The Hives are a punk rock band from sweden. They were started by randy fitzsimmons when they were about fourteen. They all grew up in the small town of Fagersta, Sweden were they played as many shows as they could because there was nothing else to do there. The Hives started getting known when veni vedi vicious came out in 1999. The people could'nt get their hands off it. When tyrannosaurus hives released in 2004 the world couldn't escape from the infecting Hives. The Hives are currently making a new album in the mysterious Hive Manor.