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Pekko Mantzin

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About Me

My name is Pekko and I play guitar in the band called THE JADE. I started to play guitar when I was ten years old and I am still loving it. Basically music is my life. I like to spend my time playing music with the guys in the band or writing new songs sitting on a floor with my taperecorder and strumming my acoustic. I was born in the early 1970s in Lappeenranta and grew up in Notrh Karelia in the town named Joensuu. I lived nearly seven years in London,UK. Yet today I find Kallio in Helsinki, Finland, is quite good place to live in. I am also into poetry, comics and movies. My favourite poet is Finnish Arto Melleri and I also like Charles Bukowski and Federico Lorca. My father read me Lorcas poems as I was a kid. My grandparents wrote poems so I believe my interest for poetry comes from their side.
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My Interests

music, comics, poetry, cinema and balance..

I'd like to meet:

Mainly people who are interested of MUSIC. Yet basically anyone who is NOT a racist, petty, snotty etc.I also will do my best to avoid people with all kind of fundamentalism when it comes to religions or ideologies.PEACE & LOVE

Music:

The Jade, The Beatles, Linkin Park, Good Charlotte, Aerosmith, U2, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, My Chemical Romance, Marilyn Manson, Queen, Foo Fighters, Manic Street Preachers, Hanoi Rocks, Rolling Stones, Sielun Veljet, Hassisen Kone, Ismo Alanko, The Beach Boys, Elvis Presley, Eddie Cochran, Smack, Nirvana, Stray Cats, RHCP, Tapio Rautavaara, GunsnRoses, Hollywood Brats, Sisters Of Mercy, Oasis, David Bowie, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, J.S.Bach, Paco de Lucia, Bon Jovi, The Clash, Blondie, Mana Mana, Johnny Cash, Kate Bush, Marc Bolan&T.Rex, Link Wray, Angelo Badalamenti, Small Faces, Rauli"Badding" Somerjoki, Agents, Smack, Robbie Williams(the four albums with Guy Chambers) Lords Of The New Church, Moby,etc. and most of old blues stuff like Howlin Wolf, Robert Johnson etc.

Movies:

Twin Peaks,Fire Walk With Me,Lost Highway, Wild at Heart and basically anything by David Lynch. Plus I like Johnny Depp movies a lot

Books:

Poems of Arto Melleri, Bukowski and Lorca. "Sydän Viisaasti Muistaa",(The Heart Wisely Remembers) poems written by my late grandmother Ritva Hakkarainen. Also crime stories and some fiction.

Heroes:

My MUSICAL heroes are John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Jimmy Page, Andy McCoy, Joe Perry, E.S.Brady (Hollywood Brats),Mick Ronson(Spiders From Mars),Keith Richards, Paul Burlison(Johnny Burnette & RnR Trio), Brian Wilson, Guy Chambers, Tony Iommi,Link Wray, etc. etc.

My Blog

THE JADE JOINS THE FINVASION 2008 GERMAN TOUR

THE JADE JOINS THE FINVASION GERMAN TOUR It has been confirmed that The Jade joins the upcoming Finvasion 2008 Germany tour. The bands are: PSG, SO CALLED PLAN & THE JADE+ various local support a...
Posted by Pekko Mantzin on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:16:00 PST

THE JADE HAVE SIGNED A RECORD DEAL

Hello again friends! I´m glad to tell that The Jade have signed a record deal with Finnish indie label North & South on 28th of January. The first single will be released this spring. I would like...
Posted by Pekko Mantzin on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:58:00 PST

Hellos to Friends!

Right now life in general is quite hectic.That´s why I am not able to write back as often as I would like to.Anyway I do check my mail every now and then.And I also do read all the...
Posted by Pekko Mantzin on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:53:00 PST

Unsheltered

When I lived in London it hurt me a lot to see people living rough in streets. It´s just heart-breaking . Many times the things I saw made me cry. Literally. Young kids sitting by the doorways be...
Posted by Pekko Mantzin on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:48:00 PST

Till The Sun Will Show

Long time, no writings. So here´s one. Winter has come to Finlandia and personally I find it depressing as fuck.This one was written in London some years ago. The song (acoustic version) can be heard ...
Posted by Pekko Mantzin on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:32:00 PST

Cemetary Flowers

I thought would be nice to put some stuff  I´ve written on this profile so there will be some lyrics from the songs of The Jade and some other stuff also. So this one here could be put under...
Posted by Pekko Mantzin on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:16:00 PST