Artist.......: The Hives
Album........: Album de la Semaine +
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Alt. Rock
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2013-03-03
Str.date.....: 2012-10-00
Quality......: 220kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.thehivesbroadcastingservice.com/
track title time
1. Album de la Semaine + 27:20
* Come On
* Take Back The Toys
* My Time Is Coming
* Wait A Minute
* No Pun Intended
* Patrolling Days
Runtime 27:20
Size 43.18
Release Notes:
Eight years into their career, the Hives rose from garage 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
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 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. In the United States, 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. In 2012, after playing a series of secret shows in Stockholm, the band
released their fifth album, Lex Hives, on their own Disque Hives label.