A MESSAGE FROM LAIKA & THE COSMONAUTS-----------------------------
There sometimes comes a time in a band's career when things are still great,
but you can sense that the natural lifespan is nearing the end. It..s
nobody..s fault, there..s no reason for it, it just happens. That..s
where we are with Laika & The Cosmonauts now. We love the band &
music and are very proud of all the gigs and records we..ve done. We
don..t wanna our good career to go where we end up being a bored/boring bar band that plays too few gigs to keep it tight, with the same songs all the time and gradually keeps getting worse and worse and in the process start hating the music and each other. So...
. when we release the compilation, it will be , not only to
celebrate our 20th anniversary, but also to enhance the enjoyment of our farewell tour
and make it an appropriate finale for the 20 year on the road - we intend to have
fun and play great gigs! We..ll do as many shows as possible in
Finland in august-november and then october in USA.
We..ll be playing the east coast, hopefully the west coast too and then play our final gigs at
the Continental Club in Austin, our home away from home (oct 31st and nov 1st) and...after which we'll have a few beers and relax, you know...
THANK..S EVERYBODY! JOIN US FOR THE CELEBRATION!--------------------------------
LAIKAT 20 VUOTTA:
C..MON, DO THE LAIKA ONE MORE TIME!
"Ylpeinä 20:stä vuodesta, kaikista keikoista ja levytyksistä, kiitollisina uskollisille faneillemme meidän on pakko todeta, että se on pian siinä. Bändeillä tulee eteen hetki, jolloin jokin kertoo, että elinkaari lähestyy loppuaan vaikka kaikki onkin edelleen kunnossa ja mahtavaa. Ei mitään varsinaista syytä, niin se vain menee.
Emme halua päätyä tylsäksi baaribändiksi, joka tekee liian vähän keikkoja pysyäkseen vedossa, soittaa samaa settiä hautaan asti ja vihaa lopulta musiikkiaan ja toisiansa. Se käy huomaamatta ajan kuluessa. Siksi panemme pillit pussiin, kun vielä suhtaudumme intohimoisesti bändiimme ja sen – no – ainutlaatuiseen musiikkiin.
Juhlimme 20-vuotista taivaltamme syksyllä 2008 julkaisemalla kokoelmalevyn ja soittamalla raivokkaita keikkoja viimeistä päivää Kierrämme Suomea elo- ja syyskuussa ja jatkamme lokakuun puolivälissä aluksi Yhdysvaltain länsirannikolle ja sitten itään missä kierrämme mukavia paikkoja vanhan rakkaan vihollisemme Los Straitjacketsin kanssa. Vihoviimeiset soinnut kaikuvat kuitenkin Austinista, Texasista, joka on ollut merkittävä ja läheinen kaupunki bändillemme. Sieltä alkoi myös kipuamisemme ylös ö-kastista aikoinaan.
Laika & The Cosmonautsin viimeiset keikat keikat Austinin Continental Clubissa 31.10. ja 1.11.2008!
Tulkaa mukaan kanssamme – ja kiitos vielä."
T. LAIKA & THE COSMONAUTS (1988-2008)
www.laikaandthecosmonauts.com---------------------------------
Laika & The Cosmonauts was founded in 1987 by Mikko Lankinen (guitar), Janne Haavisto (drums), Matti Pitsinki (organ and guitar) and Tom Nyman (bass). Their first album "C'mon Do The Laika" was released already in 1988. The group has since then released six more studio albums, all with the same line-up.
Their popularity in Finland and the rest of the Europe began to rise, surprisingly, only after they had made themselves a household name among the surf/garage/punk/alternative audience in The USA! There this foursome has released four original CD's ("Instruments of Terror", "The Amazing Colossal Band", "Absurdistan" and "Local Warming") as well as a compilation of their early stuff (from "C'mon do the Laika" and "Surfs you right!"). For these records they got rave reviews, good amount of airplay on the radio and won over the hearts of many famed musicians from "the king of surf guitar" Dick Dale to Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench. Other well-known Laika fans are Mike Palm from the surf-punk legend Agent Orange and John Jorgenson from The Hellecasters who, also played with Elton John for several years!
In US they have done many nationwide tours, one of which was as a supporting act for The Ministry on their "Filth Pig" tour. The singer of Ministry, Al Jourgensen wanted Laika & The Cosmonauts to join the stadium tour because, in his words; "They are the best f***ing band in the world!" Just check out their superb live album "Laika Sex Machine" (2000) and you'll come to the same conclusion yourself.
The music of the band has been also included in number of movies including Flipper, LA Without A Map, Fox Hunt, Blood and Donuts, The Iron Horsemen.
Since the members are big fans of movies and soundtrack albums one of the main goals is to get the Laika-music on the big screen.
Laika & The Cosmonauts is also continually touring Europe and their home country. They have done dozens of TV appearances (including a live TV-show shown all over Europe called "Absolut Live") and hundreds of radio interviews/shows in the USA as well as in Europe. In Japan some people might even know the band members from their work as record producers with artists such as "Lemonator", "Super", "The JP's", "Värttinä".
A 20th anniversary compilation album is in the production phase. The record will be released in august 2008 by Yep Roc Records in the US and by Grandpop Records in Finland and Scandinavia. The album will also contain BRAND NEW, PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MATERIAL - tunes Laika & the Cosmonauts composed for accompaniment to the Fritz Lang silent film classic METROPOLIS!!!
To celebrate the 20th anniversary and the release of the compilation Laika & The Cosmonauts wil be touring Finland (August-October) and USA (October).
Ompakara med selveste Benny Borg på laget, har spilt inn ny og heftig versjon av den legendariske Balladen om Morgan Kane.
Det 12 manns store Elverumsorkesteret med Balkansound og patent på Gangsterpolka , har denne gangen kastet seg på Mariachiompa genren, hvor den Mexicanske Mariachitropmeten kommer til sin rett.
Ompakaras fele høres denne gangen ut som en Marimba , banjoen er bytta ut med stringswing flamenco gitar, og det trente øre vil høre et godt gammeldags 70 talls stueorgel vugge med.
Elverum mannskor preger et av Norges mest brukte refreng; Morgan Kane var hans navn. Kontakt.; Ivar Nergaard, 91793129, ivar@ompakara.no Harde fakta:
Morgan Kane trekker på 1/5 dels sekund
Morgan kane trekker over 1000 ganger iløpet av balladen om Morgan Kane.
Saturday, 24.10. Tavastia Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Helsinki, Finland Showtime 21:30 Special guest Arttu Tolonen! Tickets: Tiketti 23:30 Tavastia’s new hip & cool Saturday Disco! -- Follow us at http://twitter.com/thembirdthings
Saturday - Beauty Bar Brooklyn - Djs Twig, Brenda + Co. + LIVE! SHINGOMANIA! 1 drummmaniac in 3 bands! THE RATS - BACK CC's Dual Record Release + Bon Voyage party for BABY SHAKES Euro Tour 09!!!
Tumble weeds scattered when the 15 Cent Wash came in-on the scene. It was the late 1960s. This was a time for new revolution. It may have been forgotten ... but only submerged behind the mind. New services were provided, and the people forgot; into bliss - The clothes were clean and dry.
We are proud to present our current album "True Fidelity". Electro-acoustic chillout, lounge and easy-listening well mixed and always ready to surprise you. We hope you enjoy our work. Further we wanna thank your for your support so far and give away 5 songs of our album!
We are proud to present our current album "True Fidelity". Electro-acoustic chillout, lounge and easy-listening well mixed and always ready to surprise you.
We hope you enjoy our work. Further we wanna thank your for your support so far and wish you a nice weekend!
los esperamos a esta fiesta al 8 festival surf y algo massssss
apoyenos y pasen la voz yheaaa y de 3 a6 pm la entrada estra en 100$
pasen la info a banda k le lata esta musica mil gracias
mas de 10 horas de rock and roll d elo mejor
