History and background
Instrumental Band. Formed 2004. Hometown Oulu, Finland. Band´s style is a mixture of many different styles, for example, Jazz, Film music, Finnish old pop hits “Finnhitsâ€, Easy listening, Surf and sometimes even Classical music and Progressive rock. You could imagine Misfortunes´ music in TV- series themes and movies, as well as playing background music in hotels, restaurants etc.
Ari Eskola is “Mister Misfortunesâ€, he writes all the music and is in charge of leading the Band towards unification. First Misfortunes- songs are from 1998, but Eskola didn´t activate to form the band until late 2004. Eskola´s musical influences come from all kinds of musical genres, although his roots are firmly in heavy metal.†I like all good music†says he and points out that he loves Jazz, Ethnic music, Avant Garde, Modern Pop, HipHop and so on, just to name a few.
Misfortunes´ players are all experienced musicians and they have played as a semi-professionals and they are active spare-time players. Eskola and Laru were guitar teachers for many years in Oulu music school. Band´s members have played and made vast amount of music in broad sector, ranging from Theater Music to Death Metal.
What´s next?
Unfortunate line- up changes (bass player) have affected to band´s live gigs (still none!) brutally. Complex song structures need a lot of training and all players have their daily works, studies and families, so progression seem to be slow sometimes. Gigs are to be made when we have solid line-up. Listen to our Wasteland Paranoia- demo and enjoy! There is some really interesting stuff to satisfy demanding listener, and to give joy to all non-professionals, as well. In future there will be some weird and beautiful music to come from Misfortunes- Factory! Keep watching the skies!
Please tell us what you think of our music and feel free to contact us! E-mail:
wumppa ($) netti . fi