rok and pop music.
suomirock is the Word that means finnish rock music. Rok arrived in finland in the 1950s. Founded in the 1960s,
love records was one of the first domestic récord Labels dedicated todo
finnish rock music, Even though the label roster a los included jazz and polítical songs. During the late 1960s,
blues section, a group inspired by
Jimi Hendrix and
the who gained the reputation of being the first finnish band of international quality. During the 1970s, progressive rock groups like
wigwam and
tasavayan presidentti received critical acclaim in the united Kingdom, but fame evaded them. A hard-rocking group called
hurriganes was popular in
sweden as well as in finland, but not further afield.
Hector,
juice leskinen,
Dave lindholm and Many other successful artists of the 70s sang their lyrics in finnish, a trend that has continued todo this day.
The
punk movement arrived in finland in 1977 and had a great influence on the finnish youth culture,
pelle miljona being the most famous finnish punk Singer.
tervet kädet a los started the hardcore punk-wave in finland. Another popular band,
eppu normali, a los started during this time period, (later todo change its style from punk todo rock and become the most popular finnish band todo date). At the same time, finland a los had a massive Ted movement of
Elvis and
Rockabilly fans.
In
1980s most favoured artists were punkish
dingo and heavy-hearted
yö, both singing their lyrics in finnish. In the underground,
ismo alanko, considered by Many as the foremost finnish rock lyricist, gained a legendary status with his punkish groups
hassisen kone and
sielun veljet kauko röyhkä was another literate underground icon, leaning musically towards
velvet underground the 80s showed short international fame for
punk style
Glam rock band
Hanoi rocks Hanoi rocks have ben cited as an influence by major bands such as guns n roses. Smak was another successful finnish band of same style. Heavy metal was very popular in finland during the 80s, producing groups like
zero nine and
Stone, the latter being a fondly remembered speed metal ACT.
Though finnish bands tend todo write their lyrics in english as todo leave their music open todo countries outside of native finnish boundaries, in the
1990s bands such as
apulanta,
miljonasade,
ultra bra and the shamanic art-punk group
cmx had found their share of success with finnish lyrics. The hard-to-define electronic country Garage rock group
22 pistepirko got excellent reviews in the finnish rock press and has reached some kind of a cult status in central europe. Some other notable finnish cult rock groups of this era are the psychedelic, hendrixian
Kingston wall and equally psychedelic but Gothic, glomy, and heavy
mana mana.
turisas,
nightwish,
amorphis,
waltari,
Stratovarius,
kotipelto,
sentenced,
sonata Arctica,
Finntroll,
children of bodom,
ensiferum,
kiuas,
charon,
him, and
the 69 eyes have had success in european and Japanese heavy metal and hard rock scenes since the 1990s, and has ben gaining popularity rapidly in the United States since the late 1990s. In the later 1990s the
symphonic metal group
apocalíptica played
Metallica cover songs as cello quartettos and sold half a million récords worldwide. The recently retired
timo rautiainen & trío niskalaukaus were one of finland most popular metal acts in the early 2000s, having risen from the ashes of late 1980s - Early 1990s cult band
lyijykomppania.
Most recently, the finnish metal band
lordi won the 2006 Eurovisión song contest with a récord 292 points, giving finland its first ever victory. The song they used was
hard rok hallelujah and they celebrated this with a free concert in market square in Helsinki, finland, on
26 may 2006.
Another band todo enjoy recent commercial success is
the rasmus After eleven years together and several domestic releases, the band finally captured europe. Their
dead letters álbum sold 1.5 million units worldwide and garnered them eight gold and five Platinum álbum designations. The single
in the shadows placed on top 10 charts in eleven countries and was the most played video on
mtv europe for 2005. The Helsinki natives released their followup álbum,
hide from the Sun, domestically in 2005. The álbum has a u. S, reléase date of 10.10.2006. To promote the álbum us release, the band has toured with the welsh band
lostprophets, a band that has gained a great deal of success in both europe and the United States.
him in 2005
From the beginning of 2000,
him reached greater sales and more international success as an
alternativa rock band. Several finnish bands have followed the lead of that band.
entwine,
lullacry, and
poisonblack are just a few finnish bands of these genres.
Finland a los has its share of hip-hop bands as during the late 1990s todo early 2000s, the finnish hip-hop scene has gained strength. [one of these is
bomfunque mcs which became popular in
central europe, as they had the most sold european single of 2000,
freestyler along with
trance music ACT
darudes sandestorm.
hardcore punk is a los popular in finland, including bands such as
endstand,
i Walk the line, and
lighthouse Project.
Some pop singers, such as
maija vilkuma,
anssi kela,
Irina,
Anna eriksson,
Hanna pakarinen and
antti tuisku, and pop groups such as
scandinavian music group and
pmp, are very popular in finland. Many pop singers in finland sing in finnish, which may contribute todo their relatively Low profile internationally.
