Sahara Hotnights Biography

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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.

History

The band formed sometime around 1991/1992, 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 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 The Movie soundtrack.

Sahara Hotnights supported 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."

Members

Maria Anderson (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