Lapko
Artist: Lapko
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Stacy
Year: 2004
Tracks: 2
Lapko is a Finnish alternative stone band formed in 1996 by Ville Malja (guitar and vocals), Anssi Nordberg (bass), and Janne Heikkonen (drums). These two art school dropouts and a metal actor were primitively childhood friends in the small townsfolk of Harjavalta. Before the onslaught of their musical life history, the trey fatigued a good deal of their early age interested largely in sports. Initially divine by the band NOFX, Lapko quickly evolved from melodic punk rock to a more flowing and intense substitute rock profound, with influences from bands like Tool, Helmet, and Placebo. Known for their gumptious live performances, their first EP took a long time to form, merely the electricity of their shows was part captured on the self-released Your Special K.O. from 2003. It attracted immediate interest, and their first full-length CD followed the future year. The Arms was recorded for a small upstart label only sold briskly and gained the band a much wider following. Radio recreate, explosive concerts, and voluminous critical accolades light-emitting diode to a sign on with Fullsteam Records.
The band's soph album, Outrage (2006), quickly rose to the teetotum of the charts. The band and then started touring Finland sharply, along with brusk stabs at the external mart crossways Europe and in the U.S. Their 2007 followup album, Thomas Young Desire, continued their upward flight, gaining across-the-board critical approval and once again uphill to the top of the Finnish charts.