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01 Rich Little Bitch 3:51
02 Gang War 3:38
03 Coming Out Soon 4:36
04 Lust At First Sight 4:18
05 The Beat 4:03
06 Summertime 3:11
07 Real Dream 4:18
08 Kissing Boys 4:04
09 Boys Are On Fire 3:10
10 Melrose 4:30
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██ A Brief History of a Rockin' Time...
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██ We started this band in 1981. It was a lotta crap at first, but at
██ least we had some fun. - Tokela
██ Oh yeah. This band has been around for a long time. They started
██ out as a rockabilly band/50s rock'n'roll combo in LΣnsimΣki. Formed
██ by Mika Tokela (lead guitar), Repa Nurmi (2nd guitar), Mika
██ Rantanen (drums) and Jari Pillola (vocals). Demos were made, but
██ never sent anywhere due to a lack of self-esteem and talent. Plain
██ laziness was also a factor. Around 1984, they got a new drummer,
██ Tero SeppΣnen. Then the singer left the band, allowing Tokela to
██ take on vocal duties. These kids practised hard and expanded their
██ musical likings towards edgier and rougher sounds, while playing
██ gigs every opportunity they had. By the time they made their first
██ single, the band had shifted from being a somewhat odd rockabilly
██ quartet to a kind of psychobilly trio with the line-up of Tokela
██ (guitar/vocals), Repa - who had switched from guitar to upright
██ bass - and Jami Haapanen on the drums. I had a green and white
██ baseball jacket that said 'Melrose S&A Club 1962' and that's where
██ we took our name from. -Tokela
██ The musical climate in Finland at the time favored melancholy pop
██ sung in Finnish, usually in minor keys. We just wanted to play the
██ kind of music that WE would have liked to hear... you know, on the
██ radio or on records or somewhere! There were some bands in England
██ and of course the Stray Cats, but that scene was dyingf and nobody
██ had done it here before, so I guess it was the right time and place
██ for our stuff. Actually. things really started to work when our
██ demo tape got praised in this Finnish music magazine Rumba by this
██ indie guru Miettinen. After that we had a couple of good gigs in
██ Helsinki and got signed by Ralf ╓rn and Jaana Rinne, who formed the
██ One Inch Rock label, because of us. And, of course, when Jami came
██ in to the band, it lifted us up to a new level. Everything just
██ clicked. -Tokela
██ They quickly became known for their energetic live shows and the
██ distinctive image that made them stand out from the crowd. We were
██ school friends with Repa and we designed all our posters and record
██ covers ourselves, plus we liked to mess about with clothes and
██ hairstyles and whatnot. You could say we had our own style. -
██ Tokela
██ That style, including the sound and the look, was later imitated by
██ many Finnish bands. One Inch Rock put out Coming Out Soon/Real
██ Dream single early '86, followed by another 45 Gang War/Rich Little
██ Bitch. These singles did quite well on the charts and woke up the
██ Finnish media. While papers and radio gave rave reviews, the band
██ was busy finishing their album and doing gigs all over Finland and
██ Sweden. The self-titled first album received good reviews and many
██ artricles were written about this new combo. They also shot a video
██ of the song Rich Little Bitch with Aki KaurismΣki when Aki was
██ making his version of Hamlet in 1987.
██ Aki wanted us to be in his film and we needed a video. It was a
██ great trade-off, I think. - Tokela
██ This black-and-white clip was often shown on Sky TV (this was
██ before MTV, kids...) and was a big boost for the band. Their music
██ has been used in many films of brothers Aki and Mika KaurismΣki, as
██ well as in other Finnish movies. By the time they started to work
██ on their second album, the cckily titled Another Piece of Cake
██ (1987), they had changed their style and appearance a lot.
██ Charismatic front man Tokela had "let his hair down" and the music
██ was given a much heavier, harder and produced approach. Yeah, I was
██ making human tests with myself and I got fed up with this teenage