They come from Sweden armed with sharp suits and sharper tunes. They are The Hives and you know you love them. With their excellent haircuts, brutal sophistication and an arsenal of dynamite fuelled rock'n'roll tunes to blow you to kingdom come, these mediocre rock destroyers are the new cardinals of cool.

Every so often something truly unique emerges from the hum-drum and The Hives have found the perfect formula. They're running a buzzsaw through audiences worldwide with explosive, cocky guitars and infectious sing-a-long choruses, delivered with million-watt charisma and plenty of squealing howls as they get down with their bad selves.

Their kinetic brew is a proud retro bag of tricks borrowed from 50's R'N'R, 60's garage, 70's punk, new wave and everything after. All this is then moduled into a sound that is approximately 100% The Hives- short, sharp and the most ear splittingly good thing you've heard. And that's why you need Your New Favorite Band.

Even though their album Veni Vidi Vicious came out at the end of 2000, it took this compilation that Creation Records founder Alan McGee put together for his new Poptones label to really get the hurricane flying in the UK and US.

This deluxe retro looking package houses a blazing collection of Hives tracks taken from their Barely Legal and Veni Vidi Vicious albums plus the singles A.K.A I-D-I-O-T and Hate To Say I Told You So. And as if that wasn't enough, you also get videos for Main Offender, Hate To Say I Told You So, A.k.a I-D-I-O-T and Die, All Right!.

There's so many wicked extras on here, that even if you were incredibly wise enough to get all the releases when they first came out, you still definitely need this baby.

Get down. Get a rash. Get THE HIVES!

"The Hives are breaking out, everywhere. Don´t say you haven´t been warned!” KERRANG (5/5).

"All very f***ing riff-bulbously black-suited and balls-out brilliant!” NME (9/10).”

Estimated despatch 14-20 days after ordering.