Summary: Learn Swedish with SwedishPod101! Don't forget to stop by SwedishPod101.com for more great Swedish Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- The Hives Det välkända och framgångsrika garagebandet The Hives har fått flera kontrakt för miljontals dollar, spelat med många kända artister och grupper och fått sin musik använd i film- och tv-soundtracks. De bildades i slutet av 1980 under ett annat namn, men blev The Hives i början av 1990-talet. Officiella medlemmar i bandet är Pelle Almqvist som sångare, Niklas Almqvist på gitarr och keyboard, Mikael Karlsson på gitarr, Mattias Bernvall på bas och Christian Grahn på slagverk. The Hives spelade in sin första demo 1994 och fortsatte med att släppa sitt debutalbum, Oh Lord! When? How? 1995. Albumet tog emot väl och deras andra album, som spelades in 2000, blev en hit i Tyskland, Storbritannien och USA. Det var det här albumet, Veni Vidi Vicious, tillsammans med ett annat album, som gjorde att de upP.M...ärksammandes av Universal Music. Universal erbjöd dem ett kontrakt på 50 miljoner dollar, som de accepterade efter en del utmanande förhandlingar med sitt dåvarande skivbolag. 2006 började deras musik vara med i film och tv, och deras sånger har använts i NFL-reklamer, en Nike-reklam och tv-program som Jericho och Burn Notice, samt i filmer som Get Smart, Jumper och Get Him to the Greek. De har haft möjlighet att arbeta med den hyllade hip-hop-producenten Timbaland och sångarna Cyndi Lauper och Moneybrother. Deras världsturnéer har gästats av Maroon 5, The Donnas och The Hellacopters. ----Formal English---- The Hives A well-known and successful Swedish garage band, The Hives have scored multi-million-dollar contracts, played with many famous artists and groups, and had their music used in movie and television soundtracks. They established themselves in the late 1980s under another name, but came into their own as The Hives in the early 1990s. Official members of the band include Pelle Almqvist on lead vocal, Niklas Almqvist on guitar and keyboard, Mikael Karlsson on guitar, Mattias Bernvall on bass guitar, and Christian Grahn on percussion. The Hives recorded their first demo under their current name in 1994 and went on in 1995 to release their debut album, Oh Lord! When? How? It was well received, and their second album, recorded in 2000, went on to become a hit in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It was this album, Veni Vidi Vicious, along with another album, that propelled them to the attention of Universal Music. Universal offered them a fifty-million-dollar contract which they accepted after some challenging negotiations with their then-current record label. In 2006, their music began to be featured in film and television, and their songs have been used in NFL commercials, a Nike commercial, on network shows Jericho and Burn Notice, and in feature films like Get Smart, Jumper, and Get Him to the Greek. They have had the opportunity to work with celebrated hip-hop producer Timbaland and singers Cyndi Lauper and Moneybrother. Their world tours have been with the likes of Maroon 5, The Donnas, and The Hellacopters. --------------------------- Learn Swedish with SwedishPod101! Don't forget to stop by SwedishPod101.com for more great Swedish Language Learning Resources!
