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Russian Love

first album NERGAL re-released in April 2007

About Me

RUSSIAN LOVE was founded in 1986 in the countryside of northern Finland, in Haapavesi, a small village of 7000 people. The band started out as a goth group with strong influence from bands like Joy Division and Bauhaus. After two gothic rock / dark wave albums, "NERGAL" (1988) and "FLAW IN THE CRADLE" (1990), and moving to the city of Oulu their music started to catch more color. On the third album, "HOVER JACK" (1992), the band re-invented pop, rock, and loud guitars, and started their alternative period. "MEAT MAZURKA" (1994) and "GALA BRUTALE" (1996) continued that musical direction, and especially "GALA BRUTALE" was hailed as an english-sung-classic in Finnish rock. Since 1998 Russian Love have been spending their lost weekend. In april 2007 the first Russian Love album "NERGAL" was re-issued on CD with their first EP nearly 20 years after its original release on vinyl.

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Member Since: 10/5/2006
Band Website: russianlove.org
Band Members: on GALA BRUTALE
Mika Ronkainen - voc
Pasi Ruotsalainen - gtr
Maako Härönen - gtr
Mika Moilanen - drums
Mervi Tervo - bass

on MEAT MAZURKA
Mika Ronkainen - voc, gtr
Pasi Ruotsalainen - gtr
Mika Moilanen - drums
Seppo Kauppila - bass

on HOVER JACK
Mika Ronkainen - voc, gtr
Pasi Ruotsalainen - gtr
Mika Moilanen - drums
Sampo Mattila - bass

on FLAW IN THE CRADLE and NERGAL
Mika Ronkainen - voc, gtr
Pasi Ruotsalainen - gtr
Sami Heikkinen - drums
Sampo Mattila - bass
Petri Morko - synth

Influences: joy division. pixies. bowie. talking heads. hanoi rocks. dead kennedys. the carpenters. beatles. bauhaus. birthday party. the cure. slade. hurriganes. kaj chydenius. abba. hullujussi. beach boys. ratsia. the smiths. the clash. rubettes. black sabbath. hassisen kone. devo. elvis presley. simon & garfunkel. nick cave. r.e.m. stone roses. duran duran. sonic youth. roger whittaker.
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Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

nice words about "nergal"

the first russian love album "nergal", originally released in 1988 and re-issued on cd in april 2007, is receiving good reviews in the finnish music press. "If Nergal was a debut album from a British ...
Posted by Russian Love on Mon, 14 May 2007 03:26:00 PST

"nergal" re-issue out april 2nd 2007

the re-issue of the first russian love album "nergal", originally released in 1988, will be out april 2nd 2007. to get your copy, go to www.levyvirasto.net. you can listen to two songs from the album ...
Posted by Russian Love on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:28:00 PST

first album "nergal" to be reissued

hi! some news for a change. the first russian love album "nergal" with ten catchy goth tunes, originally released in 1988 on vinyl only, is to be reissued in 2007 on cd with the first ep "malleus male...
Posted by Russian Love on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:08:00 PST

old stuff in a new place

hello. we've just uploaded here some old stuff by russian love. one day you may find something new here, too. any day/month/year now. we'll see. oh well.
Posted by Russian Love on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 03:48:00 PST