Favorite band Lapinlahti Birds will be performed for the last time in November.
Mikko Kivinen (front) and Tapio Liinoja from Lapinlahti Birds are preparing for their last concert. Mikko Huisko
– It is now known as theater director and actor Mikko Kivinen states concisely.
Lapinlahti Birds of Lapinlahti, a favorite band of the past, will end their 40 -year career at the Helsinki Cultural Center in November this year. The last concert of the band bears the name The buns off.
In addition to Kivinen, Tapio Liinaja, who is familiar Matti Jaaranen, Hannu Lemola, Jussi Liski, Jan Noponen, Puka Oinonen and Markku Toikka.
The line-up gained great popularity in the mid-1980s when the first single Flagpole knob attracted the attention of the Finns. A total of 14 studio albums have released from the band. In addition to music, Lapparit entertained the audience in their sketch series.
However, over the years, the band’s ranks have become thinner.
Musician Heikki “Hiski” Salomaa died at the age of 43 of the illness in July 2003. Another sad news was heard in December 2021 when Timo Eränkö found dead at home at the age of 69.
Birds in Lapinlahti gained great popularity in the 1980s. In the picture is Pekka Hedkrok, Heikki Salomaa and Tapio Liinoja on the left. In front of the left Timo Eränkö, Puka Oinonen, Matti Jaaranen and Hannu Lemola. Jarkko Tapola
Rehabilitation
A few years ago, Kivinen had come from the outside with his Fanny dog. In the stairwell of his home, the actor’s feet cheated and he fell on his face and did not get up.
Later, it turned out that the actor had been injured in his neck. Moving has been challenging since the accident, but Kivinen has diligently rehabilitated himself. Everyday days are filled with physical activity and physiotherapy. He is confident about his rehabilitation.
– I made the previous tour in a wheelchair, but now I don’t have to use it. I take all the trips with a rollator.
The cloths have been followed by his friend’s persistent determination. The two meet each other in a tight leisure time. At the end of last year, the cloths were 70 years old. Kivinen, on the other hand, celebrates his 68th birthday in November.
The two are not afraid of aging.
– Aging is natural. We have seen Mikko so often that we don’t even notice aging. It would be different if we rarely see each other, says Liinoja.
The crash that has occurred a few years ago has plagued the stones. Mikko Huisko
Friendship will remain
Although one era is completed, men’s friendship continues.
– Life does not end, but of course there is so much to do on this journey, Liinaja ponders out loud.
The band once came to the headlines due to tense personal chemistry. Kivinen was separated from the band in 1992 and left the group two years later. Kivinen recalls that in a large group, there were easily conflicts about how things should be done.
-The 1980s was such a hectic time. There was a boredom, Kivinen says.
– We and Tapio have not even had any contradictions.
During his career, the cloths have been acted in several films. He will soon be seen at the Kemi Theater Club. Mikko Huisko
The old flurry has not been frozen anymore. A common desire to continue the band’s story has brought together the group. Stone jokes that time has also “refined the corners”.
– We have always had a damn nice thing. After all, we know how to argue as before, the cloths are a twinkle in the eye.
The Piuhat Im Concert on November 8 at the Helsinki Cultural House.