Epidemic

Biography (source: Epidemic official website) : 
IT all started in 1994, when we (Janne, Pope, Jaakko, Otso) finally came up with a decent name Epidemic. Fortunately, Janne was later ( 1995 ) replaced by Jukka. We had played together earlier as " The Silence " and " Janne Koivunen ", mostly we played everything from rolling stones to Metallica. There was also a couple songs of our own.Our first gig took place 13/4/1994 at Kaitaa school, it was a great success !!! ( We have a great amount of friends too... ) The year 94 was an year of training. At spring 1995 we got our first "real" gig in a club called Dico. About a week before Janne decided to leave the band and there was three of us left. In 1995 we managed to get several gigs, for example in Oranssi-club and in Lepakko. In Oranssi we played with Jukka's former band Blind Pig, and that's when Jukka spotted us and asked if he could join the band. We thought that a new guitarist would do us good. We played together once and Jukka's remarkable talent amazed us all. Then it was settled. The official welcome gig was in Lepakko.
So far our style has been quite stable. Originally we played a little bit heavier stuff, but step by step (oh baby !) our music became faster and more melodic. Some might call it punk-rock... we just didn't know it back then!!     
Year 1996 was actually nothing special. Of course we rehearsed and performed a loads of shows etc. That was also the year we all turned 18.
Some might say that 1997 was the drastic year for Epidemic. Naturally there were gigs, but most important of all, Junk Punk Records offered to produce us a CD. This was of course something we had dreamed for a "little" while. We have spent 1997-1998 making our songs as perfect as possible for the record.

Discography:
- All Over (1998) CD