The Hives:Real Deal or just a tease???


I picked up The Hives CD, as a TAS recommended recording, what a blast!!! four of the songs are definitely 60s style (tracks,1,4,6,10) , though they remind me of the Romantics of the late 70s. The rest were 70s/90s punk junk( to me anyway). Also, picked up the Strokes(awful, punk junk), The White Stripes,, although no one particular song was a stand out, they were more in tune with the 60s style of garage bands. The song about the Big Three was hilarious.

So the question, are my hopes running too high and these groups one shot wonders?? and is this type of music just a shot in the dark??? If not are there any other bands similar to this type, 60s garage band, in your face swagger ( Standells' "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White"
or Them' "Gloria"). Are the kids getting hip again???
shubertmaniac

Showing 1 response by blkadr

There does seem to be a movement back to 70s rock style. Some of us (new) old farts were talking about what our kids are listening to. Sounds like they are not just listening to the new music with the old sound but they are discovering the old stuff. The stuff they would not listen to because it was not "their music". By the way, we were standing around the BBQ with "Mountain Climbing" blasting and looking at the "Chunga's Revenge" album cover at the time.