Finns on YouTube

Here is a four-pack of YouTube videos from Finland, the country that is famous for its virtually incomprehensible language and for the fact that it has more lakes than people.

 

Clockwise from top left you can see the following:

Ultra Bra does "Sinä Lähdit Pois". Every Finn I have ever met knows Ultra Bra, the quintessential Finnish band of the 90s, but nearly nobody outside of Finland has ever heard of them. This has to change. Unfortunately they broke up in 2001.

Cleaning Women do the soundtrack to a condensed version of the Soviet silent Science Fiction classic Aelita: Queen of Mars from 1924. Most memorable quote: "Follow our example, Comrades! Unite into a family of workers in a Martian Union of Socialist Soviet Republics!"

Circle, pioneers of the New Wave of Finnish Heavy Metal, play "Nopeuskuningas" on a bus in San Francisco. Don't forget to check out their recent live appearance on Brian Turner's show on WFMU.

Alamaailman Vasarat, masters of kebab-kosher-jazz-film-traffic-punk-music, play a song called Astiatehdas. The music of this band, whose name means "Hammers of the Underworld", is just unbelievable, and the videos are, too. Why the heck don't they have an American distributor?

If the embedded player doesn't work for you, or if you want to check out related videos, here are the direct YouTube links: Ultra Bra - Sinä Lähdit Pois | Cleaning Women - Aelita | Circle - Nopeuskuningas | Alamaailman Vasarat - Astiatehdas

Comments

[leo Fourastie]

Kiitos

Thanks for posting weird finnish music

here is a Finnish band I mix called 22 Pistepirkko they have been in the states few times

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEK6sh9d6Vc

www.22-pistepirkko.net

[En finne]

Terhi, Joel, Tommi and Antti have joined together to form a new band called Scandinavian Music Group.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cztvudOgtgc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_Bra

[Pentti Hirsjärvi]

Speed King! All Finnish musicians know and love Circle. Most punters though will just give a blank look and go back to their Idols and Crazy Frog. The highlight of my summer was seeing these guys live (under the moniker Rättö & Lehtisalo, with a different, more pop-oriented song cycle). Their intent is clearly to make you bleed in your lungs just from having such a bangin' time. NWOFHM!

Alamaailman Vasarat and Cleaning Women are good also yes.

[Pentti Hirsjärvi]

Also, that drummer is a fukken machine. Seriously.

[Ken]

My ex was Finnish and she turned me onto Ultra Bra. Some other Finnish bands of note were CMX, Apocalyptica and, of course, The Leningrad Cowboys.