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Artist
The Slippers
12+ albums
finnishrockabillyRock and Rollslap bassNeo Rockabilly
about
The Slippers were founded in 1978 in Helsinki by mates: Klade, Peltsi and Vesku. Our first rehearsal room was in local church, but soon we had to find an other place, because "this jazzmusic" (we played rock 'n' roll, mind you) didn't fit in the church's "atmosphere". We got a new place and a new singer, Keke, at about the same time. We had a crazy attitude and no skills (we had rehearsals 4-5 times per week and at the weekends we just boozed together). Gradually we started getting some gigs, mostly in youth clubs etc. We played rock 'n' roll classics and covers like Hound Dog, Tutti Frutti, Donna and Rave on. In those days there was a cool Finnish band named Teddy & The Tigers that we liked a lot, so we started playing more rockabilly stuff. Soon Vesku (drummer) left the band and Jartsa (guitar) joined in and Keke started to play drums while singing. With this line-up we made our first album "The Slippers". On the "Ubangi Stomp" album and the next EP there was guy named Mika on the drums. It was 1980 and we were one of the finalists (of few hundred) of a Championship Competition of Finnish rock 'n' roll bands and I think finally we ended up number 8, but after the competition one member of the jury (Esa Pulliainen) came to me and said: "I'm sorry you guys didn't win, but do you want to make LP, I would like to produce it". I was shocked and answered (wiseguy): "Wait here, I have to ask guys". From the beginning it was clear we didn't want to sound too authentic, the so
