STRIKIN' CASE

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The story of this band began when two reasonably shaggy blokes, Hata and Sammy met at school in the city of Turku, Finland in 1999. They weren’t a major source of happiness for their teachers, especially when they decided to form a school band. They had a few gigs at school, but other than that, not much was happening. The other members of the band weren’t too involved, so a big part of the time was used for drinking and other activities. After a while Hata and Sammy got bored and they decided to continue on their own. After several ads in local music stores and a few miserable drummer candidates later, the lads found a guy called Pasi. He was really cutting it and got the job. Also, the name Strikin’ Case was first brought up around this time, meaning the year 2000. With Pasi onboard it was time for some serious rehearsing.
When it came down to still missing band mates, there wasn't too much going on. Because of the slow progress, Pasi got frustrated and since he wanted to play and gig, he decided to leave the band. After Pasi’s announcement, Hata fleetingly lost his interest in rock’n’roll circles and decided to join a blues band. Luckily Sammy talked some sense to him.
Briefly before Pasi’s departure Hata had seen an ad on the Internet where a singer was looking for a band. The singer was called Sean. Sean had moved to Turku from another town and was now ready for new challenges. With nothing else to do, all three decided to join a cover band called Slingshot. After it was clear that Sean could sing, it was time for rehearsing and some gigging. Eventually the lads got bored playing "all time favourites" and decided to leave the band.
Now was the time to get Strikin’ Case back on track. On one drunken night they bumped into Pasi, the former drummer of the band. The boys had a chat and it was clear that Pasi was willing to join the band again. A week later this fancy looking bass player, named Terry Star, entered the rehearsal room. The band just clicked and Terry was in.
The first official gig of Strikin’ Case took place two months later in the military base of Säkylä. Although the set list still consisted purely of cover songs, the main goal was to write original songs. After the show the guys knew they could really rock the place live too.
The first result of the new collaboration was a song titled Here We Go, which emerged from the first jam sessions of Sean and Hata. Since that day the band has written several songs together and more are coming on a constant basis. In December 2004 Terry decided to leave the band to start his own project. We wish all the best for Terry.
It took a year and a half to find a new bass player but finally in April 2006 a man walked in the room and played how we wanted to. This cowboy’s name was Simppu and after some rehearsals it was time to do some shows again! Suprisingly enough, after several gigs together bassist Simppu desided to leave the band. And now SC was without a bassist AGAIN. Former bassist of Strikin' Case Terry heard about the situation and wanted back. There was no other choise but take him back or otherwise many gigs would be cancelled. Terry played three gigs well enough but right before the fourth gig he made clear that music is not his cup of tea at all and he wants out AGAIN. The sooner the better. What can you say? The guys were completely pissed off to Terry but that didn't chance the fact, that they would have to do without a bassist ( again). Luckily a friend of the band knew a guy who wasn't doing anything at the moment and knew how to rock with that four string. He was Altti, today's SC bassist. He was really playing well and also came along with everybody right from the start. Altti was also up to the job so he was in.
Altti practised all songs pretty fast so the band was back on track again. The band was really getting better gig after gig, but the set list consisted of pretty old songs mostly. Sean had lost his interest to write lyrics or compose the melodies for the new songs. As this went on for quite a while, the other members of the band grew increasingly frustrated about Sean's actions. Several times the rehearsals ended to a fight. After one gig Sean told to the rest of the band that he's going to quit. He said that the motivation just wasn’t there anymore and because of that he was only slowing things down. So he wanted to step off. There were still a bunch of gigs booked but Sean promised to do them before leaving the band, which was fair enough. Sean's last gig took place in February 2008 but before that we decided to get some songs out of our system. During this time we managed to do a new kick ass record called “Basement Glory”. By far our best… hands down. It was agreed that this would be Sean’s last project with Strikin’ Case and it was also a good way to say goodbye. Thanks for these years mate! Meanwhile the band is on a brake from touring. For obvious reasons. But we’re gonna get that new singer guy no matter how long it takes! There are just too many great new songs to waste. And the chemistry with Altti onboard is just great so don't worry...Whole new Strikin' Case will be back bigger and better than ever! Just wait and meanwhile… listen to the old stuff you fuckers!!!=)

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