Genres
                Rock
         Styles
                Jungle/Drum 'N Bass
         Labels
                Celestial (4), Polygram (3)
 
 
 
 

 First gaining underground recognition during his high school years as a guitar player
 for the D.C. band Backlash, Hive would eventually jump from playing hardcore punk to
 composing drum and bass hip-hop mixes upon his move to Los Angeles in 1992. But it
 wasn't until 1997 when Hive (also known as Michael Petrie) would release his first
 full-length entitled Working With Sound on his own Mandala Recordings after five
 years of spinning and producing various hip-hop projects in LA. Not only would this
 release sell out the first pressing of 500 copies, but it also received underground
 critical acclaim from both sides of the coast (courtesy of it smooth jazz tracks layered
 with drum, bass and jungle overtones). A major label bidding war would soon follow in
 1998, resulting in a contract with London Recordings. During that same year, the
 apocalyptic sounds of Devious Methods were soon released under the non-musical
 inspirations of the William Coopers conspiracy novel, the Pale Horse and UFO
 propaganda. Accompanied with the messages of a paranoid America and the dark
 side of human nature, the sounds of Hive's second full-length don't stem to far from
 his earlier efforts of jazz, hip-hop and jungle; only this time we're hit with a fusion of
 some of his hardcore punk roots. The most obvious inspirations from his high school
 days are seen off of his single "Ultra Sonic Sound" where he samples the Bad Brains
 classic "Re-Ignition." -- Mike DaRonco
 

 Similar Artists: Fat Jack
 Performed Songs By: L. Thomas  P. Sanders
 
 

           1998
                 Devious Methods
                                                           Polygram

           1999
                 Working with Sound
                                                           Celestial
 
 

           1998
                 Ultrasonic Sound
                                                          Polygram
                                                                            s

           1998
                 Chain of Prophecies
                                                          Polygram
                                                                            s

           1999
                 Nuplanet
                                                          Celestial
                                                                            s

           1999
                 Ultrasonic Sound: Dillinja Remix
                                                          Celestial
                                                                            s

           2000
                 Weapons of Mass Destruction
                                                          Celestial
                                                                            s