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Article: Hives ride high on success of 'Tyrannosaurus'
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- July 30, 2004
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IT'S an odd thing, says Howlin' Pelle Almqvist, something unique
to his native Sweden. In his hometown of Fagersta, when the frontman
for the Hives strolls down the street with his equally high-profile
girlfriend, Maria Andersson of Sahara Hotnights, they're always
afforded an unusually wide berth.
No paparazzi, no autograph hounds, no tabloid journalists charting
their every move. You might term the reception the duo receives in
most Nordic countries downright chilly.
Why? Almqvist -- who'll be hitting the Fillmore on a Hives/
Hotnights double bill Sunday -- sounds almost patriotic as he
describes "this social construct we have in Sweden called
'Jantelagen.' It means that nobody should ...