(Vocal/instrumental group, 1993–present) Sweden’s Hives – Pelle Almqvist (vocals), Niklas Almqvist (guitar), Mikael Karlsson Åström (guitar), Mattias Bernval (bass) and Christian Grahn (drums) – suffered relative obscurity in their home country until the UK’s garage rock obsession in 2000, after signing to the Poptones label. Immaculately attired and only slightly serious, the band excelled at an almost pantomime ...
has guested and duetted with artists as diverse as Thom Yorke, Nick Cave, Josh Homme and Tricky. Styles & Forms | Twenty-First Century | Rock Personalities | The Hives | Twenty-First Century | Rock ...
A basic line-up of drums, bass and two guitars, sometimes augmented by a piano or a saxophone – this was the blueprint for the 500 or so bands who, staying faithful to the spirit and material of classic rock’n’roll, and to many obscure R&B songs, invigorated the pop scene in and around Liverpool between 1958 and ...
Revival In recent years garage rock has undergone a revival, a new wave of often besuited upstarts from around the planet re-invigorating the style. Between them, Sweden’s The Hives, New York five-piece The Strokes and the Detroit-based duo White Stripes have somehow injected urgency and fashionability into a form of music that was in danger of becoming redundant. ...
the continuation of the ‘spirit of rock’, as purveyed by such wildly diverse bands as Nickelback, The White Stripes, The Strokes, The Killers, Kasabian, The Hives, Muse, Queens Of The Stone Age, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Arctic Monkeys… The list is endless and ever added to, but reveals the wealth ...
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