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About Me

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The band Grandeville was originally founded in the late 2002 under a name Lust. Musical genre was quite rough considering today's dominating style. After releasing a demo with a name Ecstasy the band withdrew for a while to get some air. In a few years, during the break or so, the band went through some major adjustements and ended up changing its name to Grandeville. With a few decent gigs and an upcoming record Grandeville keeps going. Hope you like it!

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Member Since: 9/11/2006
Band Website: grandeville.net
Band Members: Jouni Raatikainen - Vocals, guitars & harmonica.
This guy also writes most of the songs. So he's the one to throw with things.

Aki Sihvonen - Guitars & backing vocals.
The eager beaver behind the mixer desk, steering wheel and some arrangements and compositions.

Samuli Rautiainen - Keyboards and percussions.
He's the new guy in the band. Just "that something" that was truly needed. He also has an inimitable sense of humour.

Juho "Allu" Alanko - Electric bass, saxophone and backing vocals.
As we all know, the bass player plays a significant part in the band. He's the heartbeat of the band and in our case, he also drives a guillotine..

Eemeli Jaskio - Drums, percussions and backing vocals.
He keeps the long train running. This guy can lay down the swing with drums as well as with his golf clubs..
Influences: John Mayer, Eric Clapton, Brad Paisley, Coldplay, Bon Jovi...
Sounds Like: Good music :) Fender Stratocasters and the hallmark of our talented organ grinder are definitely the most dominating components in our music..
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Studio day 5

Hi ho silver lining!Every cloud has a silver lining. I'm not quite sure what was ours, but this day was good. For me and Eemeli morning was at noon. 5.00 PM, after Aki's school day, we went to finish ...
Posted by Grandeville on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:22:00 PST

Studio day 4

Another day of frustration. Day of despair. And monsterous jamming.Yesterday we hooked up with some of Aki's school friends and hung out at the Sky bar. After an hour of hiphop treatment past closing ...
Posted by Grandeville on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:51:00 PST

Studio day 3

Some progress today! Three and a half songs to go!Morning wasn't exactly how it was supposed to be.. Alarms went and we snoozed till 11.00 AM. Hours of wasted time didn't depress Eemeli's groove and s...
Posted by Grandeville on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:29:00 PST

Studio day 2

Fresh baked drums for Fragile are waiting for editing.At 12.15. PM me and Eemeli rose up to face the day. Aki had been studying already for several hours. After a few hours of preparing we headed for ...
Posted by Grandeville on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:49:00 PST

Studio Day 1

We spent the day sightseeing and shit-talking in the front seat of my Nissan. Goofing around with a video camera was maybe the funniest thing ever, and you will see some of it at YouTube pretty soon. ...
Posted by Grandeville on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:26:00 PST

Heading for studio

Tomorrow we'll be going shy way on the highway and listening to good music as we travel across the country to record our debut album. Only drums will be topical at first since we have very limited tim...
Posted by Grandeville on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:55:00 PST