Don’t Be An Idiot, See The Hives

Formed by singer Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist and brother Nicholaus Arson, on guitar, The Hives were initially the least talked about of the garage rock revival, but they proved to be the best singles band out of that whole scene. Their second disc, Veni Vidi Vicious, generated the still-great single, Hate to Say I Told You So, as well as Main Offender.
“In the beginning,” said Pelle, “we had to survive all the times of hating each other and beating each other up because there was no one else to play with in our shitty hometown.”