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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History
The band formed sometime around 1991/1992,
[1] due to "boredom". Around 1995, they had a won a "battle of the bands" contest and were awarded with a chance to record their songs in studio. 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,
New York Minute and on the
Jackass: The Movie soundtrack.
Sahara Hotnights opened for
The Hives before releasing
Kiss & Tell
in 2004 on the
RCA label. The tour sprouted from a relationship with
Maria Andersson and Hives' frontman
Howlin' Pelle Almqvist. "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."
Sahara Hotnights' sound has been claimed to be a mix between
Blondie,
The Ramones, and
Nirvana. Although their latest work has a more pop sound to it, Sahara Hotnights have always been influenced by classic rock and punk bands. When the
Kiss & Tell album was released, many accustomed to the unforgiving stance that
Jennie Bomb had balked at their attempt to make an album that was dance crafty. However, in an interview with
Maria Andersson, Andersson claimed that the Jennie Bomb album had a "slick sound to the rock songs, and on Kiss and Tell it has a more raw sound to the pop songs."
On
January 30,
2009, the band officially announced that their fifth full length album,
Sparks, will be released on
February 25, 2009. The first single,
In Private
, has already been released.
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
Discography
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
- Sparks
- 2009
EPs
Singles
| Year
| Single
| Chart position
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| Sweden
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| 1998
| "Nothing Yet"
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| "Face Wet"
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| "Oh Darling!"
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| 1999
| "Push On Some More"
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| "Drive Dead Slow"
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| 2000
| "Quite a Feeling"
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| 2001
| "Alright Alright (Here's My
Fist Where's the Fight?)"
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| "On Top of Your World"
| 28
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| "With or Without Control"
| 33
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| 2004
| "Hot Night Crash"
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| "Who Do You Dance For?"
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| 2007
| "Cheek to Cheek"
| 10
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| "Visit to Vienna"
| 49
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| 2008
| "In Private"
| 7
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| 2009
| "Japanese Boy"
| 59
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References
- Sahara Hotnights Interview