Slideshaker was formed in 2000 by three Kuopio natives - Arttu Keski-Orvola, Jani Korhonen & Heikki Savolainen - and took their name from an interview with some old blues cat which name now escapes them. Very much influenced by blues but with limited skills, Slideshaker started to play it in a trashy way with punk attitude like Bob Log III, The Gories and Pussy Galore had done before them. The first 7-inch "Jail Bait Blues" (2002, Legal Records) is proof of that.
After several furious gigs they got an opportunity to do a full length album. The result was "Hotwired Soul" (2003, DBS Records) - an album that some people really liked, but some were a little bit disappointed about the polished sound. Nevertheless it was their first try to widen their musical palette. The first tour outside Finland and 7-inch "No Time To Lose" (Weera
Records) were the highpoints of year 2004. After the tour the slideshakin' boys started to figure out the next album. One thing was for sure - no more punkblues.
Around July 2005 Slideshaker sent a rough mix of the album to Bad Afro Records. Bad Afro liked the new direction of Slideshaker and wanted to release their second album. The first taste of the upcoming album was the single "Bones". With synth bass, a droning beat, funky percussion and soul horns it's nothing like they've done before. But the album "In The Raw" was to be much more than you could expect after listening to "Bones". Music wise it was an ill-tempered mix of fuzzy R&B, soul, garage rock and country put together in an original fashion. There are a lot of acoustic guitars, almost love songs but also hard hitting rock and furious feedback… sometimes within the very same song.
The band recorded In The Raw themselves along with Pentti Dassum and the record was mixed by Jürgen Hendlmeier (The Flaming Sideburns, Sweatmaster, Baby Woodrose etc.) in his studio in Helsinki. Originally released on LP and CD.
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Drunken Trees
Skinnad 7"
7 Trx + Intermission
Drömmen om Skansros
Hidden
…and then there was Timo
Cowboy Up
Caught the breeze
Hvaler (2-spors single)
En hand himlen
Caroline (jag såg dig)
Yearbook 2
Over/Out
Holy Wars
Länge Leve Parken
Saturday Night
Awake from the dead, my dear best friend
Almost Unplugged
Connie Talbot's Christmas Album
No Way Down
Flashbacks
About you now
Dreamweaver 2
Julesingle
Big in Japan
Big In Japan
Feel me in
EF10
La Vedette (New Deal Mix)
