You guys have been around for almost ten years now, but the band was known as Forkboy 'til the year 2000. How has the Finnish punkrock and rock'n'roll scene changed from the day you started? Frankly, we don't know the "scene" that good and to be honest we are quite out of it. There are more rock'n'roll bands, I quess. At least that's what's hip now. And for the almost ten years of being around included lots of rehearsing in the basement. I think we have opened the door now.

What was the reason for the new name anyway? And did anything else change?
"Forkboy" was a stolen name anyway, thanks to Jello Biafra. Nobody had nothing big against it, so it felt natural. I'd like to say that our songwriting changed to a certain direction, but that is a lie... it would have changed anyway. We make better songs, ha-ha.

Your home town, Oulu, is most known of its heavy bands. What kind of feedback have you had there?
Oh yeah, the northern heavy metal capital for chrissakes. I think somebody digs us, we have an audience at our gigs, believe it or not. When we started they just stared... you sweat and scream and spit and your fingers and your ass bleeds and they just stare and clap their hands a little bit between songs. Now we scream and sweat and spit and bleed from our fingers and all that and they even shout and whistle. Does that mean they like us?

Last year you realised a promotion CD called "Dancing Shoes". If I remember right Sue magazine gave it 9 points out of 10. Has this CD halped you anyway?
Of course, the promo got a little bit of attention. The Japanese label, Myrmecoleo, got interested from that promo, thanks to Harri at Trash Can who sent it to Kenji, the label boss. A few nice reviews also.

So, are you next "big in Japan"?
We'll have to wait for the comp to be released. We'll see after that. That would be fun but we tend to be sceptical with everything...

Do you have any plans for doing some gigs abroad?
In the future, yes. But that means that we have to get some name first, the releases are not out yet.

And I heard, that you had same cooperation with Disgrace. Could you tell something about that, and why did you decide to do it in a first place?
That was Jani's idea, he had it all planned out, being the cunning businessman he is. The Solardisk label man, I mean. Fuck, who wouldn't want to be on the same 7" with Disgrace? They're good.

I noticed that the split got some great layout design! Who did them anyway?
I had the idea and basic layout, and we fine-tuned them together with Jani.

Do you have any other Finnish favorite bands?
You probably have all the good bands mentioned on your site... No need to mention them again. Radiopuhelimet (www.radiopuhelimet.net) is an incredible band. We have done some gigs with Mary (www.perkele.com), they're friends.

What are your all-time favorite records?
If we put them all together, that would be a pretty long list... All the punk, rock'n'roll, garage, noise. AC/DC. That is one of the many bands to blame.

What's the best gig you've ever seen, and what's the worst one?
AC/DC last year. Ok, that is one of the bands I grew up with... so there's more to that, but bands should see what they do on stage. I mean, they're forty- or fiftysomething and blast out and incredible two-hour rock'n'roll show complete with rolling on the floor and shit. And worst...? There's too many to mention. And if I'd count them I would remember them and how they sucked. No way.

What do you think generally about this retro culture and using the same musical things over and over again?
Oh well, a good song is a good song, even though it has been played for the first time 50 years ago. But you have to be passionate, I think... There has been some talking about all these Hellacopters-copycats, and I agree to some point, they usually just lack the energy. All the heavy metal people suddenly wake up and go "wow, 8-balls, flames, wallet chains!" and hide their Pantera and Machine Head records. For a while. It's not that the Flaming Sideburns, for example, offer some new wonderous musical style or anything like that, but man, do they play it from the heart. Well, I take even mediocre retro shit over the nu-metal or goth or whatever-metal any day... ultraproduced metal wanking and whining.

These similar retro rock bands are "millions" all over the world and more are coming. Can you offer something that lifts you up from that endless swamp?
We're futuro. Seriously, we're pretty fuckin' good band. Why else are we doing this interview? Come see us live or buy the 7". You'll see.