The Hives are a rock band from Fagersta, Sweden that first rose to prominence in the early 2000s as a leading group of the garage rock revival, playing punk-influenced garage rock. Their breakthrough came with the release of the "best-of" compilation Your New Favourite Band, featuring their most commercially successful song "Hate to Say I Told You So". The Hives are known for their "hilarious self-glorification," and performing in matching suits that change with each album, but are always black and white.

The Hives are a garage rock or garage punk band from Fagersta, Sweden that emerged in the US and the UK in the early 2000s, but existed for nearly a decade before that. The Hives are: “Howlin” Pelle Almqvist (vocals) Nicholaus “Arson” Almqvist (guitar) Mikael “Vigilante Carlstroem” Karlsson Åström (guitar) Mattias “Dr. Matt Destruction” Bernvall (bass) Christian “Chris Dangerous” Grahn (drums) The band claims that their songs are written by an honorary “sixth Hive”, Ran