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Even Steven

Warm spirited rock music from cold finland

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Even Steven is a warm spirited, guitar driven rock band from cold Finland, Joensuu.
In the late summer of 2005, a bunch of guys realized that there was a concerning absence of a real, traditional rock and roll facing them all around, no matter where they turned. It seemed to them that there was a serious demand for less melancholic rock in Finnish music scene.
It was Iltsu who had already written some music that ultimately came to be recorded on their first demo EP. To perform the songs, he had to find players dedicated to the music and capable of working together as a band.
The first one to call was his cousin, Timo, who at the time was studying in Joensuu. Timo..s brother in arms, Joonas (whose old man also HAD a van!), joined the group as a bass player. There still was a gap in their line to be filled with nothing less than a super singer and a groovy drummer! Fortunately, they were closer to be found than originally expected. Timo..s and Joonas.. old friend Jukka was selling cellular phones in a small shop(it) downtown and Markus was studying music in the very same town, Joensuu. Obviously, it didn’t take too much arm wrestling to convince the boys to join the band.
All aboard!!
Soon after they found a common language, which revolves around classic rock, adding influences from blues, soul and good music in general, Even Steven was formed. Band’s roots lead to a legendary village of PUHOS in Kitee where all the band members are originally from except Markus, who hails from Suonenjoki-City.
In the land of ice and snow, the warmth of the delta can still be found in Even Steven’s rich rock flavours.

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Member Since: 7/30/2006
Band Website: evenstevenrock.net
Band Members:
Ilari Malinen (guitar & vocals)


Jukka Karppanen (lead vocals)


Joonas Ojajärvi (bass & vocals)


Markus Räsänen (drums & perc.)


Timo Timonen (guitar & vocals)


Janne Ojajärvi (Webmaster,Live sound engineering etc.)

Influences:

The Black Crowes, Spin Doctors, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rock, Soul, Funk, Blues & good music in general


Sounds Like: Yeeaaaahh!! Alllllrighht!!!
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Even Steven is the winner of annual RockBirds competition!

Yeah!We're proud to announce that Even Steven won the RockBirds '08 band competition after qualifying to final five. We want to thank everyone who voted for ES and came to support us in the qualifying...
Posted by Even Steven on Thu, 22 May 2008 01:26:00 PST

Happy-Happy Joy-Joy!! New demo out now!

Even Steven publishes their second set of hard-rocking songs for your listening pleasure! Since the first demo, we have gone through some soul searching, gigging, song writing, recording and most impo...
Posted by Even Steven on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:48:00 PST

Amusing english

Hey! We have a supersituation in here! -Jugi
Posted by Even Steven on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:02:00 PST