ICONCRASH
In the beginning there was one man. Jaani Peuhu,
already a seasoned rock music professional at
a pretty young age, wanted to do exactly what he wanted,
without having to please anybody else except himself.
So he wrote a number of songs that sounded more like
the music he was hearing in his head than the sound of any of his prior bands.
These songs became Nude, the first Iconcrash album,
that was released in spring 2005.
Jaani had written, produced and performed much of the
record himself. Although there were also several guest
musicians involved,it was basically Jaanis solo album.
To be able to perform his songs on stage,
Jaani put together a live band consisting of his
musician friends. This band played dozens of gigs to
support the album, and during those gigs these
talented musicians made their own interpretations
of the songs on the album.
Nowadays Iconcrash is a real band consisting
of five people. Besides Jaani, these people are
Anu Tukeva on keyboards,
Jesse Valo on bass
and Reko Aho on drums.
Aho have been a part of the live band from the beginning, whereas Tukeva and Valo are fairly new
additions to the group. Jaani is quite content about the
situation.
Doing it all by myself certainly had its appeal
and its benefits, I wont deny that. However, now I felt
like it was time to explore the benefits of having a real band,
and with the current line-up, there are
plenty, Jaani says.
Now everybodys ideas and input are welcome, and I honestly believe this makes
our music better.
"To me, Iconcrash never felt like Jaanis solo project
entirely, even if Nude was pretty much a solo effort",
Aho says. When we have been on the road,
and even on our rehearsal place, it has always felt like a real band.
But as far as studio work goes,there has been a major change,
as its no longer just Jaani doing everything.
Iconcrash are currently working on their second album.
Jaani says the influences for the album are such luminaries as
Killing Joke(eighties stuff),
Depeche Mode(Songs of Faith And Devotion),
Sneaker Pimps,
Trent Reznor,
Billy Corgan,
Björk
and King Diamond.
If that doesnt sound like a recipe for an interesting record,we dont know what does.