Sahara Hotnights

{{Short description|Swedish rock band}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2010}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox musical artist| | name = Sahara Hotnights | image = Credoscarnäsström.jpg | caption = | landscape = yes | alias = | origin = Robertsfors, Sweden | genre = Indie rock, garage rock revival | occupation = | years_active = 1992–2011,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/musiken-var-en-plats-dar-vi-kunde-skrika-och-gasta/|title=Musiken var en plats där vi kunde skrika och gasta|work=Dagens Nyheter|author=Matilda Gustavsson|date=13 February 2016|access-date=17 May 2017}}</ref> 2019–present | label = SonyBMG / Speech / RCA / Stand By Your Band | website = | current_members = Maria Andersson Josephine Forsman Jennie Asplund Johanna Asplund | past_members = }}

'''Sahara Hotnights''' are a Swedish rock band from Robertsfors. Since its inception, the band has been composed of lead singer Maria Andersson, drummer Josephine Forsman and sisters Jennie (lead guitar) and Johanna (bass) Asplund. Their style incorporates elements of garage rock, power pop and punk rock. The band scored two top-ten singles and five top-ten albums in their native Sweden during their initial run between 1992 and 2011. The band reformed in 2019, releasing their seventh album ''Love in Times of Low Expectations'' in 2022.

== History == The band formed sometime around 1991/1992<ref name ="freewill">{{cite web | title=Sahara Hotnights Interview | author=Alexander Laurence | website=Freewilliamsburg.com | url=http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/october_2002/sahara_hotnights.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123160707/http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/october_2002/sahara_hotnights.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=23 January 2013 | date=October 2002 | access-date=10 May 2007 }}</ref> "due to boredom". While in Australia, Josephine Forsman bet on a horse named Sahara Hotnights and used the name for the band. Around 1995, they won a "battle of the bands" contest and were rewarded with a chance to record their songs in a studio, including demo cassette "Oh Darcy".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CYGyIhasK2Z/?img_index=1 | title=Instagram - saharahotnightsofficial | access-date=13 Oct 2024}}</ref> 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 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 the US). 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'' on the RCA label in 2004. The tour sprouted from a relationship between Maria Andersson and The Hives' frontman Howlin' Pelle Almqvist. "Hot Night Crash" and "Who Do You Dance For?" were released as singles from the album. "Hot Night Crash" also appears on the soundtrack of ''Burnout 3: Takedown'' and ''Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://planettonyhawk.gamespy.com/View.php?view=thdj_gameinfo.Detail&id=4|title=THDJ Soundtrack Listing|work=GameSpy|access-date=13 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714194800/http://planettonyhawk.gamespy.com/View.php?view=thdj_gameinfo.Detail&id=4|archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> The song "No Big Deal" is played in ''CKY4''.

A new single entitled "Cheek to Cheek" culled from their fourth studio album ''What If Leaving Is a Loving Thing'' on Stand By Your Band Records was released via the band's MySpace site. The album was released in April 2007. Commenting on the lyrics on the album, songwriter Maria Andersson said: "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."

The band's fifth album, ''Sparks'', a covers album, was released in 2009. In 2011, the band released its sixth album, eponymously titled Sahara Hotnights.

During early 2019, band members put out pictures from the studio.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gaffa.se/nyhet/135517/aer-sahara-hotnights-tillbaka | title=Är Sahara Hotnights tillbaka? | author=Frida Lindström | work=Gaffa | access-date=25 October 2021 | archive-date=25 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160949/https://gaffa.se/nyhet/135517/aer-sahara-hotnights-tillbaka | url-status=dead }}</ref> A new single ''Reverie'' was released on 18 February 2022<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gaffa.se/nyhet/152330/sahara-hotnights-aer-tillbaka-sex-manader-blev-ett-decennium | author=Daniel Horn | title=Sahara Hotnights är tillbaka | work=Gaffa | access-date=25 October 2021 | archive-date=25 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160642/https://gaffa.se/nyhet/152330/sahara-hotnights-aer-tillbaka-sex-manader-blev-ett-decennium | url-status=dead }}</ref> and their seventh album ''Love in Times of Low Expectations'' was released on 6 May 2022<ref>{{Citation |title=Sahara Hotnights – Love In Times Of Low Expectations |date=6 May 2022 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/23136842-Sahara-Hotnights-Love-In-Times-Of-Low-Expectations |language=en |access-date=21 November 2022}}</ref> supported by a Sweden-only tour during the Summer of 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.saharahotnights.com/news/ | title=Sahara Hotnights | access-date=19 May 2024}}</ref>

In 2024, social media posts suggested an eight studio album is being worked on.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/saharahotnightsofficial/ | title=Instagram - saharahotnightsofficial | access-date=19 May 2024}}</ref> In February 2026, they released their eighth album, ''No One Ever Really Changes''.<ref name="No One">{{cite web |title=Sahara Hotnights släpper album och gör turné |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/a/wgyj4o/sahara-hotnights-slapper-album-och-gor-turne |website=aftonbladet.se |publisher=AftonBladet |access-date=9 December 2025}}</ref>

== Members == thumb|upright=1.1|Sahara Hotnights performing in 2009 *Maria Andersson (born 4 December 1981, Umeå) – lead vocals, rhythm guitar *Jennie Asplund (born 24 November 1979, Robertsfors) – lead guitar, backing vocals *Johanna Asplund (born 21 September 1981, Umeå) – bass, backing vocals *Josephine Forsman (born 20 May 1981, Umeå) – drums

== Discography == === Albums === *''C'mon Let's Pretend'' – 1999 (No. 15) *''Jennie Bomb'' – 2001 Continental Europe / 2002 UK/US (No. 2) *''Kiss & Tell'' – 2004 (No. 4) *''What If Leaving Is a Loving Thing'' – 2007 (No. 5) *''Sparks'' – 2009 (No. 2) *''Sahara Hotnights'' – 2011 (No. 6) *''Love in Times of Low Expectations'' – 2022 (No. 11 Sweden)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/54?dspy=2022&dspp=19|title=Veckolista Album, vecka 19|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=13 May 2022}}</ref> *''No One Ever Really Changes'' – 2026<ref name="No One"/> (No. 18 Sweden)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sverigetopplistan.se/chart/54/?dspy=2026&dspp=8|title=Veckolista Album, vecka 8, 2026|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=21 February 2026}}</ref>

=== EPs === *''Suits Anyone Fine'' – 1997 *''Drive Dead Slow'' – 2000

=== Singles === {|class="wikitable" !rowspan="2"|Year !rowspan="2"|Single !colspan="2"|Chart position |- !width="55"|Sweden |- |rowspan="3"|1998 |"Nothing Yet" |align="center"|— |- |"Face Wet" |align="center"|— |- |"Oh Darling!" |align="center"|— |- |rowspan="2"|1999 |"Push on Some More" |align="center"|— |- |"Drive Dead Slow" |align="center"|— |- |2000 |"Quite a Feeling" |align="center"|— |- |rowspan="3"|2001 |"Alright Alright (Here's My Fist Where's the Fight?)" |align="center"|1 |- |"On Top of Your World" |align="center"|28 |- |"With or Without Control" |align="center"|— |- |rowspan="2"|2004 |"Hot Night Crash" |align="center"|— |- |"Who Do You Dance For?" |align="center"|— |- |rowspan="1"|2005 |"Keep Calling My Baby" |align="center"|2 |- |rowspan="3"|2007 |"Cheek to Cheek" |align="center"|10 |- |"Visit to Vienna" |align="center"|49 |- |"The Loneliest City of All" |align="center"|— |- |2008 |"In Private" |align="center"|7 |- |2009 |"Japanese Boy" |align="center"|59 |- |rowspan="3"|2011 |"Oh's" |align="center"|— |- |"Vulture Feet" |align="center"|— |- |"Little Love Sorrow" |align="center"|— |- |2022 |"Reverie" |align="center"|— |- |2025 |"Always Like This" |align="center"|— |- |2026 |"Vanishing Girl" |align="center"|— |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{Commons category}} *{{official website|http://www.saharahotnights.com}} *{{allMusic}} * [http://www.tenminuteinterviews.com/sahara-hotnights/ Sahara Hotnights Interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206002224/http://tenminuteinterviews.com/sahara-hotnights/ |date=6 February 2015 }} *[http://coolgrrrls.com/2008/01/09/with-jo-jen-of-sahara-hotnights/ Pre gig interview with Josephine and Jennie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020220309/http://coolgrrrls.com/2008/01/09/with-jo-jen-of-sahara-hotnights/ |date=20 October 2010 }}

Category:Swedish rock music groups Category:Swedish all-female bands Category:Riot grrrl bands Category:Swedish indie rock groups Category:Musical groups established in 1992 Category:English-language Swedish singers Category:Musical groups from Västerbotten County Category:Robertsfors Municipality Category:Female-fronted musical groups