Post by lintu on Jan 7, 2007 21:34:55 GMT -5
They're an amazing Finnish band.
From the Uniklubi site...
The band was founded in 1999. The name "Uniklubi" didn't exist at that time. The bands name was Pincenez (Pince-nez: quitter) but Pincenez didn't get any good feedback and the band decided to change the name. That's when Uniklubi (Dream-Club) was born. They've chosen a finnish name because the lyrics are in finnish and every member is from Finland.
By playing their first gigs they earned some money and the band used the money to go into a studio and to record their first demo-tapes.
The first songs they ever played were some covers and in english. It didn't take long until the band became aware of the fact that they could write songs by themselves and they decided to change from the english to the finnish language.
While recording the first Album "Rakkautta Ja Piikkilankaa (Love and Barbed-Wire)" the drummer left the band. Antti Matikainen replaced him and he is a part and parcel of Uniklubi ever since.
The first single was "Rakkautta Ja Piikkilankaa". It was voted by YleX as the most popular song of the year. The album got into the charts (Top 4) and Uniklubi got their first important award: They won an Emma Award (Newcomer of the year).
"Rakkautta Ja Piikkilankaa" reached platinum in Finland (They sold more than 30.000 copies of the album).
Other releases of "Rakkautta Ja Piikkilankaa": Kylmää, Näiden Tähtien Alla and Totuus.
The second album "Kehä (Circle)" was released on November 2nd and the album entered the charts at number one. It stayed in the charts for more than 20 weeks in the Top20 and even the first release of the Album "Kaikki Mitä Mä Annoin (All that i gave)" entered the charts at number one.
The second release was "Kiertää Kehää" and entered the charts at number ten.
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Members:
Jussi Selo, Vocals
Janne Selo, Guitar and backing vocals
Pasi Viitala, Guitar
Teemu Rajamäki, Bass
Antti Matikainen, Drums
From the Uniklubi site...
The band was founded in 1999. The name "Uniklubi" didn't exist at that time. The bands name was Pincenez (Pince-nez: quitter) but Pincenez didn't get any good feedback and the band decided to change the name. That's when Uniklubi (Dream-Club) was born. They've chosen a finnish name because the lyrics are in finnish and every member is from Finland.
By playing their first gigs they earned some money and the band used the money to go into a studio and to record their first demo-tapes.
The first songs they ever played were some covers and in english. It didn't take long until the band became aware of the fact that they could write songs by themselves and they decided to change from the english to the finnish language.
While recording the first Album "Rakkautta Ja Piikkilankaa (Love and Barbed-Wire)" the drummer left the band. Antti Matikainen replaced him and he is a part and parcel of Uniklubi ever since.
The first single was "Rakkautta Ja Piikkilankaa". It was voted by YleX as the most popular song of the year. The album got into the charts (Top 4) and Uniklubi got their first important award: They won an Emma Award (Newcomer of the year).
"Rakkautta Ja Piikkilankaa" reached platinum in Finland (They sold more than 30.000 copies of the album).
Other releases of "Rakkautta Ja Piikkilankaa": Kylmää, Näiden Tähtien Alla and Totuus.
The second album "Kehä (Circle)" was released on November 2nd and the album entered the charts at number one. It stayed in the charts for more than 20 weeks in the Top20 and even the first release of the Album "Kaikki Mitä Mä Annoin (All that i gave)" entered the charts at number one.
The second release was "Kiertää Kehää" and entered the charts at number ten.
..............
Members:
Jussi Selo, Vocals
Janne Selo, Guitar and backing vocals
Pasi Viitala, Guitar
Teemu Rajamäki, Bass
Antti Matikainen, Drums