Vandaalit has been played on NTS shows including Crossed Wires w/ Amanda Siegel, with Betonikolossit first played on 22 May 2020.

Vandaalit is a punk band from Hyvinkää, Finland. The birth of Vandaalit can be placed somewhere around the mid-70's. The original band, Hard-Boiled, had a change of drummer and they happened to hear the Ramones album "Leave Home" on the radio. From then on the music they played started getting more straight-forward and faster.

Before changing the lyrics into Finnish the band was briefly named Schlachthof Fünf.

Band split up first time in 1981 and reformed in 1991. In 1993 band split again, and reformed again in 2008.

Current lineup is:

Vesa Häkli - vocals Ari Haapalainen - drums Aki Kuronen - bass Jari Pelkonen - guitar Pekka Huhtakallio - guitar

The original lineup was:

Vesa Häkli - vocals Ari Haapalainen - drums Pekka Huhtakallio - guitar Sepi Rautiainen -bass

Discography:

Albums:

Namuja lapsille (LP 1979, Remastered CD 2008) Raaputtamalla rokkia (LP 1981, not released in CD) Apinoiden platta (LP/CD 1991) Psykoakatemia (CD 1993) Elävänä! (Live CD 2009)

Singles:

Betonikolossit / Hipinreuhake (7", 1981) Heikot sortuu elontiellä / Onnen hylkäämä (7", 1982) Etsin ja tuhoan / Sporttipoika / Sporttipojan paluu (7", 1992) Torakka / Satunnainen tutkailija (7", 1992) Tahko voittaa matsin / Morsian / Ronski-Bertta (CD-EP, 1993) Sattuu / Voima (live) / Palava kaatumatautinen (live) (CDS, 2009)

http://www.vandaalit.com