“All good rock music has an element of something ridiculous,” begins The Hives frontman Pelle Almqvist. “We want it to be something larger than life.”
Pelle is an entertainer as well as a singer, whether that be through his wicked sense of humour, his flamboyant energy onstage or the charming charisma he exudes on the band’s Instagram live broadcasts. He and his brother Niklas - aka Nicholaus Arson – grew up watching Eddie Murphy films, the comedian's routines inspiring the sharp wit and playfulness that has run right the way through the career of the band they formed back in 1993.
