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Artist
Peer Günt
12+ albums
hard rockfinnishrockclassic rock80s
about
Some time 1976, in a Finnish railroad town, south-eastern Finland, Kouvola - also known for the remorseless reputed army base located nearby - the first version of PEER GÜNT was beginning to form. The name comes from a rose and it wasn't until later that the band discovered, the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen had a play by almost the same name based on the Norwegian composer Grieg's music. Nevertheless, right from the beginning, the spine of the band has been Timo Nikki. By 1983, after various constellations, the band had shaped into a trio. This legendary formation consisted of T. Nikki – bashing the shit out of his Strats and roaring like a wild boar; Twist Twist Erkinharju banging his double kick drum sets as it was the last day on Earth and Tsöötz Kettula the mean ol’ badass fourstringer from the dark side of the moon. This magical line-up went through winning the annual battle of the bands in 1984 to becoming the gold selling number one Northern hard rock band. With no time to stop the band kept extremely busy touring Finland, Scandinavia and Europe during the rest of the 80’s and releasing such hard rocking anthem collections as ‘Backseat’, ‘Good Girl’s Don’t…’, ‘Fire Wire’ and ‘Don’t Mess With the Country Boys’. During the 90’s mainstream anti-rock boom, the band returned from bigger stages to playing mainly rock clubs and pubs. Heavy touring still continued and in 1994 the band finally released a new album carrying the title ‘Smalltown Maniacs’. This long-awaited
