grammis.
The Hives performed at NHL All-Star Game 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia, singing "Tick Tick Boom" during the players' presentations.
On July 2, 2010, the band released an EP titled Tarred and Feathered, which included "Civilization's Dying" by Zero Boys, "Nasty Secretary" by Joy Rider & amp; Avis Davis and "Early Morning Wake Up Call" by Flash and Pan. "Nasty Secretary" is also a song on the US release of the Gran Turismo 5 soundtrack . On January 9, 2011, Nicholaus Arson wrote a short daily entry on the band's website saying that they had recorded some new songs before Christmas, and planned to continue recording throughout January.
The album's first single, "Tick Tick Boom", is featured in the set of Lego: Rock Band music simulation video games.
Lex Hives (2012-present) ))
On March 12, 2012, the band announced their fifth full album, Lex Hives . The album was released on their own label, Disque Hives on June 1 in Sweden/GSA, June 4 in the UK, and June 5 in the United States and Canada, consisting of twelve self-produced songs, with a deluxe version featuring bonus tracks produced by Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme.
The first single to be released from the album, "Go Right Ahead," was made available to the public stream alongside this announcement. Five video teasers posted on their official YouTube channel, each showing the band members playing their part of the song that leads to the announcement. The song was also played live on Norwegian/Swedish talk show "Skavlan", broadcast on March 30, 2012.
After California live performances and two weekends at the Coachella Valley Music and Art Festival (April 15 and April 22), the band performed at Jimmy Kimmel Live! on April 23, 2012. The music video for "Go Right Ahead" was released on May 9, 2012.
Since its release, "Come on!" has been used as the theme for the Xbox One Invite ad and in the The Crash Reel documentary.
The song "1000 Answers" is featured on the FIFA 12 game soundtrack.
On February 13, 2015, the band released the single "Blood Red Moon".
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Collaboration
The Hives finished recording vocals and guitars in late November 2006 for a song titled "Throw It On Me", a collaboration with Timbaland's hip-hop producer. The song is included in the album, Timbaland Presents Shock Value , released on April 3, 2007. They also appeared in the music video for the song. The Hives also recently talked about a collaboration with Jack White's Raconteurs on a song for their new album, originally titled "Footsteps", but it was later revealed that Howlin 'Pelle literally recorded footsteps. Howlin 'Pelle also collaborated with Swedish rock artist Moneybrother, a cover of Operation Ivy's "Freeze Up" song. They use Swedish lyrics and call it " Jag skriver inte pÃÆ'  ¥ nÃÆ'  t, ", which translates as "I Won t Sign Anything ".
Band members contributed to "Time For Some Action" and "Windows" on N.E.R.D.'s "Seeing Sounds" album, with Pelle Almqvist providing guest vocals in "Time For Some Action". At Viewing Sounds they are credited with their real name, not the pseudonym they use in the band.
In 2008 the band recorded a Christmas duet titled "A Christmas Duel" with Cyndi Lauper, available as a free download from their website on November 28, 2008.
In an interview in November 2008 with Sweden's leading Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, Swedish rapper Petter announced that Hive was working on a new version of his song â € Å"Repa skivanâ € for his upcoming album.
Styles and performance on stage
All songwriting except the cover on the band's album is credited to "Randy Fitzsimmons". The band claims Fitzsimmons is the sixth "Hive" honor, who along with writing their music, finds and manages the band. Randy Fitzsimmons is a registered alias for Niklas Almqvist.
The Hives live show has received high ratings, Spin magazine gave them the 8th best ranking in rock music. Pelle is known for his "colorful stupidity" on stage. When asked about their efforts to connect with the audience, Chris Dangerous replied that "there are so many bands out there who do not say a word to the crowd, I do not understand, they do not even see the audience and that's ridiculous." The Hives always wear black and white uniforms because "it makes [them] look like [they] belong together".
band members
Current
- Howlin 'Pelle Almqvist (Per Almqvist) - main vocal, piano
- Nicholaus Arson (Niklas Almqvist) - guitar, keyboard, backing vocals
- Vigilante Carlstroem (Mikael Karlsson) - guitar, organ, backing vocals
- Chris Dangerous (Christian Grahn) - drums, percussion, backing vocals
- The Johan and Only (Johan Gustafsson) - bass guitar
Former
- Matt Destruction (Mattias Bernvall) - bass guitar, backing vocals Discussion
- Tyrannosaurus Hives (2004) Album Hitam Putih (2007) Lex Hives (2012)
Studio Album Barely Legal (1997) Veni Vidi Vicious (2000)
Extended playback
- Sounds Like Sushi EP/demo (1994)
- Oh, my God! When? How to? (1996)
- Tarred and Feathered (2010)
References
External links
- Official website
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