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Utajärvi, Finland (1980 – present)

22-Pistepirkko is a Finnish popular music band formed in 1980 at Utajärvi, Finland. The name “22-Pistepirkko” means a 22-spotted ladybug. The three members of the band are Asko Keränen, Hannu Keränen (P.K.) and Esa (Espe) Haverinen. 22-Pistepirkko now produce music in English, though at first their main language was Finnish. Their early albums were inspired by rock and roll and underground icons like Bo Diddley and The Sonics, but they have developed their unique sound by adding other influences to their music. Today they play an unconventional but distinctive mixture of pop, punk, rock and electronica, and achieved this fusion before artists such as Primal Scream or Beck popularized this kind of sound.

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FULL TRACK Hiss Hiss	1:49
FULL TRACK Havana City Beat	2:03
FULL TRACK Ou Wee!	2:32
FULL TRACK Rally of Love	4:36
FULL TRACK Metro Blues	4:15
FULL TRACK D-Day	4:53

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1	Birdy	185
2	Rodeo Heart	75
3	Onion Soup	45
4	UFO Girl	43
4	(Just a) Little bit more	43
6	This Time	32
7	Don't Say I'm So Evil	31
8	Texacoson	26
8	Lights By The Highway	26
10	Sad Lake City	24
11	So Much Snow	23
11	Bubblegum Couple	23
13	Boardroom Walk	22
13	Household Affairs	22
13	Stupid	22

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overcomed wrote:
December 2011

Great lyrics, beautiful stories and Big Music (in "Lime Green Delorian"), that is close to poetry, and I dream awake. "Rodeo Heart"; "Find Me"; "Lights By The Highway" make my day constant fairy tale. Thank you for music guys. Soon I wish even stronger album or at least as good as "Lime Green Delorean". Straight ahead.

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AladdinSane--- wrote:
December 2011

v and this is exactly why I feel sorry for people who study Finnish as a foreign language & also highly appreciate those who understand Finnish :D kakskytkakspistepirkko it is. Or twenty-two-pistepirkko, sometimes.

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Noroppa wrote:
December 2011

I'd rather say "kakskytkakspistepirkko" rather than "kaksikymmentäkaksipistepirkko", due to the fact that the first one is common Finnish spoken language and sounds more natural to Finns. The other one sounds way too official to me... Our spoken language is a whole new world, it varies so much from our language standards.

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arcadevelocity wrote:
June 2011

Catch the band at parkfesten in Sweden, this saturday! http://www.lastfm.se/festival/1962678+Parkfesten

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MrKreukel wrote:
May 2011

New CD (Lime Green DeLorean) just released. Not impressed yet by all the songs. Still like Big Lupu and Rumbke City... period the most. But I will give the record a chance. See Spotify (http://open.spotify.com/album/6F85K9ficuZnQ79APWNClT)

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overcomed wrote:
May 2011

Rodeo Heart is the ace.

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Kompacto wrote:
May 2011

Nice ....UFO Girl! :DD

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havrefras wrote:
March 2011

Love it [2]

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trigger_hippie wrote:
March 2011

very cool and very underrated

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revolution_II wrote:
November 2010

Sad Lake City

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brudberg wrote:
July 2010

Love it

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t3hoLaama wrote:
June 2010

Very underrated band

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lactophobia wrote:
March 2010

very cool.

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debetcan wrote:
March 2010

Hey, please visit : Nordic Hearts

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angakok wrote:
February 2010

great band, makes me feel so gooooood.

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anibalalonso wrote:
January 2010

Never heard of them till this year. Finland seems like a nice place where to find good music.

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fastlane01 wrote:
October 2009

A Deja vu for me, a younger brother once had one of their records. I liked them. Now I can listen some more to a severely underrated band.

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brudberg wrote:
August 2009

Still love this band!!!!

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Maramacilous wrote:
August 2009

Summer 2009 is for 22-Pistepirkko <3

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davidbowiegirl wrote:
August 2009

Kaksikymmentäkaksipistepirkko

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Feb 10 22-Pistepirkko MS Treue, Bremen, Germany
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Feb 12 22-Pistepirkko Comet Club, Berlin, Germany
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Feb 15 22-Pistepirkko Nachtleben, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany
Feb 16 22-Pistepirkko Feierwerk, München, Munich, Germany
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100% Listed For Nordic Music Prize

29 Nov 2011 | from www.bonevoyagerecordings.com/component/content/frontpage

Less is More. In 2011 we have released only two new albums on Bone Voyage Recordings: Lime Green DeLorean by 22-Pistepirkko and recently the debut of Mirel Wagner. So it's nice to see that both got listed for …

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