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Klamydia
Klamydia performing at Kuopio Rockcock 2008
Background information
OriginVaasa, Finland
GenresPunk rock
Years active1988 (1988)–present
LabelsKråklund Records
MembersVesku Jokinen
Jari Helin
Sami Kohtamäki
Riku Purtola
Past membersHannu Viinamäki, bass (1995-2000)
Websiteklamydia.fi

Klamydia (Finnish: Chlamydia) is a Finnish punk rock band from Vaasa, Finland. The band's name was chosen because it was the worst name that came to their minds.

History

The band was formed in 1988, and has been continuously active since then. The band publishes records in very short intervals (about one LP per year), and has experienced many line-up changes. The only remaining original member is the current vocalist, Vesa "Vesku" Jokinen. The band is notable for founding its own record company, Kråklund Records.

Klamydia has always been renowned as a humor band, but they have a lot of songs criticizing society, and other songs about serious subjects like incest, as well as love songs. In the year 2001, Klamydia was rewarded by the city of Vaasa, who granted Klamydia a culture prize for their long and successful career. This aroused a lot of criticism in the city, because people[who?] did not appreciate rewarding a vulgar-styled humor band like Klamydia. The band itself took the whole thing as good free promotion. Klamydia has also gained some popularity in Germany, where they have toured and released records.

Discography

Albums

EPs

CD Singles and Mini-CDs

DVDs

Videography

Gallery

References

  1. ^ "Klamydia : Aikuisilta kielletty – Record Shop X". recordshopx.com. Retrieved 8 October 2018.

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