Ramones- style surf punk pop band from Juva, Finland.
Formed in 1984. Still active.
As they say:
"Luonteri Surf is a punk pop group from countryside in Eastern Finland. Four local friends formed the band 1984 and the band has been more or less active since then.
Couple of things you need to know about us and life in general: 1) Doing good is better than being evil. 2) The Ramones is important, but so are cows and trees and tractors too. 3) Less than one cow is not worth keeping. 4) Short and fast and fun is better than loooong and slow and boring. 6) Butter is better than margarine"
Line-ups:
1984-1991
Kalle Grotenfelt, keyboards
Pekka Kerminen, guitar
Martti Ripaoja, bass
Pekka "Manne" Liimatainen, drums
1991-1994
Kalle Grotenfelt, keyboards
Pekka Kerminen, guitar
Martti Ripaoja, bass
Harri "Hapa" Virolainen, drums
1994-1998
Kalle Grotenfelt, keyboards
Pekka Kerminen, guitar
Martti Ripaoja, bass
Sami Karppinen, drums
1998-
Kalle Grotenfelt, keyboards
Pekka Kerminen, guitar
Martti Ripaoja, bass
Timo "Unski" Oinonen, drums
Members
- Pekka Kerminen
- Kalle Grotenfelt
- Martti Ripaoja
- Pekka Liimatainen
- Harri Virolainen
- Sami Karppinen