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Punk Lurex OK
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Style: Punk in '77 style
Comes from: Tampere
Founded: 6/1993
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There would be no Punk Lurex OK without punk (of course) and without one of the best Finnish bands Kollaa Kestää (1977-1981). Tiina and Riitta were Kollaa Kestää fans just like... for example Jukka Junttila, the boss of our funny little record label.

When Riitta & Tiina formed a band called Porttikielto they started to play some of Kollaa Kestää songs and 'cause one thing leads to another they did sometimes play tribute gigs to Kollaa Kestää, i.e. they played only Kollaa Kestää songs. On one of these gigs there was a guy called Juha Helminen (legendary guitarist of Kollaa Kestää) in the audience - and after he saw the band play he forced them to take him in the band. Girls couldn't say no. That was the end of Porttikielto and the beginning of Punk Lurex OK. Juha asked if Jyrki Siukonen (the drummer of Kollaa Kestää) would also like to play with him & the girls. At that time (and also now) Jyrki was a well known artist (visual arts) and hadn't played for a long time, but as a surprise to everybody he agreed: "Why not". So the first line-up of Punk Lurex OK was ready.

After a few months the band was in a studio and recorded their first single Paalimajassa / Tappajan Silmät. Some trivia: Tappajan Silmät is a cover version of Gary Gilmore's Eyes by The Adverts. The single was sold out in few weeks and everything seemed to be fine, but... Siukonen said he didn't have enough time for gigging and he planned going to England to continue his visual arts studies.

So now Punk Lurex OK was without a drummer, not for long though. New drummer Sami Paivärinta was soon found, band started gigging and girls wrote more songs of their own.

On July 1995 the band released their debut mini-CD (8 songs) Veljet, Siskot! (Brothers, Sisters!), full of fresh '77 punk (yep, you might find it funny that I use the words fresh and '77 punk in the same sentence, but... well, at the same time it's old and new) with good melodies, catchy chorus lines and t h e guitar sound - and with an attitude!

In September 1995 there were more changes in the line-up. Helminen, who was much older than others, was replaced by Kukka who had played in many local Ramo-pop bands. At the same time Veljet, Siskot! was released also in Germany by Teenage Rebel Records.

It took so far as September 1996 until the new CD was ready. This Hatut ja Myssyt (Hats and Caps) was even more powerful than Veljet, Siskot!. The songs have more nuances (for example Julma syyskuu) and texts are even sharper. There is also a new version of Paalimajassa which was their first single and sold out long time ago. Producer Jani Viitanen has made the sound crystal clear which makes the record really enjoyable. Fine old school punk record all together.

Remember: Punk Rules OK

Here's also the complete gig list.

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