“Do what I please gonna spread the disease
Because I wanna…”
…And they did!
With the explosive mix of 60’s garage riffs of the The Kinks and Sonics + 70’s punk rock fury (and the help from God), five elegant but crazy arrogant swedes managed to conquire the world. This, their 2nd Lp from 2000. sparks the new garage revival wave for a 21st century. “Veni Vidi Vicious” was kinda like a garage punk hit album with killer singles and videos as Hate To Say I Told You So, Die, All Right! and Main Offender that jammed the rock’n’roll media.
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“They looked like the Rolling Stones and sounded like The Stooges. They were gonna do what they wanted because they could, and damned if I didn’t immediately feel that. They were jerking around on my TV screen, heads floating in front of alert signs, looking very dirty-clean and dumb-smart, the epitome of cool.”
“Singer Pelle Almqvist‘s guttural scream shot spit through the fourth wall, which is truly the essence of the band. The Hives have often been called (by both critics and themselves) one of the greatest live rock bands in the history of amplifiers. That energy spewed onto every second of Veni Vidi Vicious.
The album heralded a more sophisticated, cleaner level of production. The band reportedly called the sound “a velvet glove with brass knuckles.” It’s 12 tracks came in at a quick 27 minutes. Two of the songs cleared three minutes, which is more than The Hives’ bright burning freight-train of a debut. It had catchy choruses, but it was still punk through and through. I’d never been to a bar, but listening to this album, I could taste beer splatter and sweat mixing in the air.” [Kat Bein]
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And now, for this special occasion you can enjoy Surfadelic LP rip from limited edition white vinyl!
“Confucius says: Ah…The Hives. The future is theirs… should they want it.”
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