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Ben’s Diapers

About Me

Powerpop & country rock under the radar, out of limits and beyond the trends since 1997 from Turku, Finland. A bunch of records (for full discography, see our website), a bunch of gigs (somewhere around 100 at the time of writing, in 2008) and not enough rehearsals for the 11 first years. For full band bio in English and in Finnish available at our website.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 24/05/2006
Band Website: www.bensdiapers.net
Band Members: Jaakko Söderström (lead & backing vocals, guitar, keyboards & songs), Mikko Lappalainen (drums, percussion & lyrics), Vesa Salonen (bass & backing vocals), Harri Huuhtanen (guitar & backing vocals 2001-), Panu Jaakkola (guitar 1998-2001), Mikko Närvä (guitar 1997-2007)
Influences: Anything tuneful and concise, proper songwriting, most stuff with lots of vocal harmonies, approved by the Stem Police!
Sounds Like: even on the best of days, we only wish to reach a location anywhere in the same universe as a mix of Teenage Fanclub, the Jayhawks, Matthew Sweet and, say, Limbeck, but we stumble at the door of the nearest bar or start playing a poor cover of Ozzy's Shot In The Dark instead.
Record Label: Rhythm Barrel Records & a selection others
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Shows in the UK

We will take the liberty to call 3 shows in two days a mini-tour, solook out for Ben's Diapers UK mini-tour of the UK (Lewisham andLiverpool, that is) in May!
Posted by on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:11:00 GMT

Studio news!

Ben's Diapers are currently in the studio recording tracks for out 4th full-length album, hopefully out later this year. We have completed 4 songs in the previous sessions and now have 5-6 n...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:17:00 GMT

IPO Liverpool, take 4!

Hey, it's time for Ben's Diapers' annual trip to Liverpool, UK, to take part in the guitar pop overkill mosterfest International Pop Overthrow. This will be our 4th consecutive year, so we're expectin...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:26:00 GMT

Ben’s Diapers to tour with Perth’s College Fall

Ben's Diapers will be honoured to join Australia's College Fall on their tour of Finland in September. The Perth trio are in Finland to promote their debut album Eleven Letters on a 6-date tour, two l...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:24:00 GMT

IPO Liverpool, take three!

Ben's Diapers are playing International Pop Overthrow festival in Liverpool, UK, again this coming weekend. This is our 3rd consecutive year at this annual event and we'd like to thank Mr. IPO David B...
Posted by on Fri, 25 May 2007 03:53:00 GMT

Ben's Diapers turn 10!

Turku's gift to the world, the sensational Ben's Diapers turn 10 in May. Our first ever gig was in May 1997 and to celebrate this mind-boggling fact, we will play live and have a 10th anniversary part...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:14:00 GMT