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UntutoredYouth registered: 7/31/2004 00:00 posts: 9	Do you think.. Do you think the Hives are becoming mainstream? Does it bother you that they're "everywhere" these days? I don't really think they're becoming mainstream, cause after all, they are the Hives anhd they are the way they always have been. Although I don't think I would like it much if they started playing the Hives on "hit song" radio stations..
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ChrisDangerous registered: 7/20/2004 00:00 posts: 11	haha sadly the hives have been mainstream years ago. ever since veni vidi vicious came out. once your video is played on mtv, you're automatically mainstream. but that doesnt bother me, i just care about the music.
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stupidstu registered: 5/25/2004 00:00 posts: 4	er.. er... just because your video is played on MTV doesn't make you mainstream.. when it's on TRL and shows like that, it's mainstream.. when it gets as much play as Britney Spears it's mainstream.. when every single they put out is popular it's mainstream.. only song most people have heard of from the Hives is "Hate to Say I Told You So"... so uh, no they aren't mainstream...
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bacardibabe88 registered: 4/18/2004 00:00 posts: 955	... Quite right... they are not mainstream at the moment ;-)
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xMsBondx registered: 5/18/2004 00:00 posts: 0	Mainstream = Bad ? I definately see that the Hives are a lot more popular and mainstream, but I fail to see how that is bad. The Hives are the greatest band in the world, so why should it be bad if everyone knows about them and listens to them?
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angus rocks registered: 7/23/2004 00:00 posts: 41	hmm i dont think the whole idea of being a "mainstream" band is really that bad, it's more or less the crap that comes with being mainstream.
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oliviasays registered: 6/28/2004 00:00 posts: 276	... rock on.
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T-moho registered: 7/25/2004 00:00 posts: 2	mainstrem BADDD when ost bands become mainstrem they sell out...obviouly this wont happen to the hives cuz they KICKASS if the become mainstrem that mean EVERYONE will be talking about them and most people wont appreciate the music jus listen to them to fit in
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howlin' aL registered: 7/24/2004 00:00 posts: 14	... they're only everywhere nowadays because they've just released a new album.. duh :D it'll die down eventually, and they'll be the little band in your back pocket again
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sanda13 registered: 5/30/2004 00:00 posts: 613

... hmm, so in germany Tyrannosaurus hives is nr. 10 and in austria 17~.....in england number 7. I think we will never see a small hives concert....just big shows! So I'm sad....because I like at most the small gigs, but I know just one person here in austria who bought TH, where are the other???, however, I'm happy for the guys, they worked really heard and the result we see I ever questioned my little sister if she like a band or a LP, if she say its good than the music is mainstream......and yesterday she said TH is a good one!!!! OOOOOH MY GOD!

posted: 8/2/2004 02:59

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oliviasays registered: 6/28/2004 00:00 posts: 281	robot I dont care if they are mainstream (which i dont think they are) I will still love them
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brop registered: 7/22/2004 00:00 posts: 4

hey yeah it kinda bothers me....i've been trying to get my cousin to listen to their music for ever...and then TH comes out and she tells me that she's downloaded it. ok first of all she stole from the hives, and secondly, why didnt she listen to them before? I mean, the more hives fans the better, but I dont want people to become hives fans just because they're popular at the moment and want to fit in.

posted: 8/2/2004 17:28

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oliviasays registered: 6/28/2004 00:00 posts: 282	... exactly.
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howlin' aL registered: 7/24/2004 00:00 posts: 25	..fit in or because pelle's hot... you know, all the girls falling in love with pelle..
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sanda13 registered: 5/30/2004 00:00 posts: 615	hmm yeah, hives are popular right now, very popular so what we have to expect different, groupies groupies groupies groupies
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T-moho registered: 7/25/2004 00:00 posts: 4	hey hi know what brop means ive benn tryin to get my friends to listen to the hives but they didnt before...ever since walk idoit walk they've been asking to burn my TH...grrrr but hopefully this will all blow over like it did with H.T.S.I.T.U.S came out
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American Meg registered: 7/17/2004 00:00 posts: 103	Groupies . . . Christy told me this. Pelle said that groupies come with the territory. He said if you kind of ignore them and when they approach you talk about something like fish, then they'll just go away. This was in a Swedish mag. Can you imagine talking to Pelle about fish? "I loooove salmon!"
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The Hives Are Law registered: 6/16/2004 00:00 posts: 9	I'm Pretty Sure The Hives Don't Mind In all their interviews they seem to make it quite clear they like being popular or their album being popular. People seem to have a problem with when a band get's big but I think its great if youre sort of music gets popular that means more hives for everybody and less limp bizkit and britney spears.
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UntutoredYouth registered: 7/31/2004 00:00 posts: 12	I do agree with some of you. I just don't like it when everyone suddenly likes a band they used to make fun of. And I don't want it to be impossible to get tickets to any of their shows. To be, the Hives are a mysterious band and they would lose some of that if everyone talked about them and put everything out there.. kind of. I dunno.
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Jan584 registered: 7/13/2004 00:00 posts: 15

....... as long as they don't change their sound, which means selling out, it doens't bother me that thsy become mainstream, whatever that means. It's funny when some stupid girl thinks she knows everything and I can shut her up easily by asking her a simple question an true Hives fan would know...btw Christy told me the same thing about Pelle talking about fish. He said it also when he was on Fuse, the band will talk about boring stuff so it calms down the rabid fans and stuff...good thinking

posted: 8/6/2004 14:21

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Vigilanteshouldworkout registered: 7/11/2004 00:00 posts: 21	tsss The Hives have sold them selfs out for a long time ago,, So, that was like.. their goal: To be mainstream Well, at least they admitt it. Honesty is good.
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Jan584 registered: 7/13/2004 00:00 posts: 16

I'm sorry but... to sell out is to change one's sound to be accpeted...they have not changed their sound to be accpeted, the rest of the world just woke up and realized how great they sound. That is what makes them great, the fact that we had to, in a sense, conform to them not them to our mainstream culture. True they have stated that they always wanted to be popular and famous, but on their terms. They could have been very popular back in 1998 if they became a typical boy band, but no they wanted to be famous by playing great garage rock, punk rock music. Music that is played on their terms

posted: 8/6/2004 14:37

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