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.