The closest English translations to Hoven Droven are "helter skelter" or "whatever," which happens to also describe the band's approach to their Swedish folk roots. Taking traditional melodies and rocking them hard is the band's most dominant approach, but they can also be quite melodic. But the band always seems to gravitate back to blowing your socks off.

Hoven Droven are:

• Björn Höglund (drums and percussion)
  
  
• Bo Lindberg (electric guitar)
  
  
• Jens Comén (saxophones)
  
  
• Pedro Blom (bass)
  
  
• Kjell-Erik Eriksson (fiddle)