finnish punk
Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät - Eurovision 2015
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Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät
Nationality:
No data
Founded:
2009
Founded Place:
Helsinki
Members:
Kari Aalto ; Sami Helle ; Pertti Kurikka ; Toni Välitalo
Music Genre:
finnish punk
Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät (Finnish for 'Pertti Kurikka's name day party'; pronounced [ˈpertːi ˈkurikɑn ˈnimipæi̯væt]; PKN) was a Finnish punk rock band, formed in 2009 in a charity workshop for adults with developmental disabilities. They are the main focus of the 2012 Finnish documentary film The Punk Syndrome. In 2015, they qualified for the finals of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu, which they later won; they represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 but got knocked out in the semi-final. The group disbanded in December 2016 when guitarist Pertti Kurikka turned 60 years old and retired from playing punk rock.