Yup

Yup formed in Tampere, Finland in 1991 with vocalist Jarkko Martikainen, guitarist Mikko Kivinen, bassist Janne Mannonen, and drummer Valtteri Tynkkynen. Their debut album 'The Music Machine' came out in 1996 and included the hit 'Älä astu kauppiaan päälle,' which became something of a standard in Finnish pop-rock.

They've released about ten studio albums, including 'Eläköön kuolema' in 1999 and 'Suomipop' in 2001. Other songs like 'Alkemisti' and 'Alla Jalavapuun' show their range within that accessible, guitar-driven sound. The lineup has seen some changes, but Martikainen, Kivinen, and Mannonen have been the consistent core.

Their music deals with ordinary themes, love, loss, everyday life, in a way that connected with a broad Finnish audience. While they faced some criticism for becoming too commercial in the early 2000s, they kept making records and playing shows. They're one of those bands whose songs just became part of the background music of the country for a while.