Akun Tehdas
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Akun Tehdas is the third album by Eppu Normaali
. It was released February 19, 1980. On the album, the band switched their style from punk rock
to new wave
. Mikko Saarela wasn't Eppu Normaali's bassist on the album, but he still wrote lyrics to it. Akun Tehdas was the first album to include Mikko "Vaari" Nevalainen on bass.
Eppu Normaali
Eppu Normaali is one of the most popular rock bands in Finland. The band formed in 1976 in Ylöjärvi, a small town near Tampere. The band is the best-selling music artist in Finland, with certified sales surpassing 1.5 million records...
. It was released February 19, 1980. On the album, the band switched their style from punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
to new wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
. Mikko Saarela wasn't Eppu Normaali's bassist on the album, but he still wrote lyrics to it. Akun Tehdas was the first album to include Mikko "Vaari" Nevalainen on bass.
Track listing
- Vanha kellarissa valittaa (The old is grumbling in the basement)
- Minun aurinkolasit (My sunglasses)
- Suomi-ilmiö (The Finland phenomenon)
- Poltan loppuun tupakin (I finish smoking a cigarette)
- Puhtoinen lähiöni (My clean suburb)
- Akun tehdas (Aku's Factory)
- Puhtoiset vesistömme (Our clean waters)
- Vanha poika (Old boy)
- Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan)
- Jäähyväiset rock`n`rollille (The goodbye's to rock`n`roll)
- Viimeinen funk (The last funk)