Eläkeläiset
Sign in to saveEläkeläiset (Finnish for "pensioners") are a Finnish humppa band founded in 1993.
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- Eläkeläiset
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- Eläkeläiset - Ilosaarirock 2013 - 07.jpg
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- 280
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- Eläkeläiset at the Ilosaarirock festival in 2013.
- Musical artist.background
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- Musical artist.origin
- Finland
- Musical artist.genre
- Humppa, Jenkka
- Musical artist.years_active
- –present
- Musical artist.past_members
- Ema Hurskainen
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Eläkeläiset (Finnish for "pensioners") are a Finnish humppa band founded in 1993.
Current members of the band are Onni Waris (keyboard, vocals), Petteri Halonen (keyboard, guitar, vocals), Lassi Kinnunen (accordion, vocals), Martti Waris (bass, vocals), and Tapio Santaharju (drums, vocals). Ilmari Koivuluhta (sound technique, logistics) and Pekka Jokinen (graphics, merchandise) complete the "humppa family". According to the band's statements, they play between 80 and 100 concerts per year, of which only 20 in Finland and 40 to 50 in Germany, due to their popularity there. They have visited several big international music festivals, including heavy metal festivals such as Wacken Open Air and Tuska Open Air.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eläkeläiset” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.