Mother Gaia (Gothenburg, SWE) are Linnéa Eriksson (vocals), Karin Andersson (backing vocals), Oskar Hedenskog (guitar), Andreas Karnung (guitar) and Kristian Erskog (bass). Formed in early 2015, the band's career has snowballed from the start.
A couple of weeks after the band got together for the first time, they entered the studio with Crippa Odin (Attentat, Psychotic Youth, Alias Smith & Jones, and Troublemakers) to record the debut single ‘New York’, released under the group’s former name HORSES. Shortly after that, they found themselves on the Top Floor stage at famous Gothenburg rock club Sticky Fingers, where major acts such as Band of Horses, Queens of the stone age, Thin Lizzy and Motörhead have been seen before.
Since then, the rock band has been spotted a little all over the place, both in Sweden and in the UK, playing in dirty nightclubs, at summer festivals sharing stages with acts like Swedish popstar Beatrice Eli, featured online and in print by magazines such as CrankItUp.se, Borås Tidning, Music Crowns, 3 song & out and The Moshville Times and on regional, national, and international radio.
The members’ diverse musical backgrounds have created a sound that has been described as a heavier kind of rock'n'soul with lyrics soaked in love, rage, and melancholy. With Andy Horvath on drums – seen playing with Adam Brand and The Outlaws (AUS), Jasmine Rae (AUS), Matt Cornell (AUS), Bonny M (UK), Ron Pope (USA) etc. - Mother Gaia recently released their first single and video ‘We Are Animals’, which is the title track of their upcoming EP that will be released early 2017.