Post by Divine Insanity on Jul 16, 2007 12:18:26 GMT -5
From Wikipedia:
The band was founded in 1999 by Jussi and Pasi. The name "Uniklubi" didn't exist at the time; they went by the name Pincenez (type of glasses without spectacles; it's a French word). The first songs they played were covers of their favorite bands, in English. However, as they began writing their own songs, Jussi felt more confident with his mother tongue, Finnish. They eventually changed the name to Uniklubi ("dream club"), which has no significance for them, really.
By playing their first gigs, they earned some money they used to go into studio and record their first demo-tapes.
While recording the first album "Rakkautta Ja Piikkilankaa" (Love and Barbed-Wire) the drummer left the band. Antti Matikainen replaced him and 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.
During summer 2006, the singer was diagnosed with a bump on his vocal cords, after loosing his voice repeatedly during concerts. The band had to cancel a tour in Germany - which would have been their first outside Scandinavia - and Jussi to undergo throat surgery. Everything went fine, and the few gigs performed during the Christmas holidays were marked by a beautiful, new clear voice.
The band entered studios again at the beginning of 2007, and have already released their first single, "Vnus", in May, along with the track "Aurinkoni" (My Sun) as a b-side. The new album, titled "Luotisade" (Bullet Rain) will be released by the end of August.
Jussi Selo (* 21st January 1985), Vocals
Janne Selo (* 16th April 1980), Guitar
Pasi Viitala (* 6th March 1983), Electronic Guitar
Teemu Rajamäki (* 7th December 1981), Bass
Antti Matikainen (* 4th May 1977), Drums
Official Page (in Finnish):
www.uniklubi.net/
English Page:
www.uniklubi.co.uk/
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/uniklubiofficial
Anyone else like them?
