Sleepy Sleepers
Sleepy Sleepers is a Finnish pop/rock/punk/comedy rock band. The band released 19 albums between 1975 and 1989. The band was founded in Lahti. Sakke Järvenpää and Mato Valtonen were the main members of the band. Later, Valtonen and Järvenpää founded Leningrad Cowboys.
The lyrics of Sleepy Sleepers were humorous yet outrageous and often dealt on sensitive subjects, such as politics, scandals and hypocrisy. They managed to upset USSR with album Takaisin Karjalaan (Back to Karelia) in 1977 and caused an international scandal by their Paint It Black cover, Kaapataan lentokone Moskovaan ("Hi-Jacking an Airplane to Moscow") in 1978. Their records were on banned on Finnish broadcasting corporation, Yle until 1989 and break-up of USSR. The band was also a persona non grata on many concert venues.
Members
- Sakari Eerola
- Kari Kajala
- Pekka Laakso
- Sakari "Sakke" Järvenpää
- Timo Järvinen
- Olli Palkamo
- Jukka Käyhkö
- Ari Pänttönen
- Markku "Mato" Valtonen
- Albert Järvinen
- Dave Lindholm
- Silu Seppälä
- Sakari Kuosmanen
- Vesa Kääpä
- Jonttu Virta
- Harri Kinnunen
- Markus Heikkerö
- Kari "Pitkä" Lehtinen
- Vesa-Pekka "Costello" Hautamäki
- Heinäsirkka
- Tiina Tiikeri
- Jukka Kotialho
- Mauri Sumén
- Markku Vesala hevi gratzy DJ EDWARD show warm up
- Tony Steel
- "Dirty Dave" Desroches
- Christian J Henriksen
Discography
- Sinulle äiti (1975)
- Livet I Bordell (1976)
- Takaisin Karjalaan (1977)
- Holiday In New York '59 (1978)
- The Mopott Show (1979)
- Metsäratio (1980)
- Levyraati (1981)
- The Hevoset (Not published)
- Julkusen Mulkku (Not published)
- Enzio Benzina : La Musica (1982) CBS 40-85854, Sleepyjen italoiskelmälevy
- Sleepy Sleepers In The Rio (1982)
- Sleepy Sleepers In The Rio (engl.) (1982)
- Alma-tädin illuusio (1983)
- Chinese Nights (1983)
- Tohtori Pöhön aerobix (1984)
- Suomen poliisit (1984)
- Voikkaa ja huikkaa (1984)
- Sossu-possuilua Finlandiassa (cassette, under the name Sakke Järvenpää ja Mato Valtonen & Co, 1984)
- Born In The S.A.V.O. (1985)
- Rock'y VI - Pölkyllä päähän (1986)
- Sleepy Sleepers Sings Matti ja Teppo (1987)
- Turakaisten paratiisi (1988)
- Sleepy Sleepers Sings Elvis (1989)
- Eurowiisut – Terveisiä perseestä (2007)
- Roni Aaron & Sleepy Sleepers: Kekkonen Helsingissä (2007)
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