Punaiset Messiaat
Punaiset Messiaat (red messiahs) was a rock band from Porvoo, Finland. The band started as a raw punk band in 1991, but by The Release of their first album, the style had changed into more progressive punk/rock. From 1993 until 1997 Punaiset messiaat toured with other bands of the Levy-yhtiö record company, Tehosekoitin, Apulanta and Lehtivihreät. In 1997 the singer-songwriter Piet Raakalainen left the band to move to London and was replaced by the singer Sarkka Rauta, but the band split up in 1998. In 1999, the band reunited with Piet for a couple of concerts and recorded a new album which was never released as the musicians had moved on to other musical projects, such as Dolchamar.
Members
- "Piet Raakalainen" - vocals (Patrik Austin)
- "Stöde Beelzebub" - bass guitar, vocals
- "Läynde" - drums
- "Lende Mielihyvä" - keyboards, vocals (Leena Peisa)
- "Hippo" - guitar
Releases
Albums
- Back In Bu$ine$$ (1995)
- Lemmentykki ('Cannon of Love') (1996) Highest position #26 in the Finnish Official Top 40.
- Älä osta; varasta ('Don't buy; steal') (1997)
EPs
- Punainen Inkvisitio ('Red Inquisition') (1992)
- Neljä tarinaa pikkukaupungista ('Four Stories of a Small City') (1994)
- Messiadi (1994)
- Punk on pop ('Punk is Hip') (1996)
- Tuu mun luo ('Come To Me') (1996)
Singles
- Onko tää rakkautta?! ('Is This Love?!') (1996)
- Oma rotta ('Own Rat') (1996) A gold-selling single record in 1997.
External links
Punaiset Messiaat pages at Rockdata project
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