Pelle Miljoona & N.U.S

Although Briard was the first finnish punk band to record anything, and it`s pretty impossible to name THE first finnish punk band, Pelle Miljoona & N.U.S were definitely one of the few first bands of the movement. Pelle himself has had a very lenghty career, although his bandmates have changed. N.U.S was his first band and they were around only for a couple of years (1977-78), before Pelle formed Pelle Miljoona & 1980, Pelle Miljoona Oy. etc.

Of all the early finnish punk bands, Pelle Miljoona & N.U.S were the most political. Unlike bands like Eppu Normaali and Briard who were more anarchistic and wild, Pelle Miljoona has always used music as a way to express his views about things he saw around him. This first single, Olen Työtön b/w Mä Vain Pogoon was released during a time when several ten thousand people were without a job, and the A-side is an angry rant about being unemployed. But "Mä Vain Pogoon" isn`t political, it`s an ode to everyone`s favorite dance, pogoing. Fine vintage punk rock.

Olen Työtön
Mä Vain Pogoon