Article: Institutionalized; The Hives Big Shtick Wears Thin

I THINK IT may be time to start seeing other people. Something's changed. The energy's there but it feels more like the ghost of momentum than something happening right now. I think we've both gotten a little lazy, going through the motions--the Hives keep saying they're the best band in the world and I keep forgetting I no longer really believe that. But old crushes die hard--especially when they're dressed in matching Oreo-cookie-colored outfits.

I first fell for the Hives by chance. Trekking through Europe in 2000, I stumbled into a Paris bar on the recommendation of a French newspaper promising a "punkrockandroll" show. The Hives were brash Swedish upstarts (who'd already been nominated ...

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