Pelle Almqvist
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"Howlin' Pelle Almqvist" is the lead singer of Swedish garage rock band The Hives. Like the rest of the band, Almqvist hails from Fagersta, a small town in central Sweden with about 11,000 residents.

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We're not too fond of time off, actually. We're in this band because we like being in it, and time away is good so you don't burn out, but I'll give it two weeks before we want to start working again.

It's so new. We haven't played any of the songs live yet, but there's some really good ideas floating around.

If you have a good idea, you can do it pretty quickly. It doesn't have to cost $1 million, either. Same thing with making records, actually.

[Also included is a faux Hives documentary narrated by Little Steven Van Zandt .] Apparently Bruce Springsteen saw us on TV and kind of introduced Steven to us, which is weird enough as it is, ... When they got to Sweden on an E Street Band tour, they looked us up and had us come down to the show. We've been friends since.