Zen cafe

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Zen cafe
Pete Parkkonen and Kari Nylander, Helsinki
Pete Parkkonen and Kari Nylander, Helsinki
General information
origin Turku , Finland
Genre (s) skirt
founding 1992
Website www.zencafe.fi
Current occupation
Samuli Putro
Kari Nylander
Pete Parkkonen
former members
Drums
 Tuomo Mäkipaavola
guitar
 Mikko Oesch

Zen Café is a Finnish rock band that was formed in 1992 in Turku . The band is very successful in Finland, but the songs written in Finnish have not been released abroad.

The band named themselves at the suggestion of bassist Kari Nylander after the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Among other things
  FI 2 
gold
gold
32/1999 (11 weeks)
Helvetisti järkeä
  FI 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
platinum
platinum
09/2001 (30 weeks)
Vuokralainen
  FI 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
platinum
platinum
38/2002 (9 weeks)
Jättiläinen
  FI 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum
40/2003 (31 weeks)
Laiska, tyhmä yes saamaton
  FI 2 
gold
gold
10/2005 (10 weeks)
stop
  FI 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
gold
gold
38/2006 (19 weeks)
Singles
Bad, jonka ympäriltä tuolit viedään
  FI 17th 06/2001 (3 weeks)
Aamuisin
  FI 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 33/2002 (8 weeks)
To him
  FI 15th 07/2003 (1 week)
Piha ilman sadettajaa
  FI 2 37/2003 (4 weeks)
Tavallaan jokainen on surullinen
  FI 10 05/2004 (2 weeks)
Taivas on kirkas yes napakka
  FI 16 17/2005 (2 weeks)
Rakastele Mua
  FI 4th 28/2006 (8 weeks)

Albums

  • 1997: Romuna
  • 1998: Idiootti
  • 1999: Among other things
  • 2001: Helvetisti järkeä
  • 2002: Vuokralainen
  • 2003: Jättiläinen
  • 2005: Laiska, tyhmä ja saamaton
  • 2006: STOP

swell

  1. ↑ Charts FI
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: FI

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