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Article: CD REVIEW: The Hives 'Tyrannosaurus Hives' a modern mostrosity
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- August 4, 2004
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Brian Wachur
University Wire
08-04-2004
(The Daily Athenaeum) (U-WIRE) MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- The Hives are tackling the same conundrum that the Vines and the Strokes have dealt with in the past 12 months: How do you follow up a debut album that was part of a short-lived fad when the fad has since been bulldozed by the "here today, gone today" attitude of the music industry?
With "Tyrannosaurus Hives," the follow-up to their 2002 debut "Veni Vidi Vicious," these Swedish garage-punk-pop rockers attempt to rise to the occasion with another album full of relentless guitar riffs, drum beats and unconvincing screaming from frontman Howlin' Pelle Almqvist. Occasionally, on songs like the standout ...
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... ... rockers evolve into something more commercial or more rofessional, The Hives have stayed true to their roots. On "Tyrannosaurus Hives," they prove that they're having more fun and kicking more ass than any other band on the planet. Like a ...
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