(Source: call-it-fate-call-it-karma)
February 12, 2013
December 6, 2012
Jurola: Just saw The Hives in Zurich! Pelle jumped into the crowd during 'Go Right Ahead,' stared at me, then patted my head and...
It was also Brad from The Bronx’s birthday and they let him play bass for ‘Hate To Say I Told You So!’
Here’s a rough HPA quote from tonight.
“All you watch makers, chocolate makers and bankers… and us IKEA furniture makers and Viking warlord would like to dedicate this next song to you…
November 4, 2012
Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist jokingly talking about Coachella:
“It’s such a fucking hip fest!”
October 27, 2012
"We’ve been doing this such a long time and I hurt myself all the time — cuts and bruises and scrapes and stuff like that — so I’ve stretched my ‘maybe I’m going to die’ thing. Our music makes me feel invincible as long as I’m on stage. Then afterwards I’ll be like, “What did I just do!? I could’ve died!” I don’t think about it while I’m up on stage."
— Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist (via hivesquotes)
(Source: abc.net.au, via hivesquotes)
October 27, 2012
"The Rolling Stones never broke up. Go on a break! Just don’t tell people you quit. Quitting then reforming is making a splash of something that doesn’t need to be. I’m sure The Clash wish they’d taken a break rather saying they’d split up."
— Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist on bands splitting up. (via hivesquotes)
(Source: musicomh.com, via hivesquotes)
October 27, 2012
"Randy is real. In an era when the only way to get famous is to show your ass on television, people get anxious when somebody doesn’t want to be seen. It’s like religion. Either you believe or you don’t."
— Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist on Randy Fitzsimmons. (via hivesquotes)
(Source: spin.com, via hivesquotes)
October 8, 2012
The Hives at Pappy & Harriet’s - 1000 Answers
“We are as rural as you people are. Just that where we’re rural from.. it’s cold. That’s the only difference. We also have broken cars. We also make our own entertainment in liquid form.”
(Source: youtube.com)
September 23, 2012
"There are a lot of magicians in town, but very few wizards. You are looking at five grand wizards."
— Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist in Las Vegas.
(Source: lvrj.com)
September 20, 2012
I stayed up in the wee early hours of the morning to listen to The Hives’ private show at Ouï FM and recorded it for The Hives - France.
Run time: 31 minutes, 12 Seconds
Set list: Come On!, Take Back the Toys, Hate To Say I Told You So, Wait a Minute, Insane, Go Right Ahead, Tick Tick Boom
Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist:
“In the words of a famous poet from St. Louis - Nelly: “It’s getting hot in hurrr”. And when it gets hot, sensitive substances might blow up. And when sensitive substances blow up, they make a noise. Sweden invented dynamite, Sweden invented The Hives, Sweden invented (if you will) … Le … Tick Tick Tick Tick… What did I start? TROY GREEN!”
September 11, 2012
HPA: “My mouth is not connected to my brain that much”
Almqvist’s humorous stage persona, however, wasn’t among those preconceived identity traits.
“I don’t remember much of what I say,” he insists. “It kind of just happens … my mouth is not connected to my brain that much,” he says, laughing. Then, striking a more serious tone: “Rock singers these days don’t really seem to have any confidence, which is what it’s about.
“Rock bands kind of leave all the fun stuff to hip-hop – bragging and being slightly annoying towards the audience. I always like teasing the audience. It makes me feel alive, you know? It’s mostly about us trying to do it the way we think it should be done. Like it shouldn’t be you hiding with your tail between your legs. It should be you screaming: ‘Here I am! Look at me!’”
That’s precisely what he and his mates intend to do as this tour continues for about a year, after which the group will head home to Sweden to “fiddle with a new album.”
(Source: soundcheck.ocregister.com)
September 1, 2012
Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist introducing Patrolling Days at Leeds Festival 2012:
“Thank you for having us back, it’s been a fucking pleasure. Thank you fucking people fucking much. We’re going play a fucking song from our fucking latest album. This one is called, from the fucking Lex Hives album, it’s fucking called fucking Patrolling Days!”
(Source: youtube.com)
September 1, 2012
"The media has a view that they can create you and then kill you but a lot of bands that were heralded as the new thing and then are not anymore are doing great. The tree still makes a sound if it falls in the woods, even though nobody writes an article about it in NME or Rolling Stone."
— Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist (The Hives) on the media hyping up bands.
(Source: arts.nationalpost.com)
August 31, 2012
HPA on festivals
Almqvist says he has a ball playing festivals with multiple stages, and salivates upon seeing the Hives slotted between sets from other rock bands. Not only does it create an atmosphere of one-upmanship, which Almqvist loves, it gives him and indication of what tools the competition is bringing to the table.
“I love playing festivals for that reason alone. If all bands were touring separately, we would never see each other and I would have no idea what other people were doing.”
Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/Hives+mission+upmanship/7166457/story.html#ixzz255ulDI1i
August 26, 2012
Your national anthem.
Elsewhere, an overcast first day of Reading saw The Hives return full of their old showmanship, with the whole band taking the Radio 1/NME stage dressed in top hats and tails, asking the crowd to ‘stand for your national anthem’ before playing signature song Hate To Say I Told You So.
(Source: metro.co.uk)
July 16, 2012
"We’re actually the least vain band there is. For every tour we come up with something new to wear and then wear it for years. Other bands spend hours picking out the night’s t-shirt."
— Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist - The Hives (via lullabytheway)
(Source: lulla-by-lulla)
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