The Motorhomes was a Swedish rock band from
Jönköping
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The city is the seat of Jönköping Municipali ...
that was created in 1997. They released two albums: ''Songs For Me (And My Baby)'' (1999) and ''The Long Distance Runner'' (2002).
Their biggest hit was “Into the Night” from the first album. This song was played very frequently on Swedish radio stations. The Motorhomes got to feature as the warmup band for
Suede (band)
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on their
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n tour. They also played famous festivals in
England
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such as the
Reading Festival
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.
The band split up in 2004 after the singer
Mattias Edlund decided to quit for personal reasons.
Members
*
Mattias Edlund - vocals (1997-2004)
*Adam Starck - guitar (1997-2004)
*Peder Claesson - drums (1997-2002)
*Petur Mogensen - bass (1997-2004)
*Daniel Skaar - guitar (1997-2000)
*Niklas Korssell - drums (2002-2004)
*Henrik Carlsson - keyboards (2002-2004)
Discography
Albums
*''Songs For Me (And My Baby)'' (1999)
*''The Long Distance Runner'' (2002)
Singles
*"It's Alright" (1999)
*"Into The Night" (1999)
*"For Whom It May Concern" (2000)
*"For Tomorrow" (2000)
*"The Man" (2001)
*"I Wanna Make You Sing" (2002)
References
External links
The Motorhomes
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Musical groups established in 1997
Musical groups disestablished in 2004
People from Jönköping