Northern Kings - A little different kind of a "boyband"

Northern Kings - Nothing Compares 2 U (Prince)

Northern Kings is an all-star vocal group formed by Jarkko Ahola (Teräsbetoni), J-P Leppäluoto (Charon), Marco Hietala (Tarot, Nightwish) and Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica). They sing covers of known hit songs adding a heavy metal sound to them.

They have released two albums:
Reborn (2007) and Rethroned (2008)

As you guys can probably already guess, I'm a "metalhead" and I love Finnish metal music.

I also like this group a lot. Some of their cover songs are pure WIN, but some...not so much. Handsome men who sing extremely well, and great music with a little melodramatic humor.
Here are a couple of those pure WIN songs for you!

Broken Wings (Mr. Mister)


They Don't Really Care About Us (Michael Jackson)


We Don't Need Another Hero (Tina Turner)


Take On Me (A-Ha)


Photo from Last.fm

More new music - Sydänpuu!

 

Ok, so I found another band of Jani Liimatainen (obsessed? nooo...) yesterday and it's called Sydänpuu. Or as last.fm says:

"Sydänpuu is a Finnish rock band from the northern town of Kemi. Risto Koskinen and an unknown artist mysteriously named Allan Anderssén decided to compose a few songs for fun and so the Sydänpuu was formed."

Sydänpuu @ Mikseri

Sydänpuu @ MySpace

Hautaa minut tänään is my favorite. It's nice to hear Jani sing, and in Finnish! Awesome :)

 Photo is from last.fm

Bon Jovi shirt!

I originally bought this t-shirt for my senior year celebrations in 'high school'. We were the "last eighties" (born in 1989) and this shirt was so spot on. And I love Bon Jovi so... :)

I had this and a couple of other t-shirts shortened last year (?) and now I have no idea what I was thinking...Ok, I was a little (!) slimmer then, but still...there is no way I could ever wear these shirts without a longer shirt underneath them and it sucks. Time-machine anyone???  

And yeah, my cast matches with the shirt, doesn't it? ;) I have another date with the x-ray machine in less than an hour.

This Left Feels Right is an amazing album btw.
I love this version of You Give Love A Bad Name.