Band Name: Eläkeläiset
Music Album: Humppa United
Album Release Date: April 2024
Music Genre: Punk Rock Ska
Record Label: Humppa Records
Album Release Country: Finland
Music Record Type: 16 Tracks CD Album
A Finnish humppa humour band founded 1993 in Joensuu as a side project for band Kumikameli.
These guys play humorous, mainly cover versions of famous pop and rock hits using the fast and hilarious beat of humppa (trad. Finnish polka-like dance).
Current members of the band are Onni Varis (keyboard, vocals), Petteri Halonen (keyboard, guitar, vocals), Lassi Kinnunen (accordion, vocals), Martti Varis (bass, vocals) and Tapio Santaharju (drums, vocals). Ilmari Koivuluhta (sound technique, logistics) and Pekka Jokinen (graphics, merchandise) are completing the humppa family. These are not in fact their real names; their (fake) first names are their second names, and their (fake) surnames are their mothers' maiden names. Onni Varis and Martti Varis are in no way related, both of their mothers' maiden names just happen to be the same.
| 1 | Humpataan Tanaan | 3:22 |
| 2 | Humppakasanova | 3:48 |
| 3 | Kukkuu-ukot | 3:27 |
| 4 | Humppamuoti | 2:52 |
| 5 | Äkäinen Eläkeläinen | 4:08 |
| 6 | Humppamissi | 2:00 |
| 7 | Puliukko | 2:12 |
| 8 | Mummo | 3:18 |
| 9 | Humppakeksi | 3:35 |
| 10 | Vaivaistalossa | 3:35 |
| 11 | Humppaholisti | 2:05 |
| 12 | Humppapuoskari | 2:55 |
| 13 | Humppatähti | 3:01 |
| 14 | Humppaviikot | 3:19 |
| 15 | Tajuton Humppa | 3:52 |
| 16 | Humppatauti | 3:00 |
Style is some kind of older style punkrock with polka (in this case: humppa) attitude.
Features coversongs in the following order:
#1: Dead Kennedys – Kill the poor, Disco Ensemble – Drop Dead Casanova, Turbonegro – Boys from nowhere, Hanoi Rocks – Fashion, Tom Robinson – Sing If You're Glad To Be Gay,
#6: The Damned – Hit or miss, Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs – Wooly Bully, Smokey Robinson – My Girl, Van Morrison – Domino, Amorphis – House of sleep,
#11: Pixies – Holiday song, Apocalyptica – I'm not Jesus, Karl Bartos – 15 minutes of fame, Hard-Fi – Living for the weekend, XTC – Making Plans for Nigel,
#16: The Nits – In The Dutch Mountains.
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