Kylmää Joulua

The legendary Poko rekords released a finnish christmas-rock/punk album "Kylmää Joulua" (which means "(Have a)Cold Christmas" in english)in 1978. Most of the bands were rockabilly and more straight-forward rock bands like Popeda and Teddy & The Tigers, but early legends like Kollaa Kestää and Eppu Normaali (check earlier posts) were included. So here`s their tracks.
Eppu Normaali - Heinillä Härkien Kaukalon
Kollaa Kestää - Tonttuarmeija

Kollaa Kestää

A band from the 1st wave of punk. They were quite amateurish, their musical skills were rudimentary at best, but there`s still something very special in the band that makes them legendary. In my humble opinion, Musti Sotkoira is a perfect punk song. Hell yeah it`s sloppy but man I like it! The lyrics tell a both sad and clever story of a military dog serving in the war. Even the bands name is about the Winter War (the battle of Kollaa, "Kollaa will prevail").

Musti Sotakoira
Kollaa Kestää Go-Go

6.12.2006 Independence day

Yeah! For the 89th time we celebrate our freedom, and it`s a holiday so I finally have some spare time to post something here. "Something" meaning a song by Mellakka called "Itsenäisyyspäivä" (which is finnish for independence day). So, pretty unimaginative to choose this song, but it`s a rocking little hc-tune. Like most of the stuff written in the 80`s hc- era, this song isn`t the most patriotic but it`s INDEPENDENCE DAY! Eat it, Russians. All we need now is Karelia back... sorry, goin` off topic. Enjoy the tune while I`ll go and fetch my guns and start my one-man operation. Don`t tell anyone!

Mellakka - Itsenäisyyspäivä