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BANDS AND ARTISTS FROM PORI

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Pori-Rock is famous name for the rock bands and artists that come from Pori. Pori is like Liverpool of Finland because of music (and huge unemployment rates during the nineties, haha). Here's a list of music groups and artists that have originally come from Pori...



A:

AIKA (pop) website
APPENDIX (punk) Appendix website



B:

BABY SWEETCORN (Pop) Baby Sweetcorn website
BAKER'S FAMILY (Blues) Baker's Family website
BINA BAND (funk) Bina Band website
BLUESBONE (blues) Bluesbone website



C:

CIRCLE (Circle is the most visible and prolific name in the Finnish avant-rock underground) Circle website



D:

DANNY (pop. Born in Pori but later moved to Helsinki) Danny website
DINGO (The Beatles of Finland. Dingomania in the eighties was something extraordinary) Dingo website
DISCO ENSMBLE (Internationally famous punkrock/post-hardcore band) Disco Ensemble website



E:

EINO GRÖN (Tango King) Eino Grön website
EKTROVERDE (Progressive rock) Ektroverde website
ELEANOORA ROSENHOLM (Progressive rock) Eleanora Rosenholm website
ELECTRIC CRAYON SET (Progressive rock) Electric Crayon Set website
ELONKORJUU (Classic progressive rock band) Elonkorjuu website



F:

FREAKENSTEIN (Comick book rock) website



G:

GROUND (Hard rock) Ground website



H:



I:

IKU (Iku's been in Pori-Rock for eons, since mid-seventies) Iku website
ISKIAS (Hard rock) Iskias website



J:

JACKRABBIT (Rock) Jackrabbit website
JOHN McGREGOR (folk. A Brit who feels his musical home is Pori) John McGregor website
JUKKA SYRENIUS BAND (Rock) Jukka Syrenius Band website
JUSSI HAKULINEN (+ KINSKY) (One of the icons of Pori-Rock) Jussi's website



K:

KIELTOLAKI (Mid seventies rock band) Info on Kieltolaki
KIM & THE FULLHEARTS (Rockabilly) Fullhearts website
THE KINGPIN (Eighties rock) Kingpin website
KINSKY (Jussi Hakulinen's group) Kinsky website (Wikipedia)
KUUSUMUN PROFEETTA (Progressive rock) Kuusumun Profeetta website



L:



M:

MAGYAR POSSE (Excellent progressive rock group. Recommended) Magyar Posse website 1 Magyar Posse website 2
MAMBA (Very popular pop band) Mamba website
MANBOY (rock) Manboy website
MAX & THE CROONERS (Rockabilly) Max & The Crooners website
MURHE (Punk) Murhe website



N:

NIKITA (Southern rock) Nikita website
NUORET VIHAISET MIEHET (Young Angry Men in English) N.V.M. website



O:

ONION-Ta (Blues, rockabilly etc.) Onion-T website



P:

PHARAOH OVERLORD (Progressive rock) Pharaoh Overlord website
PLAY GIRLS MAGAZINE (Rock) P.G.M. website



Q:



R:

REVITTY HARSO (rock) Revitty Harso website (wikipedia)



S:

SE KIVA (Pop) Se Kiva website
SOLID CITIZENS (Rock) Solid Citizen website
SONIC SUPERSOUNDS (Rock) Sonic Supersounds website
STARFLOWER (Pop) Starflower website



T:

TOINEN KIERROS (Groove) Toinen Kierros website
TRASSELS (Fast rock) Trassels website



U:



W:

WAIKIKI KUKS (Surf rock) Waikiki Kuks website
WOLFMEN (Punkabilly) Wolfmen website



V:



X, Y, Z, Å, Ä, Ö:

YÖ (Pop/Rock. An icon band of Pori-Rock along with Dingo and Mamba. Been active since early eighties) Yö website
YÖLINTU (Ballroom dance tunes) Yölintu website