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Article: The Hives, Veni, Vidi, Vicious.(Sound Recording Review)
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- Sensible Sound
- Article date:
- April 1, 2003
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(Sire/Burning Heart/ Epitaph)
The tax rate in Sweden hovers around 70%, a heart transplant costs fifty bucks, and every single woman is a model-quality blond from birth to death. With a cradle-to-grave nurturing state, what's the beef? I'd expect the polite blandishments of Abba from the shores that brought Saab and Volvo, but punk fury? Okay, so maybe it's not all milk and honey in our fantasy Nordic wonderland, and The Hives have arrived to deliver the angry word. The Hives are Vigilante Carlstroem (guitar), Nicholaus Arson (guitar), Dr. Matt Destruction (bass), Howlin' Pelle Almqvist (vocals), and Chris Dangerous (drums)--no, really, those are their names. ...