22 Pistepirkko started in Turku, Finland in 1987 with siblings Pirkko and Asko Saastamoinen on vocals and guitar, plus drummer Samuli Laiho. Their first album, 'Gypsy Rose,' came out in 1989. A few years later, the song '(Just A) Little Bit More' from their second album 'Big Lupu' got some attention outside Finland.
They kept making records through the 90s and 2000s, with titles like 'Rumble,' 'The Air of December,' and 'Excelsior!' Their lineup shifted over time, with Esko Manninen taking over on drums in 1994 and other players like Hannu Linkola and Pekka Tuomi joining later.
You can hear a certain Finnish indie rock feel in songs like 'Birdy' or 'Blue Balloon', spare guitar lines, a kind of dry vocal delivery, arrangements that don't overdo it. They never became huge internationally, but they built a steady catalog and kept at it for decades.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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