29.5.2010 Premiere of "Juggling
Jugulars - Punk-elinkautinen" -documentary (45 minutes) at
Annankatu 6, Pori, Finland.
8.5.2010 JJ-documentary (by Ilkka Kari) is almost finished...
It is what you get with 5 different persons working in the same band
for several years.
Includes scenes from the studio, live and rehearsals. "Free speech for
the dumb"; some seriously but mainly with lots of humour... Punk-rock?
Maybe it can be seen somewhere during the summer - we will inform about
that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_4c8T8kA3g
4.2.2010 We started recordings of the next album (or something) in
January; 4 new songs have been recorded. It will be a long project but
we will try to get enough songs ready during this year. A friend of
Marko is making a documentary of our band; he and the crew already
filmed some interviews, rehearsals, studio and a gig - plus there will
be some archive-material as well. Quite exciting and totally new
thing for us, we will see where that leads.
7.11.2009 We recorded a demo back in 2005 with Jantsa still on bass
(by S.Jormanainen/Seinäjoki) that included songs "Colleague
Inferior" and "Lunacy" (Dirt-cover).
Now during a month we have finally received some results: at first came
"Barrikaden - The First Ten Years"
a benefit-compilation LP from Nakkeskudd plater, Sjakk matt plater +
more (Norway). That includes our Dirt-cover "Lunacy". Then come out "More Than Music Vol. 1" anti-sexism
3x7" box (Stonehenge, France) - a really, really beautiful vinyl-box
including great bands like Ballast, Assassinators, Signal Lost, La
Fraction, Easpa Measa... Silk-printed covers, all 3 vinyls on different
colours... nice!! This has our "Colleague Inferior" on it. P.S. Jaani
has a son now!!
19.9.2009 Thanks to all who were at the gigs in Raahe and Oulu;
especially to Jani+Brutopia and Amazing Tails (it was nice to play
together after a long break; last time was in the early 90´s)!
Sorry that we just couldn´t be in Kuopio; we had to cancel it
because of the bad backache of one member. Now we are having a break
(new baby coming) - just make some rehearsals in order to write new
songs. We will go to studio in January 2010 and start recordings of the
next album.
15.7.2009 It took awhile to update these pages; mainly because of the
computer, ftp etc problems... The tour in May was great and we really
enjoyed it - thanks a lot to all who came to gigs and helped us in any
way!! Now we will celebrate our 20-year existence by playing few gigs
in Finland during August and September. After that we focus on the new
songs and try to start new recordings as soon as possible. For the next
year we have some plans also for touring somewhere, but we will inform
that later with better knowledge. Enjoy the summer!
28.2.2009 Our next tour is now booked! 9 gigs in Denmark and Germany
(see the gigs-section). Check out the dates and come to the gigs!
30.12.2008 After playing some nice gigs in Germany, Sweden and Norway
we´d like to say big thanks to Daniel/Kobayashi, Xenia at Klubb
Gråzonen and Nina at Barrikaden. We are really grateful for
everything!
Hopefully in 2009 we will be able to make a bit longer tour and get in
the van; this year went pretty much with shorter trips (thanks to cheap
flights).
31.8.2008 Long time since last rehearsals but finally we did it; lots
of new songs coming.. Soon we will fly to Germany to play 4 gigs with
Kobayashi, we are looking forward to this little tour!
There will be a memorial gig for Jantsa at Vastavirta, Tampere - on
friday 24th of october (Jantsa´s birthday); JJ will play there
together with Pax Americana, Neuroottiset Pelimannit (re-union for this
gig) and Forca Macabra (playing their 90´s stuff - if I got it
right?) - be there!
14.6.2008 Summerbreak with families etc - but we´ll activate
latest in October when we have a little tour in Germany waiting with
Kobayashi!
Jantsa (1969-2008) R.I.P.
Our dear friend has died on Sunday 11.5.2008. Really big loss. We miss
him so much... Jantsa, rest in peace.
"Tutustuin Jantsaan 80-luvun loppupuolella, kun hän yhdessä
Ekun ja muiden Vaasan punkkareiden kanssa järjesti punk-keikkoja
lähinnä Vaasan nuorisotalolle. Hänen avullaan
pääsimme myös, silloisen bändini, Sabotaasin kanssa
keikalle Vaasaan.
Vuoden 1989 syksyllä perustettiin Lapualla Juggling Jugulars,
josta n. vuoden kuluttua ensimmäinen basisti Jani-Markus
lähti pois ja jäimme ilman basistia. Olin Ekkuun (joka siis
oli Toisen Vaihtoehdon toimittaja lehden alkutaipaleella)
yhteyksissä aika paljonkin tuolloin, ja hän kertoi että
Jantsan bändi Treblinka oli hajonnut osan
bändiläistä perustettua Klamydian - siinä olisi
hyvä basisti vapaana! Jantsa aloitteli tuolloin myös Toista
Vaihtoehtoa, mutta suostui kuitenkin tulemaan bändiin. Ekat
treenit pidettiin joskus syys-lokakuussa 1990. Jantsa saapui
treenikämpälle yhdessä Rikun kanssa (ex-AKK, nyk.
Klamydia), kivaa oli ja homma lähti ripeästi käyntiin -
kahden viikon päästä studioon ja eka 7" pihalle...
Jantsan tietämys ja näkemys innoitti meitä valtavasti.
Hän oli jo käynyt inter-railillä tsekkaamassa Euroopan
punk-mestoja ja jotenkin tästä itsekin inspiroituneena
päätimme kokeilla järjestää ensimmäisen
kiertueemme Eurooppaan kesällä 1991. Jantsa hoiti puolet
kontakteista ja minä toiset puolet ja näin saatiin jotenkin
13 keikkaa kasaan. Jantsan opastuksella tutustuimme ns. pakollisiin
nähtävyyksiin mm. Hampurin Hafenstrasseen, Wienin Flexiin
(joka vuonna 1991 oli vielä upea punk-luola maalauksineen) ja
Stuttgartin Neckarstrasseen - joka tuskin enää on punk-keskus
(?).
Jantsan JJ-vuosina 1990-2006 soitettiin 322 keikkaa, matkustettiin
kymmeniä tuhansia kilometrejä ja koettiin paljon. Paljon
muistoja.
Jantsan merkitys bändillemme - saati sitten TV:n kautta koko
Suomen punk-scenelle - oli valtava. Se innostus ja omistautuminen
säilyi aina sinne syyskuuhun 2006 saakka, jolloin shokkiuutinen
aivoverenvuodosta tuli tietoomme... Onneksi saimme soittaa Jantsan
kanssa upeat 2 keikkaa Norjassa, ennen kuin kohtalo puuttui peliin.
Jäi hyvät muistot viimeisistä keikoista hänen
kanssaan.
Jantsa oli yksi hienoimmista ihmisistä, jonka olen koskaan saanut
tuntea - aina miettimässä asioita parhain päin ja
valmiina auttamaan.
Ikävä jää rakasta ihmistä. Lepää
rauhassa." 13.5.2008 Petteri/Juggling Jugulars
15.4.2008 Salute No One LP out now!! Just came back from Ireland -
very special thanks to Conor & Kenn and all nice punks who helped
us on the way (gave us sleeping places, fed us, borrowed equipments...)
- we are truely grateful!!
25.3.2008 Salute No One CD out now!! LP comes out during March-April
2008 from Kämäset Levyt.
20.2.2008 Salute No One LP/CD will be out soon!! CD comes from Twisted
Chords (Germany) and LP comes from Kämäset Levyt (Finland).
6.12.2007 There´s an JJ-interview (in finnish) in Desibeli.net
-webzine written by Ilkka Valpasvuo: http://desibeli.net/juttu/1450
1.12.2007 Our next LP/CD "Salute No One" is now recorded; 11 songs waiting for mixing and mastering! We are really enthusiastic and happy with this stuff... LP/CD will be out in February 2008. There´s also been some talk about JJ´s 92-98 compilation LP - also planned to be out in February 2008...
5.9.2007 Gig at Lesum´s POB-festival in Germany was good and the
whole thing was really memorable! Thanks & hello to Daniel &
Kobayashi, Martin, the whole Friese-crew, Stivie/RuinNation etc etc.
Great people!
20.8.2007 We had a pleasant weekend in Finland with Kobayashi
(Germany); thanks Daniel, Maik, Roberto, Peter and Martin! And of
course to all who helped us with gigs, food and sleepingplaces.
12.7.2007 When I See/Addicted 7" single is out now!!
29.5.2007 Our little tour was really great - big thanks to all who
were part of it: Filip & Magda, Mokry, Hubert, Uwe, Anja, Mervi,
Stivie, the whole Friese-crew and everyone at Störtebeker. And
thanks to all people who fed us and gave us a place to sleep! Take care!
11.4.2007 Demotape that we recorded with Pentti Dassum in August 2006
(with Jantsa´s bass&vocals) is now mixed - and it seems like
two songs from it will be released this spring/summer as 7" single!
More info later. LP/CD will come out in summer/autumn; we have recorded
7 new songs and continue recordings during the summer.
9.4.2007 After a long break, it is time to start playing gigs again!
We will start playing gigs with a new line-up on Saturday 21.4. from
Vaasa, Club 25. Then we will start our little tour in May... Hope to
see you somewhere!
Juggling Jugulars:
Arja - vocals
Petteri - guitar&vocals
Jaani - bass&vocals
Tero - guitar
Marko -drums.
13.3.2007 After long discussions and meetings it was time to decide, if we should continue or just quite the band. We were all willing to go on (we had quite a lot of new songs ready for the next LP etc) - so choose to continue. An old friend of ours, Jaani (also known from The Trassels), was asked to join the band for "desperate task" - and after few rehearsals it seemed to work out really well. Jaani has played in several bands since the 80´s (e.g. Pyhä Paska, Uhrilampaat, Mellakka...). We booked the first gigs of the new line-up to May, so we try to be ready then... See you! We are going to record the LP/CD during the summer ´07.
27.11.2006 Shortly after our gigs in Norway - in September- our
long-time (16 years in the band) bassist Jantsa got a serious brain
hemorrhage and pneumonia after the surgery. It seemed really bad first
few weeks but finally he won the pneumonia and could start recovering.
It will be a long way back, but he has proved to be a really strong.
And it is impossible to say if he can someday play bass or not - there
are so many things that are more important.
We also added our band to Myspace, check out http://www.myspace.com/jugglingjugulars.