Ismo Kullervo Alanko (born November 12, 1960, Helsinki, Finland) is a popular Finnish rock singer/songwriter. Raised in Joensuu, Finland, he catapulted to fame in 1980 in a band called
Hassisen Kone (Hassinen's Machine, named after a local sewing machine shop), which won the Finnish championship in a band competition. In the year 1982, the band started experiencing internal problems and broke up. Alanko started a new band called
Sielun Veljet (Soul Brothers). Sielun Veljet's style was completely different from Hassisen Kone's, and some fans protested, but Sielun Velj…
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