Effective period / Period of releases: 1987 - 2011

Members: Marzi Nyman, Sami Järvinen, Ville Tuomi, Petri Puolitaival, Jore Marjaranta, Juha Kortehisto, Ben Granfelt, Pemo Ojala, Tomi Vartiainen, Timo Tolonen, Mauri Sumén, Mato Valtonen, Sakke Järvenpää, Pekka Virtanen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Juuso Hannukainen, Tume Uusitalo, Twist Twist Erkinharju, Silu Seppälä, Vesa Kääpä, Esa Niiva, Lyle Närvänen, Pauli Hauta-Aho, Richard G. Johnson, Veeti Kallio, Pimme Korhonen, Ralf Henrik Lindholm, Mika Tuokkola

Finnish Rock band, founded in 1986.

The formation of the band is the result of a joke between the musicians Sakke Järvenpää and Mato Valtonen, and Finnish film maker Aki Kaurismäki.
Between 1986 and 1988 Kaurismäki directed three short films featuring the band, and in 1989 he shot the famous road movie "Leningrad Cowboys Go America", which became an instant classic with a cult following.

Members:
Juuso Hannukainen - percussion, Richard Johnson - vocals, Sakke Järvenpää - vocals, Sami Järvinen - drums, Juha Kortehisto - trombone, Marzi Nyman - guitar, Timo-Pekka Ojala - trumpet, Petri Puolitaival - tenor sax, Mauri Sumén - keyboards, accordion, Timo Tolonen - bass, Tuomas Uusitalo - vocals, guitar, Tomi Vartiainen - guitar, Suvi Koponen - dancer, Linda Kujasalo - dancer