Music / 1999

The Heavyweight Champions

The debut. Produced by Nick Triani. He heard the EP in Texas. Then moved to Finland.

Released
28 April 1999
Type
Album
Label
Straightedge Records / WEA
Formats
CD (out of print)

Tracks

  1. You're on TV
  2. Eggstone
  3. This Room
  4. Empty Letters
  5. Rock'n'Roll Son
  6. Allergic Reactions
  7. D. Matthews
  8. Blackout-day
  9. Imperfections
  10. My Ass Is on Fire
  11. Nothing Could Go Wrong
  12. The Heavyweight Champions

Recorded at Straightedge’s own studio in Jokela. Winter 1998–99. Released with a party at Vanha YO-talo. And an appearance on MTV3’s Jyrki on the same day. A great critical success. Sales moderate. Though “not embarrassingly low for a new, English-singing act that didn’t play heavy metal”. The tour that followed was cancelled after Tampere. There the band lost the crowd to an ice hockey screen.

Credits

Janne Lehtinen – vocals, guitar. Janne Nissilä – drums. Tero Karhu – bass. Aleksi Pahkala – guitar. Joe Lunnas – trumpet on Blackout-day. Ilkka Pakkala – cello on Blackout-day, My Ass Is on Fire and The Heavyweight Champions. Pekka, the studio landlord – circular saw on My Ass Is on Fire. ‘Rock’n’Roll Son’ by Lehtinen/Pahkala.

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