Sahara Hotnights
While growing up in northern Sweden during the hey day of grunge, the four ladies of Sahara Hotnights needed something tangible to beat the boredom of being teenagers. Naturally, Maria Andersson (vocals/ guitars), Josephine Forsman (drums) and sisters Jennie Asplund (guitars), Johanna Asplund (bass) formed a band. They were already under the influence of Blondie, The Clash and The Ramones, so Sahara Hotnights structured themselves under seventies punk rock for a stylish, post-grunge sound of their own. A self-released debut EP, Suits Anyone Fine, was issued to critical European acclaim in 1997, and almost immediately things started to happen for Sahara Hotnights. They scored a label contract with the Swedish label, Speech and over the next two years, three more killer singles - "Face Wet," "Oh Darling," "Nothing Yet" - would be released. In 1999, Sahara Hotnights issued their proper studio full-length C'mon, Let's Pretend; it would later earn two Swedish Grammy nominations.
Such success wasn't short of stopping, either. Sahara Hotnights got out of their drab Swedish hometown of Umea by the new millennium and signed to BMG in the U.K. The Drive Dead Slow EP appeared in April 2000 and the girls prepped for a sophomore album. The spiky cool Jennie Bomb exuded a new confidence from the Sahara Hotnights. Now in their early twenties, the dynamic inside the band had never been better and their musicianship was tight. America finally caught on in mid-2002; Sahara Hotnights and JetSet set up camp and Jennie Bomb was slated for a domestic release in September. Two years later, the band made their major label debut for RCA with Kiss & Tell.
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Discography
20 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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C'mon Let's Pretend
Pop/Rock - Released by RCA Records Label on 1 Jan 1999
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Pop - Released by RCA Records Label on 25 Apr 2016
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Kiss & Tell
Pop/Rock - Released by RCA Records Label on 7 May 2004
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Love In Times Of Low Expectations
Pop - Released by Universal Music AB on 6 May 2022
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C'mon Let's Pretend
Pop - Released by RCA Records Label on 1 Jan 1999
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Jennie Bomb
Pop/Rock - Released by RCA Records Label on 11 Feb 2001
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Jennie Bomb
Pop/Rock - Released by RCA Records Label on 28 May 2001
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What If Leaving Is a Loving Thing
Alternative & Indie - Released by Bad Taste Records on 18 Apr 2007
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C'mon Let's Pretend
Pop - Released by RCA Records Label on 1 Jan 1999
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Who Do You Dance For ?
Pop/Rock - Released by RCA Records Label on 11 Oct 2004
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Cheek to Cheek
Alternative & Indie - Released by Bad Taste Records on 7 Feb 2007
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Visit to Vienna
Alternative & Indie - Released by Bad Taste Records on 25 Jul 2007
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