Howlin' Pelle Almqvist interviewed by mediaeventsnu
25 notes
·
View notes
The Hives article. NME, 31 July 2004. Scanned by me.
📸: Mark Eilbeck
17 notes
·
View notes
Daniel Armbruster (Joywave) is keeping The Hives locked up in his basement in Rochester, NY and claims that he's the real Randy Fitzsimmons.
13 notes
·
View notes
The (International) Noise Conspiracy and The Hives at Knitting Factory
Full gallery available on my website here.
On Saturday, November 17, 2001, I photographed two bands from Sweden: The (International) Noise Conspiracy and The Hives in the main room of Knitting Factory. I believe this was The Hives’ first ever tour of the US and I would document two of their shows in New York City again 22 years later in support of their first new record in over a decade. T(I)NC performed at Bowery Ballroom with Rocket From the Crypt earlier in 2001 and a gallery from that show is available on my website here.
I previously discussed photographing The Hives with Jeanette D. Moses on DP Review and that interview is available on that website here.
2 notes
·
View notes
Scandinavian musicians do filter their own influences into their own peculiar way. The Hives, for instance, are a fine band, but let us not call them the authentic rockers. Mind you, I'm not disparaging them, they are fabulous for what they are, i.e. a postmodernist rock band, and I think they embrace that. Sure, they can rock like crazy, yet they have an edge for me over many modern revival rockers for being in on the joke. You have a hunch they are always that close to a strong laughter thanks to them being delightfully over the top. Scandinavian musicians tend to go there thanks to them rejiggering the inputs into their idiosyncratic path. However, I wouldn't call them a parody, they are more like an homage on steroids.
0 notes