The 2002 VMA's "Battle of the Bands": The Hives vs. The Vines Live [HD from Official Promo DVD]

Recorded live at the Radio City Music Hall in New York, August 29, 2002 for MTV.

This video was taken from the official promotional DVD that was issued by MTV in 2003 for Emmy consideration. It contains the 2002 VMAs in high quality and in its entirety.

You can watch The Hives' presentation separately here:    • The Hives - Main Offender (Live at MT...  

2:22 "I know you want us to play more, but that's all the time we have, so you can turn off now!"


"We were asked to play the MTV Awards, then the 'Battle of the Bands' concept came after. We figured we'd win so we accepted! [laughs] I can see that Julian Casablancas and company probably felt it was too corny to compete in music or whatever. Maybe I'm more of a showbiz person! It was a lot of fun, though, so no regrets. Maybe The Strokes should have said 'yes'! Coming from the underground, all of us bands weren't used to being in a mainstream environment, but it always seemed more fun to say yes than no – more fun sh*t happens that way."

(Pelle Almqvist in an interview for NME, May of 2021)

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