In 1993, 5 adolescents in the small industrial town of FAGERSTA, SWEDEN each receive a letter with a time and place. A year later they, led by the genius of a Mr. Randy Fitzsimmons, begin to appear in various public places in and around Fagersta. The response is one of confusion, excitement and contempt. In the year 1995 word had spread throughout the middle part of Sweden. These kids with strange haircuts play really fast and short sets that sometimes justfall apart in arguments and sometimes are pure magic to witness. Record company exec. PETER AHLQVIST hears of this. He is intrigued but a bit uncertain, as he doesn't really know what to make of them. He decides however that he can release them on a side label to minimize damage to his own label Burning Heart, if these young men would enter the studio on one of their infamous bad days. Fast Foward a couple of years And HERE IT IS: 'Veni, Vidi, Vicious!' Their sophomore effort for BHR is about to hit the stores and YOU. The Hives are out of their teens and out of their minds apparently as this record is already covered in praise by just about anyone who listens to it. The sound of the hives is, like a velvet glove with brass knuckles, both brutal and sophisticated at the same time. Based on youth, energy, taste and a bag of tricks borrowed from 50´s rock and roll, 60´s garage rock, 70´s punk rock and new wave and everything after.
