The Hives make me smile...

[ragboy]

I don't know how popular they are, but these guys want for gods-in-Heaven to be an unholy union of the Rolling Stones and the Sex Pistols. The cool thing is that they pull it off. I can't tell if they can speak English, or if the lead is singing phonetically, or if they learned the language of Rock-n-roll from the aforementioned bands and cobbled together their lyrics like they cobbled together their riffs. All this, not to dog them, but they really make me smile. They're so damn energetic and balls-on RnR. A breath of fresh air in a stale musical world of late.

 

[Crothian]

never heard of them, do they offer free song download somewhere?

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Alright, who else came here expecting another Crothian thread?

 

[ragboy]

never heard of them, do they offer free song download somewhere?

Their site has a few:

http://www.hivesmusic.com/culture.html

 

[AGGEMAM]

They most certainly speak english, although the lead singer is probably the one among that has the worst pronounciation. They're a swedish band, and somewhat resembles early Stray Cats. They are fairly famous in all of Europe.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Last summer I found out the day of the show that they were playing in Washington DC (a 1.5 hour drive). Unfortunately, it was also my birthday, and my wife had dinner plans for me, so I had to miss the show. I really like them, the Rolling Stones comparisons are pretty spot on, crossed with a variety of other punk bands (not just the Pistols).

 

[Teflon Billy]

They kick all manner of ass. It's been ages since I've seen a band with uniforms

 

[Darth K'Trava]

I've heard, I think, one song by them on FUSE.... I don't recall the name of the song but I liked it..... *hate it when that happens-not remembering song titles.