Veni Vidi Vicious

Artist: The Hives
Label: Jvc Victor
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4988002466955
ASIN: B0002V01UG

Release Date: 2004-09-30

Veni Vidi Vicious

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Tracks:

Hives-Declare Guerre Nucleaire
Die, All Right!
Get Together to Tear It Apart
Main Offender
Outsmarted
Hate to Say I Told You So
Hives-Introduce the Metric System in Time
Find Another Girl
Statecontrol
Inspection Wise 1999
Knock Knock
Supply and Demand
Untutored Youth [*]
Fever [*]
Mad Man [*]

Album Description

Japanese limited edition reissue of the Swedish garage rockers' 2000 album includes three bonus tracks, 'Untutored Youth', 'Fever', & 'Mad Man'. Burning Heart. 2004.

Album Details

Limited Budget Release. Features Three Bonus Tracks: 'untutored Youth', 'fever', and 'mad Man'. Only Available Until December 2004.

Customer Reviews:

Swede punk.......2005-05-09

When you think of Swedish music, ABBA and other embarrassments come to mind. Well, scratch that impression. In 2000, the American rock scene got its blast of Swedish punk rock from the Hives, who got attention with the raw energy and raging music of "Veni Vidi Vicious."

Their breakout album is a lot more assured than their relatively clumsy debut, "Barely Legal." It kicks off with some catchy riffs, joined rapidly by some heavy percussion and unholy yells from Howlin' Pelle. That's only the first minute and a half, an explosive opener called "Declare Guerre Nucleaire." (The meaning is pretty obvious)

That sets the tone for the rest of the album, with its mix of hard rock and aggressive yells. Some of them, like "Statecontrol" and "A Get Together To Tear It Apart" are almost dizzyingly fast-paced, while songs like "Main Offender" are catchy enough to count as genuine singles. Fortunately, they don't sacrifice too much of the aggressive rockin' for catchiness.

The Hives have done their homework, unlike many a whiny faux-punk band. What makes rock'n'roll like this enjoyable is not laments about how your girlfriend left you, but explosive energy and a bit of hell-raising. I don't know if the Hives hell-raise in real-life, but in "Veni Vidi Vicious" they sound about ready to. And love every minute, too.

Like many popular rock bands, they have a lot of classic rock echoes -- most notably Iggy and the Stooges. Despite a lot of unfortunate hype surrounding them, here's nothing original or groundbreaking about the Hives. They simply move faster and with more energy, and their lack of pretention is what makes them entertaining.

Howlin' Pelle is well-known now for living up to his name -- at least the "howlin'" prt. He shrieks, he yowls, he yells, he yelps, he wails. He even sings a little, in a very hammy manner, in the wickedly tongue-in-cheek "Find Another Girl." But mostly he howls, and that gets a bit annoying after awhile -- especially since he actually has a pretty decent singing voice.

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