Veni Vidi Vicious - The Hives

Once upon a time, I was very into the whole Punk Scene, by that I refer to what is currently known as the punk scene, ala all those bands on Epitaph records and such, NOFX,Pennywise...you know the type. Im not now, but I can still look back on some CDs purchased during this time, and semi-relate to what I was enjoying in them. One such CD I cannot is this. Because Im Mr.Finger On the Pulse (not really), I was actually alerted to Sweden's The Hives a good year or so before they became famous, and also grew to dislike them before they became famous. Don't like the Hives? My bandwagon you are jumping on. Ok, so Im sure others hated them first, but I deserve ...

If you like fast furious in your face music this band will knock your socks off. The Hives a band from Sweden broke out in the late 90’s and brought a bright new spark to a some what dull music seen at that time. With there very unique sound they went from strength to strength and are still pushing there way up. There short songs and fast tempo give all there music that different sound we all look for. Having loved this band since day one I’m not going to say that you will like them because you must have a certain tolerance in order to enjoy this band fully, because to them people who cant open there minds to this kind of music and say ‘oh that’s just noise’ then fair ...