Pelle Almqvist of The Hives
''Rehearsal Room & Disco in Sweden''
Almqvist has sketched the original ''Hives Manor,'' where the band lived during their early years of recording and touring. Although it was small, the singer has fond memories of the place, including the music thumping from the disco next door. ''We could steal disco basslines because that’s all we could hear. We heard the beats and then we split them up and made them into our own songs! A river ran through it and there was also a retirement home. I’ve drawn drunken people falling out of the disco and lying there — it must be a Saturday night. And some rubble, because nobody cleaned up the yard so it looks like a haunted house, which we thought was nice.''
