Veni Vidi Vicious

by The Hives

Overview

Rousing, stompin' garage rock from these Swedes, with plenty of mod and frantic punk energy to keep you grooving along. "Party Party!" they seem to be saying, and you just want to join. This is definite change-up from the usual hyperspeed pop-ska-punk dross offered on Epitaph. Perhaps this arises from the fact that these guys are only distributed on Epitaph and yet are actually on the Burning Heart imprint. Plenty of fuzzed, struttin', propulsive guitar work on this disc to assault your ears. Well worth your time to take a spin. More records like this need to exist. [The Japanese edition offers several bonus features, including videos, a website connection, and three bonus tracks ("Untutored Youth," "Fever," and "Mad Man.")] ~ Jeremy Salmon

Product Details

Release Date:	04/30/2002
Label:	Reprise / Warner Bros.
UPC:	0093624832720

Tracks

1. The Hives-Declare Guerre Nucleaire
2. Die, All Right!
3. A Get Together to Tear It Apart
4. Main Offender
5. Outsmarted
6. Hate to Say I Told You So
7. The Hives-Introduce the Metric System in Time
8. Find Another Girl
9. Statecontrol
10. Inspection Wise 1999
11. Knock Knock
12. Supply and Demand

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Hives   Primary Artist
Chris Dangerous   Drums,Rhythm
Vigilante Carlstroem   Guitar (Rhythm),Vocals (Background)
Nicholaus Arson   Treble,Lead Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Howlin' Pelle Almqvist   Vocals,Lead Vocals
Kalle   Synthesizer
Jari H   Tambourine
Dr. Matt Destruction   Bass

Technical Credits

Nicholaus Arson   Artwork
Curtis Mayfield   Composer
Jerry Butler   Composer
Howlin' Pelle Almqvist   Engineer,Producer
Pelle Gunnerfeldt   Engineer,Producer
Jonas Gauffin   Photography
Randy Fitzsimmons   Composer
Fredrik Holmstedt   Engineer