Formed 1997 in Helsinki, Finland by singer Olli Koskela and drummer Tipi Andersson. Guitarist Toni Ritonen and bassist Jake Hayry joined the band in the summer same
year. Koskela had a poem called "Valerian Moon" and according to Koskela, it wasn't much of a poem but the name stuck: Valerian was born.
The band's first performance was in a club called "Fat Mama" in Helsinki in December 1997. The cd-single "Don't Let Your Vision Blind You" was released in the
summer of 1998 with a keyboard-player as a fifth. Later on they decided to keep on rocking in the original form, as a quartet. At the end of 1998 Valerian's first video
"Happy Is A Sad Word" was shot.
The second single "Why" was released in March 2000 and in May Valerian signed a recording contract with an independent record label Uplift Records. The second
video, singletrack "Why" was shot in the summer of 2000.
The debut album "Narcosis" was released in August 2000. Single "Why" gained airtime on Radio City in Helsinki. Also the video "Why" had on a good
rotation on a local tv-station, MoonTV. Year 2001/2002 passed by as the band concentrated on creating new material, searching for a new record contract and playing live
shows.
There has been a few changes in the line-up:
In November 2001 bassist Jake Hayry was replaced by Janne Jskelinen, who had played a couple of shows with Valerian previously so he was familiar with the band and their
style and vice versa. In April 2002, guitarist Matti Toivonen was welcomed to join the band.
In March 2004 City Canyons Records signs a three album deal with Valerian. The three-album deal between the downtown Manhattan label and the Finnish group kicks off with
the late fall 2004 release of Valerian's North American debut album INTIMATIONS OF SORROW.
In June 2007 Valerian..s third album GUERILLA FIGHTING METHOD was released.
Cheers my friend. Just passing to wish you a great day. Sharing a cold one with your friends is some of the most fun you can have with you pants on !!! "Fear no beer" and always, Rock Hard... Timo kaarkoski - Temple of Sin
Official debut album Seconds Away From Salvation is out now and available for worldwide distribution! Hear the explosive opening track Solitary Soul, Everlasting Memorial, and Top 10-singles NOW on The Jade MySpace Official!! To get Seconds Away From Salvation: (Includes Top10 –singles, 14 tracks) just see the blog, myspace or visit the official site: THEJADE.FI or see the links below the photo: Best wishes, Stay cool, stay tuned, xx THE JADE
Wow! Thanks to all my wonderful friends, I made the top 20. So many sexy girls to choose from. Now the voting starts all over, so please place your vote for me in this final round. New pics and video to be uploaded later today :)
hi Peter from timecode here,i would like to personally thank you and the finish people 4 the great suport,and inform you that you now have axes to the album on bandcamp and bengans,you can find the links on the page,you can listen 2 the complet songs on our official myspace, www.myspace.com/timecodealpha and if you add me as a frind there you realy make my day,peace and luv/Peter/TCA
Cheers from São Paulo, Brazil. Just passing by to wish you a great week. Temple of Sin is currently doing pre-production for the second cd which should be recorded later this year and looking for shows in every corner of the world. Remember that you can still download the first cd for free from:
Hey and thanks for your friendship!!! Do TIME CODE ALPHA a favor and add them to your friend If you don't already have it.. http://www.myspace.com/timecodealpha and put up their's banner into your page. I know them should like it!!! Take care and stay out of troubles :)) Hugs & Always Much Love//Nillan xoxo
Thanks for being on our friend's list, YOU rock!! If you haven't already come check out the tunes on our page...Sure we're a bit cocky and we can't stop droppin f bombs but we write str8 from the heart!!!..lol
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damn you 're a decent band - have you lost your contract guys ?!?! Jesus christ .... i got the two latest albums... is the first one possible to obtain somehow ? (physical format)
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