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Slideshaker

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About Me

Slideshaker is a band with a surprisingly diverse sound, composing across a broad spectrum of styles from garage rock and country to r&b and soul. Their groove is rough, noisy and ill-tempered but you can still dance to it. Baby, it's rock 'n' roll music!

Slideshaker bio (pdf)

Albums:
Hotwired Soul -CD (2003, DBS Records)
In The Raw -LP/CD (2006, Bad Afro Records)

Singles & Ep's:
Jail Bait Blues -7" (2002, Legal Records)
No Time To Lose -7" (2004, Weera Records)
Bones -7"/CDs (2005, Bad Afro Records)

Compilations:
Various Artists: Rawk n Roll Revolution -CD (2002, Myrmecoleo Records)
Various Artists: SUE 4 -CD (2003, Sue)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/18/2006
Band Website: slideshaker.com
Band Members: Arttu Keski-Orvola - guitar
Jani Korhonen - drums & percussions
Heikki Savolainen - vocals & guitar

with a little help from our friend...
Tomi Kosonen: saxophone, organ, synthesizer, percussion
Influences: From Ike & Tina Turner to Pussy Galore and from Blind Willie McTell to Ice Cube...
Sounds Like: "From ass-shaking garage punk to rootsy blues-rock, to groovy shitkicker stuff, and right back to loud, balls-grabbing hard rock." -Sleazegrinder
Record Label: Bad Afro Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Back from the Grave!

Finally our upcoming third album is recorded and ready for the mixing  yeah, it only took one year in the K-overdrive studio but we found the way out... On myspace player there are two brand new song...
Posted by Slideshaker on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:18:00 PST

IN THE STUDIO

Hi!Slideshaker is currently working in the studio. The working title for the upcoming third album is "Like Stormy Weather". New titles include Bad Moon, Return of the Vicious Man, Deadly Snakes, Killi...
Posted by Slideshaker on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:53:00 PST

Slideshaker live at youtube.com

hi! There's a live video of Slideshaker playin' Unfortunate Son at Club Liberte in Helsinki. Just type word "slideshaker" into youtube search and you'll find it easily or use the direct link below: Sl...
Posted by Slideshaker on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:51:00 PST

New stuff

 Hi!I just want to let you know that we have done lots of demo recordings and we are very excited. We have around 10 new songs at the moment and more is on its way. I can say that new stuff ...
Posted by Slideshaker on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 04:59:00 PST

Last Gigs This Year!

All right folks, the year 2006 is coming to an end and it's been nice year for us. New album, tour with Sweatmaster and so on& but you still have two changes to see Slideshaker live and catch a bunch ...
Posted by Slideshaker on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:06:00 PST

Bad Afro 10 Year Anniversary Party!!!

It's now official that the Bad Afro 10 year anniversary party will take place in Copenhagen November 10th and 11th. The party starts Friday the 10th at Stengade 30 and continues Saturday at Loppen in ...
Posted by Slideshaker on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 07:42:00 PST

New Album Reviews

It's been over 7 months since the release of In The Raw but reviews keep coming. So here are direct links to new In The Raw reviews: I-94 Bar No Brains Zine Savage Magazine cheers, JK...
Posted by Slideshaker on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 04:58:00 PST

Slideshaker at Popkomm!

Slideshaker is appearing at this year's Popkomm 2006 music expo in Berlin on friday 22th of September. Finnish Punk / Rock Night is held at Club Kato. Here's the time schedule for the night: No Sham...
Posted by Slideshaker on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 05:51:00 PST

iTunes

If you're computer qeek and don't buy real records, your day has come! Slideshaker's new album "In The Raw" is now available for download at iTunes Music Store. So far the album is available in follow...
Posted by Slideshaker on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 10:58:00 PST

Home Sweet Home!

We are back from the tour in Germany, The Netherlands & Denmark. I want to thank all the people who came to see us play and helped us in anyway. Of course massive thanks to our touring buddie...
Posted by Slideshaker on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:23:00 PST