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WRUM
12+ albums
new waverockfinnish rockpunkfinnish
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Former TV:n Orjat member Jarmo 'Jabi' Hirvi formed Wrum in January 1980. By March the lineup had been established as Jabi: vocals & guitar, Raine Potinkara: guitar, Jari Lehtinen: keyboards, Juha-Matti Makkonen: bass & vocals and Kari Salminen: drums. The band played at Ruisrock festival that summer, and made their debut single on Fifty-Fifty label. Takapihojen rock-tähdet/Rocktähti was a great opening. The A side became a kind of theme song for them, and a minor hit. The song is catchy in its swinging reggae-style, and it was even included on an obscure schlager compilation, together with all kinds of oompah groups! They started recording songs for an album in July, and were finished by October. In the meantime compilation LP Vaahtopäät was released, featuring a faster rock version, or "part 2", of the song Takapihojen rock-tähdet. Their own album Takapihojen rock-tähdet presents perhaps a little too wide variety of songs. In my opinion at least leaving out the three songs sung by Makkonen would have improved the album as a whole, as it's the catchier tunes by Hirvi where the band is at its best. The title track, Elämä anna mulle voimaa and Hulttiosoittaja are top-notch songs, the others less so. The album was released on Selecta label, but then they switched to Poko Rekords, and lost some of their edge: their next single Katujen kasvatit/Kusiainen is quite poor an effort. The A side is an attempt for some kind of sequel for Takapihojen rock-tähdet, but it's a miserable fail
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