Biography
Vandaalit is a punk band from Hyvinkää, Finland. The birth of Vandaalit can be placed somewhere around the mid-70's. The original band, Hard-Boiled, had a change of drummer and they happened to hear the Ramones album "Leave Home" on the radio. From then on the music they played started getting more straight-forward and faster.
Before changing the lyrics into Finnish the band was briefly named Schlachthof Fünf.
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Band split up first time in 1981 and reformed in 1991.
In 1993 band split again, and reformed again in 2008.
Current lineup is:
Vesa Häkli - vocals
Ari Haapalainen - drums
Aki Kuronen - bass
Jari Pelkonen - guitar
Pekka Huhtakallio - guitar
The original lineup was:
Vesa Häkli - vocals
Ari Haapalainen - drums
Pekka Huhtakallio - guitar
Sepi Rautiainen -bass
Discography:
Albums:
Namuja lapsille (LP 1979, Remastered CD 2008)
Raaputtamalla rokkia (LP 1981, not released in CD)
Apinoiden platta (LP/CD 1991)
Psykoakatemia (CD 1993)
Elävänä! (Live CD 2009)
Singles:
Betonikolossit / Hipinreuhake (7", 1981)
Heikot sortuu elontiellä / Onnen hylkäämä (7", 1982)
Etsin ja tuhoan / Sporttipoika / Sporttipojan paluu (7", 1992)
Torakka / Satunnainen tutkailija (7", 1992)
Tahko voittaa matsin / Morsian / Ronski-Bertta (CD-EP, 1993)
Sattuu / Voima (live) / Palava kaatumatautinen (live) (CDS, 2009)
http://www.vandaalit.com
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.