The story of Fulminate began as Jani got Squier electric guitar at the end of the summer 97. He decided to build a band and asked Janne Laine to play solo guitar. Niko Niskala ended up playing bass. They practiced at Jani's appartment house's club room trying to play Metallica with a guitar and a bass connected to one amp. Jani played rhythm with acoustic guitar. All they needed was a drummer and a training place. Hideyuki Imai started playing drums and they got a training place from Kemijärven Lukio. This way was born a band called Future Shock. The only thing Future Shock did was one recording and a music video. Future Shock's songlist was following: Orion/Seek And Destroy Fade To Black The Show Must Go On Hide left the band in the spring 98. The summer 98 Future Shock had a break. In the fall they started looking for drummer and ended up with Toni Jyvälä. Janne started playing bass and Niko switched to keyboards. The name changed to Fulminate. With Hide's digital 4-tracker Fulminate recorded three songs: Yyz Ytsejam The Show Must Go On The band played the first gig under the name Fulminate at Kemppa Crash 1999. They played: Ytsejam Leave That Thing Alone Yyz La Villa Strangiato Next Friday Fulminate played at night cafe Akvaario and played same set with Party In Simon's Pants added to songlist. Next summer was break but in fall Fulminate continued playing and started playing and composing their own songs. Toni Jyvälä left the band because of the musical skills. Mikko Laitila replaced him. Fulminate started to get ready for recordings in November 1999. Recordings started at the end of December in KC-studios at Polar Comp Oy, Finland, Kemijärvi. Demo was ready in April 2000. You can read more about the demo in the demo-section at this site. Keyboard player Niko left the band in April 2000 and was replaced by Hannu Ahokas. The reason to Niko's retirement was his lack of motivation. 24th April Fulminate had a gig in Mestarin Kievari in Takiainen's EP promo party. Fulminate tried succesfully cooperation with MC Sankari by covering Bomfunk MC'ses BIG hit Freestyler. Carry on with the Freestyler... Or will your heart go on like Celine Dion, karma chamelion... Fulminate played following songs in Mestarin Kievari: Dance All The Night/ Fruit Soup MacGyver-Theme Los Fulminatos Freestyler feat. Mc Sankari & J. A. Next gig was in the Kemppa Crash 2000 that was held in Kemijärven Työväentalo where Fulminate played: Los Fulminatos (intro) Dance All The Night MacGyver Party In Simons Pants Lost In Space feat. Arto Fruit Soup Following gig was again held in Mestarin Kievari as Takiainen was about to leave Kemijärvi (sort of a goodbye concert). There Fulminate appeared before the audience with several guests. The songlist at Mestarin Kievari was: All Around The World feat. Mikko H. Suck My Kiss feat. Mikko H. Joka päivä ja jokaikinen yö feat. Arto & Jussi Get On feat. Arto & Jussi Freestyler feat. MC Sakke Fulminate will appears in KC-record with songs Dance All The Night and Fruit Soup/Behind The Moon. If you're interested in buying the record, follow the link at the main page! The next gig was again at Mestarin Kievari in Halloween 2000. The songlist will be updated later. On the 13th April Fulminate played with Arto K. handling the vocals once again in Mestarin Kievari, this time warming up Micke Björklöf and the Blue Strip. Here' s the songlist: Gary Moore; Legend Walk of Life Lady Writer Fruit Soup 2 Every Day Is Saturday (World Premiere) Valokuvia Born to B Wild In Kemppacrash 2001 (with Rounders, Lotus, Fall Of Man, Virtual, Rosemary and Takiainen) Fulminate played: Livin on the Prayer / Coast to Coast Snake One Dollar Western Fruit Soup 2 Every Day Is Saturday Buffy Theme At Boxing day 2001 Fulminate had yet another gig at Mestarin Kievari. The lineup wasn't usual because Hannu wasn't in Kemijärvi at the time so Hannu-Pekka Kangas from White replaced him. Arto Karhunen starred one's again in vocals and Anna Pellikka sang also some backing vocals. Setlist: In The Heat Of The Night Hardline Jump No Tomorrow Don't Stop At The Top Still Lovin' You In Kemppacrash 4 Fulminate had some trouble gettin' a full lineup for the gig because Janne couldn't make it thanks to Finnish Army. Luckily Hannu got his brother interested in filling Janne's gap. Here's the KC 4 setlist: Crush Of Love Dance On Moulaa! Damage Control/My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama At Boxing Day 2002 Fulminate once again played in Mestarin Kievari. This time the lineup included Anssi Lautamo on vocals and Simo Lautamo on the guitar. Niko Niskala also played keyboards on some songs. Setlist: +-0 Would You Love A Monsterman Lumessakahlaajat Of Wolf And Man Untin We Say Goodbye Dreamer Come Out And Play Smells Like Teen Spirit All My Life Knockin' On Heavens Door Fulminate played two gigs in Kemppa Crash 5, with Sami Lainetoja on bass, and Janne Pohjoismäki and Arto Karhunen on vocals. Arto sang in Tökäri, and the setlist was following: On The Breath Of Poseidon Flexible Hours (world premiere) Overture 1928 One Last Time There's a Fire In The House My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama Following evening in Kievari Janne Pohjoismäki was on vocals and did amazing job. Thanks man! Here's the setlist: On The Breath Of Poseidon Regression Overture 1928 One Last Time Burning My Soul Learning To Live/ Rosanna My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama Fulminate played 2 quite extraordinary gigs in RuskaSwing 2003. As drummer Mikko was in the army, Fulminate had to use pre-recorded drum tracks (programmed by Hannu). Here are the setlists in no particular order: Every Day Is Saturday Fruit Soup Sweet Lament The Crush Of Love Hell's Kitchen Dropout (world premiere) Overture 1928 Fruit Soup Flexible Hours Sweet Lament Every Day Is Saturday Cool#9 Sweet Lament Hell's Kitchen The Crush Of Love Back to main