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The Hives… on a creative hiatus… surely not?

The Hives: 'We Never Thought We’d Be Successful' - The Music

Yet, while it has been over ten years since the Swedish band’s last album, ’s Lex Hives, anyone fearing they have fallen into the ageing rock cliche of an act touring on past glories can rest easy. Yes, The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons is The Hives first full album in over a decade, but as its macabre title hints, the reason for the band’s absence from the studio has been uniquely and suitably The Hives.

Of course, the group did not disappeared since their last long player. Along with several singles – including ’s double a-side I&#;m Alive/Good Samaritan – a live album and a series of global tours, to the outside world The Hives were still setting the pace.

With 'The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons,' The Hives Came Back To ...

Yet inside the band, the lack of a new record was concerning… as was the increasingly long absence of The Hives’ founder, mentor and songwriter, the limelight-shunning Randy Fitzsimmons. As the title of the new record tells you, there was a problem… though possibly not the one you think The Hives Return From Hiatus With 'The Death of Randy ...

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