Active from 1985 | ||
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Albums Yeah BABY Yeah, Taustamusiikkia kansannousulle Record labels Rocket Records, Poko Rekords, Hiljaiset Levyt Members Simo Frangén, Pasi Heikura, Jyrki Liikka, Matti Toivonen, Satu Kurvinen Similar Olga K, Paula Noronen, Mikko Peltola, Jori Hulkkonen, Ultra Bra | ||
Alivaltiosihteeri ("Undersecretary of State") is Finnish comedy group currently consisting of Simo Frangén, Pasi Heikura and Jyrki Liikka. It started as band in 1985 but has since made both weekly radio show Alivaltiosihteeri and a few TV shows. Books based on the radio shows have also been published.
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Band
A band formed in mid-1980s in Tampere, Finland, consisting of four members: bassist Simo Frangén, lead guitarist Pasi Heikura, drummer Jyrki Liikka and singer Satu Kurvinen, who was later replaced by Matti Toivonen. Band was active from 1985 to the mid-1990s, but since then has concentrated on comic radio shows, books and even TV shows.
Radio program
Since 1990 the first three members of the group have made weekly hour-long radio shows for the Finnish national broadcasting company Yleisradio (Alivaltiosihteeri - Suomen virallinen ohjelma, strictly translated Alivaltiosihteeri - the official program of Finland). The humour used in the shows is based on playing on words and the style is dry and official throughout, no matter what the subject is (deadpan). Every week two new palindromes are released, read both forwards and backwards. One of the songs played during program is always chosen from the albums by Neil Young (in the early 1990s AC/DC was used).
Songs
Keletapit2003
Te olette huono yleisöTampere - keikka n:o 396 · 1996
TampereelleYeah BABY Yeah · 1992