Tehosekoitin

Tehosekoitin was a Finnish rock band formed in 1991. The band made music with traditional rock 'n roll attitude. Besides pure rock 'n roll, they also made some songs which were more like jazz, blues or tender ballads than actual rock. Tehosekoitin was really popular in Finland. Tehosekoitin founded their own record company Levy-Yhtiö, which ended to be managed by Ari Tianen the guitarist of Tehosekoitin. made their first three recordings "Greatest Hits II", "...ja valtakunnassa kaikki hyvin!!!?" (....and everything's well in the kingdom!!!?) and "T.S. <3 A.L" (a split with Apulanta) in vinyl playing finnish-style punk. After those recordings Tehosekoitin changed their style into more traditional rock and made their first CD "Rock'n'roll"(1994) as they were starting to have some success in Lahti region. Tehosekoitin became known in whole Finland year 1997 with their single "C'mon Baby Yeah". After that they released "Köyhät syntiset" and the success was guaranteed. Tehosekoitin released also "Varoittava esimerkki"(1998), which was more like pure rock'n'roll, "Freak Out"(1999) with the sound of blues and jazz. Matti Mikkola jumped into a guitar and Tehosekoitin hired Tero Sundell to handle the Drums. After making the album their guitarists Arska stepped out for the band to concentrate only to Managing their record company Levy-yhtiö, they became to be only four membered band and leaving Matti to be their only guitarist. With that combo they released the albums Rock 'n' Roll Monster Movie Show"(2000), "Rakkauden gangsterit"(2001) and "golden Greats"(2002). In 2002 they published a CD 'A Lotta Rhythm' in English with the name Screamin' Stukas. They also toured round the UK with the name Screaming Stukas. Cd-single "Lupaan"(2004) became the last Tehosekoitin recording ever been published and they played their last gig in August 2004 at Ankkarock/Korso. Nowadays their singer Otto Grundström has also become known as a poet. The bass player Hannu Kilkki continues to pursue his musical career in various groups including Peace Band and Fleshdance.