BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:273@jointherevolution.net DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211019T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211019T235500 DTSTAMP:20210817T204012Z URL:https://www.jointherevolution.net/concerts/the-hives/ SUMMARY:The Hives DESCRIPTION:It was nearly twenty years ago that those dashing\, dangerous S wedes The Hives unleashed their debut album\, 'Barely Legal\,' and set the music world on its head. In the two decades since\, the unlikely black-an d-white rock-and-roll heroes have filled the mantels of Hive Manor with co untless awards\, sold millions of records\, and blown even more minds with a superhuman live show that shakes the halls of Heaven and rattles the bo wels of Hell. Front man Howlin' Pelle Almqvist would like you to believe t his was all part of the plan from Day One\, but the truth is a little more complicated.\n\n"As a kid\, I used to have this feeling that you shouldn' t be in a band for more than three records\," Almqvist says with a laugh. "I didn't think any band had made more than three good records consecutive ly\, but I've changed my mind now."\n\nWith its singular blend of punk sna rl\, brash bravado\, and absurd humor\, 'Barely Legal' served as the perfe ct introduction to the intoxicating rush of blood to the head that is The Hives (Almqvist on vocals\, Nicholaus Arson and Vigilante Carlstroem on gu itars\, Dr. Matt Destruction on bass\, and Chris Dangerous on drums). But it wasn't until they released their masterful 2000 follow-up\, 'Veni Vidi Vicious\,' that the band truly exploded around the world. On the strength of hits like "Hate To Say I Told You So" and "Main Offender\," the album w ent Gold in Sweden and catapulted The Hives to the forefront of the intern ational garage rock revival alongside peers like The Strokes and The White Stripes. Rolling Stone would go on to name 'Veni Vidi Vicious' one of the Top 100 Albums of the Decade\, and its UK companion (a compilation album featuring tracks from their early EPs and first two LPs entitled 'Your New Favourite Band') cracked the Top 10 and ultimately went Platinum. They ma de the rounds on late night TV in the US and Europe and laid waste to fest ivals on both continents\, cementing their status as the greatest live ban d in the world and leaving behind a sea of lesser rock and roll mortals an d exhausted fans in their wake.\n\n"When we go out onstage\, we're hoping to achieve some sort of ecstasy\, to produce a prolonged hour-and-half-lon g orgasm\," Almqvist wryly explains. "We want to create a hurricane of tal ent and narcissism combined\, in which we and the crowd both love us and h ate us at the same. So\, we have our work cut out."\n\nIt's work that Almq vist and the band were born to do\, holding their own on stages with the l ikes of the Rolling Stones and The Sonics\, leveling stadiums and amphithe aters around the world with just few chords and a swinging mic. The Telegr aph has said\, "Nobody can rival the Hives' front man for sheer charisma\, " while SPIN called him "one of the greatest front men in rock\," and the BBC dubbed the band "a force of nature." The Hollywood Reporter similarly gushed that Almqvist "commands—no\, demands—full attention from his au dience\," and The National Post raved that "Almqvist’s onstage persona i s nothing short of a firecracker\," adding that "his fellow Hives are no e xception — each one seems to have been born a stage performer and became rock stars as an afterthought."\n\nThe pressure was on after the band's b reakout success\, though\, and The Hives took their time before resurfacin g with 2004's 'Tyrannosaurus Hives\,' which replaced the raw\, ragged loos eness of 'Veni Vidi Vicious' with a militaristic precision. It earned them their first Gold album in the US\, five Swedish Grammis\, and more rave r eviews everywhere from Rolling Stone to Mojo.\n\nRather than throw in the towel after three albums\, though\, they took a left turn on 2007's 'The B lack And White Album\,' recording outside of Sweden with new producers for the first time\, including Pharrell Williams and Dennis Herring (Elvis Co stello\, Modest Mouse). Lead single "Tick Tick Boom" was an instant smash\ , cracking the Top 40 in the US and appearing in slew of films\, trailers\ , television shows\, video games\, and sporting events. They toured even m ore mercilessly than ever before\, conquering new lands like South America along the way and asserting in no uncertain terms that The Hives intended to make not just three\, not just four\, but more consecutive great recor ds than any band to come before them.\n\nFive years later\, they delivered with 'Lex Hives\,' their first self-produced album and first release on t heir own new Disques Hives imprint. The NME called it "amazing\," Q praise d that it "fizzes with the energy of a debut album\," and The Independent hailed it as "high energy\, hugely energetic guitar rock." The 'Lex Hives' tour whipped fans into a frenzy\, as the band tested the limits of time a nd space with a relentless schedule that brought their dynamite-loaded fre ight train of a live show barreling into cities old and new around the wor ld. They headed down under next to tour Australia at the request of AC/DC (The Huffington Post described the invite from the rock legends as a "bold move\," considering that The Hives are "a band who could potentially blow them off the stage without much effort"). The shows were a 180 from their US arena tour with Pink\, where Rolling Stone caught them "mixing explosi ve anthems from the last dozen years with high-strung tunes from their new album" and "confronting the headliner's pop music fans with a euphoric bl ast of garage rock and supreme overconfidence." Or in other words\, just b eing The Hives.\n\nBut what's next for the boys in black-and-white? What m ountains remain to be climbed\, what lands are yet to be conquered? Will w e ever hear from them again? Maybe. For The Hives\, it's all or nothing\, perfection or silence\, make their greatest album yet or die trying.\n\n"S omething's brewing in Hive Manor\," Almqvist cryptically promises. "We'll see if it makes the whole house explode and The Hives disappear forever\, or if we can actually create something wonderful and magical and come back to everybody\, because we know that’s what they want."\n\n \; CATEGORIES:All Ages END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR