Biography
Steel City
Effective period / Period of releases: 1980 - 1981
Members: Risto Asikainen, Esko Toivonen, Jouni Mäkelä, Sami Panula, Hannu Heinisaari, Kaija Kokkola, Jan-Olof Strandberg
Early 80s Finnish pop band that was influenced by disco and funk music. The band made one album and some singles in both Finnish and English languages.Singer of Steel City, Kaija Kokkola, became hugely popular in Finland as solo artist Kaija Koo in the early 90s. Steel City's guitar player Risto Asikainen also became famous in the late 90s as producer of popular girl group Nylon Beat and he has been one of the most famous pop producers in Finland ever since.