Pop Quiz: The Hives

Pop Quiz: The Hives

Aidin Vaziri | OK, so the Hives can get a little monotonous with the whole black- and-white dress code and songs that sound as if they were recorded in a cave, but that's only until you see them live. With front man Howlin' Pelle Almqvist strutting around like Mick Jagger with a chicken stuck up his butt and everyone else going pretty much 100 percent ballistic, it's not so much a regular gig as total rock 'n' roll pandemonium.



Howlin' Pelle Almqvist of The Hives
Q: You guys also handle your own business affairs. Is that as time consuming as the rolling around on the floor?
A: It is, actually. The more popular you get, the less you get to play music, which is kind of annoying because we do this to play music.
Q: Plus you need all that time to take drugs and sleep with groupies.
A: Ah, we can fit it in.