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Not So Grand Funk Jam Band

About Me

The band was founded in spring 2005. A group of friends decided to do somethting to please their mutual musical desires. NSGFJB plays funk combined with jazz, hip hop and latin flavours.

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Member Since: 21/08/2006
Band Website: http://www.notsograndfunkjamband.tk
Band Members: Arttu Malmivirta (rap), Sara Vänttinen (lead singer), Sofia Thurèn (lead singer), Ilmari Aitoaho (keys), Josu Mämmi (drums), Olli Likitalo (guitar), Timo Sihvonen (bass), Ville-Pekka Hietalahti (alto sax), Max Zenger (alto sax), Ilkka Arola (trumpet)
Influences: Parliamet-Funkadelic, Bootsy collins, Chick Corea, Don Jonson Big Band, Dr. John, Herbie Hancock, Irakere, James Brown, All Saints, Outkast, Pietari (Tku 10), Prince, Q-Continuum, Ray Charles, Ritarikunta, Stevie Wonder, The Meters, The Roots, Tulenkantajat, US3
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Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Drum roll please...

The moment we've all been waiting for! Soul Side is finally in town. The hot-from-the-press three song release includes the SMASH-hits () Super Heroes, Groovy Zoo and Soul Side. 3e, 3 songs, not bad e...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:34:00 GMT

Jibberjabber

Heloo boyz n girlz, how's it going? Not So's are kind of on a break right now beacuse of the military service-thingie, but we're making new songs and planing for the future. We we're supposed to pract...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:16:00 GMT

Little things are beautiful.

What's up funkers.. We really liked the "Pieni"-gig last night, thanx to everyone who was there. Kind of a small crowd but a great feeling all around wasn't it? Relaxed and some people even got their ...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:37:00 GMT

A HUGE THANX!

to The Huge, those guys are great and we had blast playing with them at Klubi. According to them we got to witness the worst gig ever by The Huge, but still, we love you guys. We'll post a bunch of pi...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:54:00 GMT

Long time, no posting..

Heya all ya NSGFJB diggers. Our "official website" it all messes up, sorry about that. Try to spread the word that people should check out info on gigs and other stuff ONLY from our myspace. There's a...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:26:00 GMT

Ylivoimaa!

A new palce to chat abot NSGFJB has been founded --> http://ylivoima.portbb.com/Here you can interact with other NSGFJB fans or haters, ask questions straight to the band or just comment on something ...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:40:00 GMT

The party was a...

Thanx for everyone who showed up @ the releasing party of the Reformation Preparaton! We sure had fun, I hope you did too :) We will hopefully get the cd's out by Friday and you can order one by conta...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 04:45:00 GMT