Dingo (band)
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Dingo is a Finnish rock band formed around 1984 which fused Finnish melancholy with catchy pop melodies. Dingo's hit number one was Autiotalo. It soon became very popular. They even formed a separate youth culture in Finland, the Dingos. The craze however lasted only a couple of years and Dingo broke up in October 1986. It regrouped in 1998 and continues to perform occasionally. A collection of Dingo hits released in 1999 was very successful, which indicates that at least part of the newest generation of listeners have found the group.
The original members of Dingo were known as Neumann, Pepe Laaksonen, Pete Nuotio, Jonttu Virta and Keijo Q Seittonen (nicknamed "Quuppa"). The real name of Neumann, the lead singer, was originally Pertti Nieminen but he later officially changed it to Pertti Neumann.
Dingo´s english songs: The House Without a Name (1986),Tell Me Now (1986) and Tobacco road (1986)
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Discography
Albums
Collections
- Tuhkimotarina (1993)
- Sinä & Minä (1993)
- 20 suosikkia - Autiotalo (1997)
- Parhaat (2 disc, 1999)
- Dingomania (2 disc, 2004)
Videos/DVD´s
- Nimemme on Dingo (1984, VHS)
- Kerjäläisten valtakunnassa (1985, VHS)
- Dingo Live (1999, VHS)
- Dingomania (2004, DVD)
Musicians
1983-1984
- Neumann (sing)
- Jonttu Virta (guitar)
- Jarkko Eve (bass)
- Keijo Q (drums)
- Pete Nuotio (piano)
1984-1986, "the famous five"
- Neumann (sing)
- Jonttu Virta (guitar)
- Pepe Laaksonen (bass)
- Keijo Q (drums)
- Pete Nuotio (piano)
July 1986 - September 1986
- Neumann (sing)
- Jonttu Virta (guitar)
- Pepe Laaksonen (bass)
- Keijo Q (drums)
- Tumppi Vähä-Pesola (piano)
1993-1994
- Neumann (sing)
- Jonttu Virta (guitar)
- Pepe Laaksonen (bass)
- Keijo Q (drums)
- Pave Maijanen (piano)
1998-2002, "the famous five"
- Neumann (sing)
- Jonttu Virta (guitar)
- Pepe Laaksonen (bass)
- Keijo Q (drums)
- Pete Nuotio (piano)
2002-2003
- Neumann (sing)
- Jari Nieminen (guitar)
- Jarkko Eve (bass)
- Vesa Aaltonen (drums)
- Pekka Kuorikoski (piano)
2004-2005
- Neumann (sing)
- Hombre Lampinen (guitar)
- Jarkko Eve (bass)
- Juha Jokinen (drums)
- Sami Välimäki (piano)
2005-
- Neumann (sing)
- Erik Valkama (guitar)
- Jarkko Eve (bass)
- Ari Toikka (drums)
- Pekka Siistonen (piano)
Links
- The Official Dingo Pages (http://www.dingomania.fi)
- Dingo Web (http://www.dingoweb.cjb.net)