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Article: CD REVIEW: The Hives infect America with 'Tyrannosaurus Hives'
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- July 22, 2004
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Jorge Valencia
University Wire
07-22-2004
(The Diamondback) (U-WIRE) COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- I'm intrigued by these guys and their damn suits.
The Hives might not be one of the most fresh garage-rock revivalist bands on your radio, but they're definitely the hottest Swedish one. This is only relevant considering the Scandinavian talent incubator the group's former label, Burning Heart Records (See The (International) Noise Conspiracy or Millencolin), has become recently.
Most of these bands draw their influences from the same '70s and '80s music. The Hives' breakthrough single "Hate To Say I Told You So," or the follow-up "Main Offender" from 2000's "Veni, Vidi, Vicious" are examples of how ...