Sahara Hotnights
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| Sahara Hotnights | |
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 Pictured left to right: Jennie, Josephine, Maria, Johanna
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Robertsfors, Sweden |
| Genre(s) | Rock |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Label(s) | SonyBMG / Speech / RCA / Stand By Your Band |
| Members | |
| Maria Andersson Josephine Forsman Jennie Asplund Johanna Asplund |
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Sahara Hotnights is a rock band from Robertsfors, Sweden. Their style incorporates elements of garage rock, power pop and punk. While in Australia, Josephine Forsman bet on a horse named Sahara Hotnights and brought the name back to the band.
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[edit] History
The band formed sometime around 1991/1992[1], due to "boredom". Their debut EP, Suits Anyone Fine, was released in 1997 to immediate success and critical acclaim in Europe. Soon afterwards, the band signed with the Swedish label Speech Records, and over the next two years released three further singles, "Face Wet", "Oh Darling", and "Nothing Yet". In 1999 Sahara Hotnights released their debut full-length studio album C'mon Let's Pretend, which earned two Grammis nominations.
The Drive Dead Slow EP appeared in April 2000, released on the BMG label, before the band's second album Jennie Bomb (named for Jennie Asplund) was released in 2001 (2002 in America). The timing of its release coincided with a surge in interest in Swedish rock'n'roll bands, such as The Hives, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Mando Diao and Hellacopters. The songs "On Top Of Your World" and "With Or Without Control" were released as singles. "Alright Alright (Here's My Fist Where's The Fight?)" is featured in Cheaper by the Dozen, Stormbreaker and on the Jackass: The Movie soundtrack.
Sahara Hotnights opened for The Hives before releasing Kiss & Tell in 2004 on the RCA label. "Hot Night Crash" and "Who Do You Dance For?" have been released as singles from that album. The single "Hot Night Crash" appears on the soundtrack of Burnout 3 and of Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam. The song "No Big Deal" is played in CKY4.
A new single entitled "Cheek to Cheek" from their fourth studio album What If Leaving Is a Loving Thing on Stand By Your Band Records was released via the bands MySpace site. The album was released on April 18, 2007. When interviewed by the press about the meaning behind lyrics on the album, song-writer Maria Andersson commented that "if you read them you'll understand. The good thing with being able to write lyrics is that you can sit here and shut up about it."
[edit] Members
- Maria Andersson (born December 4, 1981, Umeå, Sweden) – Lead vocals, guitar
- Jennie Asplund (born November 24, 1979, Robertsfors, Sweden) – Backing vocals, guitar
- Johanna Asplund (born September 21, 1981, Umeå, Sweden) – Backing vocals, bass
- Josephine Forsman (born May 20, 1981, Umeå, Sweden) – Drums
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- C'mon Let's Pretend – 1999
- Jennie Bomb – 2001 Mainland Europe / 2002 UK/US
- Kiss & Tell – 2004
- What If Leaving Is a Loving Thing - 2007
[edit] EPs
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Chart position | ||||
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| 1998 | "Nothing Yet" | — | ||||
| "Face Wet" | — | |||||
| "Oh Darling!" | — | |||||
| 1999 | "Push On Some More" | — | ||||
| "Drive Dead Slow" | — | |||||
| 2000 | "Quite a Feeling" | — | ||||
| 2001 | "Alright Alright (Here's My Fist Where's the Fight?)" |
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| "On Top of Your World" | 28 | |||||
| "With or Without Control" | — | |||||
| 2004 | "Hot Night Crash" | — | ||||
| "Who Do You Dance For?" | — | |||||
| 2007 | "Cheek to Cheek" | 10 | ||||
| "Visit to Vienna" | 49 | |||||
[edit] References
[edit] Notes
- ^ Alexander Laurence (2002-10). Sahara Hotnights Interview. FREEwilliamsburg. Retrieved on 2007-05-10.
[edit] Web sites
[edit] External links
- Sahara Hotnights official site
- Sahara Hotnights at MySpace
- Doodlemoonch Lunatic Asylum - A Sahara Hotnights fan forum
