Sleepy Sleepers

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Sleepy Sleepers
General information
Genre (s) skirt
founding 1974, 2000
resolution 1990
Website www.phinnweb.org
Current occupation
Sakari Eerola
Kari Kajala
Pekka Laakso
Sakari "Sakke" Järvenpää
Timo Järvinen
Olli Palkamo
Jukka Käyhkö
Ari Pänttönen
Sakke Järvenpää
Markku "Mato" Valtonen
Albert Järvinen
Dave Lindholm
Silu Seppälä
Sakari Kuosmanen
Vesa Kääpä
Jonttu Virta
Harri Kinnunen
Markus Heikkerö
Kari "Pitkä" Lehtinen
Vesa-Pekka "Costello" Hautamäki
Heinäsirkka
Tiina Tiikeri
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Cookies
  FI 4th 
gold
gold
23/2003 (12 weeks)
Eurowiisut - Terveisiä perseestä
  FI 5 18/2007 (4 weeks)
Vain elämää - only rock 'n' roll
  FI 21st 48/2015 (2 weeks)

The Sleepy Sleepers are a Finnish pop / rock / punk band from the city of Lahti .

Band history

The band released a total of 19 albums between 1975 and 1989 . The main members were Sakke Järvenpää and Mato Valtonen, who later founded the Leningrad Cowboys . Several influential Finnish rock musicians were at times members of the Sleepy Sleepers .

Part of the band plays in the film Calamari Union (1985) by Aki Kaurismäki . The film anticipates some elements of the later Leningrad cowboys . In a sense, all members have the same identity (all are called Frank) and appear similarly dressed.

The Sleepy Sleepers caused a stir with their provocative show and were even banned from performing in the city of Lahti. The songs often took up topics that were taboo in public. The music combines different style elements. In addition to "stupid elements", straight rock is a trademark of the Sleepers (Finnish: Sliipparit ). Part of their repertoire consists of cover versions, which are often put into a different context through the text and the interpretation. Short skits are also part of many albums.

Many records have the character of concept albums in which themes are developed in an ironic way. "Sleepy Sleepers Sings Matti ja Teppo" consists of rock versions of famous hits by the duo "Matti ja Teppo". The album "Sings Elvis" parodies an interview with Elvis Presley as a transition between the songs. The album title "Takaisin Karjalaan" (Back to Karelia) alludes to the area of ​​Karelia, which is considered the Finnish cultural heartland and a large part of which had to be ceded to the Soviet Union during the Second World War . The Sleepers were targeting revisionism. Originally the album was supposed to be called "Karelien zurück", but the record company did not dare to release this title. The Sleepy Sleepers cultivated a rebel image, they provoked with nude representations and, like British bands, with swastika armbands. However, this is not associated with a neo-Nazi sentiment.

Mato Valtonen rejected the frequently used categorization “punk band” with the hint that when the Sleepers started they didn't even know what punk was because it didn't even exist yet. In 2006 the band got together again for some selected gigs.

Discography

Albums

  • Sinulle äiti (1975) ( Eng . 'For you, Mutti') (FI:goldgold)
  • Live I Brothel (1976)
  • Takaisin Karjalaan (1977) ( Eng . 'Back to Karelia')
  • Holiday In New York '59 (1978)
  • The Mopott Show (1979, FI:goldgold)
  • Metsäratio (1980, FI:goldgold)
  • Levyraati (1981, FI:goldgold)
  • The Hevoset (egg julkaistu)
  • Julkusen Mulkku (egg julkaistu)
  • Enzio Benzina: La Musica (1982)
  • Sleepy Sleepers In The Rio (1982, FI:goldgold)
  • Sleepy Sleepers In The Rio (1982)
  • Alma-tädin illuusio (1983)
  • Chinese Nights (1983)
  • Tohtori Pöhön aerobix (1984)
  • Suomen poliisit (1984)
  • Voikkaa yes huikkaa (1984)
  • Sossu-possuilua Finlandiassa (1984)
  • Born In The SAVO (1985)
  • Rock'y VI - pölkyllä ​​päähän (1986)
  • Sleepy Sleepers Sings Matti ja Teppo (1987, FI:platinumplatinum)
  • Turakaisten paratiisi (1988, FI:goldgold)
  • Sleepy Sleepers Sings Elvis (1989)
  • Eurowiisut - Terveisiä perseestä (2007)
  • Vain elämää - Only Rock 'n' Roll (2015)

Compilations

  • Sleepy Sleepers in pahimmat (1978)
  • Vanhat killerit (1985)
  • Perspuolet (1989)
  • CBS classic shirt (1989)
  • Lainapeitteet (2000)
  • Vanhat Killerit 2 (2000)
  • Kekkonen (2003)
  • Lauluja rakastamisen vaikeudesta (2006)

Video albums

  • Soppa-DVD (2006, FI:platinumplatinum)

swell

  1. ^ Chart discography Finland
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: FI

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