22-Pistepirkko

22-Pistepirkko (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkɑkskytkɑks ˈpistepːirkːo]) is a Finnish indie rock band formed in 1980. It was formed in a small rural village of Utajärvi in Northern Finland but moved to Helsinki, the capital of Finland, in 1985. The band now produces music in English, though at first their main language was Finnish.

22-Pistepirkko
22-Pistepirkko performing in 2022
Background information
Also known as	The Others 22PP
Origin	Utajärvi, Finland
Genres	Indie rock, indie pop, garage rock, neo-psychedelia
Years active	1980–2015, 2022–present
Labels	Bone Voyage Recording Company
Members	P-K Keränen Espe Haverinen Asko Keränen
Website	22-pistepirkko.fi

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.

During 22-Pistepirkko's 2001 European tour, director Andreas Haaning Christiansen traveled with the band and shot a documentary, Sleep good, rock well, which was released on DVD in 2005.

The band broke up in 2015 but later got back together, and released a new album in 2022, called Kind Hearts Have a Run Run.

Discography

22-Pistepirkko in 2008

Studio albums

• Piano, rumpu ja kukka (1984)
• The Kings of Hong Kong (1987)
• Bare Bone Nest (1989)
• Big Lupu (1992)
• Rumble City, LaLa Land (1994)
• Zipcode (1996)
• Eleven (1998)
• Downhill City (1999)
• Rally of Love (2001)
• The Nature of 22-Pistepirkko (2002)
• Drops & Kicks (2005)
• (Well You Know) Stuff Is Like We Yeah! (2008)
• Lime Green Delorean (2011)
• Kind Hearts Have a Run Run (2022)

Cover albums

• Monochromeset (2006, under the name The Others)

Compilations

• The Singles (5 CDs and 1 DVD with 51 tracks from 20 singles, 31 live-tracks and 35 videos)

Further reading

• Puustinen, Viljami (2005). 22-Pistepirkko. Like. ISBN 952-471-321-7.

External links

• Official website
• 22-Pistepirkko on Facebook
• 22-Pistepirkko at AllMusic