 Promo photo | |
| Sunrise Avenue | 2002 - 2007 |
|---|---|
| Phoenix Effect | 2008-Present |
| Role | Singer Guitarist Songwriter |
Janne Kärkkäinen founded Finnish alternative rock/post-grunge band and Poets of the Fall's "sister group" Phoenix Effect in 2008, following his departure as the lead guitarist of Sunrise Avenue - citing a need to explore his own musical tastes.[1]
Kärkkäinen had a lot of ideas for songs, but he had given up songwriting years ago, at the start of Sunrise Avenue. The idea of calling up the guys from Poets Of The Fall, a rock group Kärkkäinen had toured with in his Sunrise Avenue days, arose and Saaresto and Tukiainen wrote several of the songs of their debut album, Cyanide Skies.[2]
During the spring of 2008 the band members held songwriting sessions[3] and as a result of every session there was a new song. Kärkkäinen recorded demos of the songs, and in May 2008 he and the guys sat down to go through the material created. The feeling was mutual and clear; these songs should be on an album. This would eventually lead to the creation of their album, Cyanide Skies.
Discography
with Sunrise Avenue
| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| 2006 | On the Way to Wonderland |
with Phoenix Effect
| Year | Album | Chart |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Cyanide Skies | #22 (Finland)[4] |
| 2010 | Phoenix Effect |
Source
References
- ↑ freemagazine.fi interview retrieved 12.10.23
- ↑ PotF website news post archived
- ↑ metalshockfinland.com interview retrieved 12.10.23
- ↑ finnishcharts.com retrieved 12.10.23