No Way

Biography : 

No Way started in 1995 in Finland. After sending many copies of their second demotape to various labels and radio stations, they get signed to Spinefarm Records. Spinefarm will produce their first EP in 1996 with a better sound quality. In 1999 they release their first album, that shows the progress of the band and the direction they wanna take, fast melodic skate punk.

Discography:

- So What?! (1995) TAPE
- [Nou Wei] (1995) TAPE
- No Way (1996) CD
- Noway, Man (1999) CD

Listen to: No Way - Poor Little People

Butt First / The Odorants

Biography : 
Butt First was a skatepunk band from Finland. They started in 1996 and soon after they were signed to the Canadian label United Records. Their song Stay Away was featured on the compilation United We Stand Vol. 1 released by United Records. The comp sold out really fast. Butt First eventually changed their name to The Odorants and self-released 2 EPs in 1998 and 1999. Their musical style also changed at that time, becoming more pop/punk. They were promised a North American tour organized by United Records. But soon after United Records closed its doors in 1999. The Odorants were left on their own. In 2001 the band started to get well know in Finland and in 2002 they were signed to a major label BMG and got commercial radio play.

Discography:
Butt First
- Butt First (1996) TAPE

The Odorants
- Tales From The Underground (1998) CD
- 2 (1999) CD
- Sing When You Are Copulating (2001) CD
- Beat The Odorants (2003) CD
- This Night (single) (2003) CD
- Late Night Call (single) (2003) CD
- Falling From Dimension X (2004) CD
- Counting Wolves (2007) CD

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

Toyfactory

 

Biography : 
Toyfactory was formed in 1995 in the city of Turku, Finland. In 1996 and 1997, they release 2 demotapes. At this time Mankka was the guitarist/singer but he was replaced in 1997 by Jukka. As the band gained more experience and skill they release their first CD in 1997, containing 6 amazing skatepunk songs. In 1998 the band stop activities. During that period the members will play in HC bands. Toyfactory will resurrect in 2004, they will enter the studio to record another demo, but this one will never be released, as the band find some problems with the record. In 2005 the band stop.

Discography:
- Toyfactory (1996) TAPE
- Toystories (1997) TAPE
- Nothing To Say (1997) CD
- 7 Reasons To Quit For Good (2004) Unreleased

Project

Biography : 
Project was a band from Lappeenranta, Finland that was active in mid 90's.

Discography:
- Lame Love Songs (1996) CD

Dummy

Biography : 
Dummy was a melodic punk / skatepunk band from Kauhava, Finland. They started in 1996.

Discography:
- X-Rated Spacetricks (1997) CD

Overstrung

Biography (Source : http://www.skaterock.com/features/overstrung.html): 
Robert -Okay, the year was 1996. My friend Mikko had just bought his first electric guitar. So I went over to his place, cause he was very good on the guitar, and I wanted to hear his stuff.   Mikko played some NOFX songs, and I was stoked. That was when I got the idea to start a punk band. But instead of telling him about it, I went home and wrote some crappy lyrics. The next day I showed them to him, and told about my plan. He agreed that it was a cool idea.   At that time I had never played bass. So I had to buy one, and start learning from there. The same thing went for our first drummer. He sucked just like I did. We managed to come up with some songs, under the name CornFake, before he quit the band.  Two years went by, and the two of us had been making songs without an ordinary drummer. That was when we came in contact with Marcin. He was up for the job, and we changed our name to Overstrung.  Back then Mikko used to be the lead singer, but we really needed someone better. That was when Adam came into the picture. You could say he was the missing link, cause that was also when Overstrung took a change for the better... And now we're just looking forward.

Discography:
- A Lout (1999) CD
- Geek On A Leash (2000) CD

Freak-Ed

Everything started in 1993 in Vantaa, Finland when 4 guys start to play some kind of melodic punk rock. In 1994 a fifth member join the band. This new member is Nora and she will add some female vocals to the songs which is pretty rare in the skatepunk genre. This is in 1995 that the band get signed to Spinefarm Records (a Metal label) and release their first EP. They will then start to make tours around Finland and they will release their full lenght Cantores Majores in 1997 on Spinefarm again. They will then have some lineup changes and this will change their music a bit. Then, after 1997 they will release 2 more CDs (1 EP and a full lenght), under their own label Red Five Records. I unfortunately don't know what happened after their last release in 2001, but the band seems inactive, if not dead..

Discography:
- That Day That Swept Us Away (1994) TAPE
- Don't Say What They Say, Don't Be What They Are (1994) 7"
- To Be Your Friend (1995) CD
- Cantores Majores (1997) CD
- Let's Rock Together (1999) CD
- Fortress Of Fear (2001) CD

Listen to Freak-Ed - Reach The End