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Killer was a rock band founded in 1999 in Helsinki, Finland. Although Killer was a quartet, vocalist Siiri Nordin was by far the most visible member. Notable were the different music styles that influenced their tracks: Siiri grew up with jazz & blues but the influences of the band included grunge pioneers such as Pearl Jam & Nirvana (Timo), electronic music (guitarist Tumppi) and even funk & folk (drummer Teijo, who used to earn a living in a folk-based outfit). The group's debut single ''Hurricane'' was released in February 2001. In August 2001 the debut was followed up by ''All I Want'' – a track that topped the local airplay list and made it to No. 2 on the charts, moving the band's debut album 'Sickeningly Pretty And Unpleasantly Vain' up to gold. Their second album, ''Sure You Know How To Drive This Thing'' was internationally released in 2003 and entered the Finnish charts on position 7.〔A Charts, ("Killer – Sure You Know How To Drive This Thing" ), Website listing albums worldwide and their performance, Retrieved 2010-07-08.〕 ''Sure You Know How To Drive This Thing'' includes the song ''Naughty Boy'' which became the band's biggest hit. The song was one of the most played songs on Finnish radio during the summer of 2003; it also made it to number one on the MTV's ''Up North'' charts. One year later, Killer were invited to play at the legendary Rock am Ring festival in Germany.〔Ring Rockers, ("Line-Up Rock am Ring 2004" ), Rock am Ring Community, June 2004. Retrieved 2010-07-08.〕 On February 5, 2005, bass player Timo Huhtala announced on the band's website the group will take an "undetermined break";〔Official Website, ("Update 05Feb2005" ), News Section, February 5, 2005. Retrieved 2010-07-08.〕 As a result, Timo and Teijo formed their new band Killer Aspect, the name being a combination of the band names ''Killer'' and ''Personal Aspect'' – the former band of the guitarist. ==Dynasty== Killer, along with Kwan and The Rasmus, were part of the initially unofficial association Dynasty, a loose association which joined the disparate bands.〔The Rasmus Hellofasite, ("Dynasty" ), Italian The Rasmus Fansite, 2005–2010. Retrieved 2010-07-08.〕 The association was found out of a friendship and joined interests and resulted in several co-operations: The Rasmus' members Lauri Ylönen and Pauli Rantasalmi produced both Killer's and Kwan's (the latter one only Rantasalmi) albums, Siiri appeared on Kwan's tracks ''Padam'' and ''Chillin' at the Grotto'' and Aki Hakala first played drums for Killer, later for Kwan before finally joining The Rasmus. Lauri also contributed lyrics to a special version of Killer's ''All I Want'' which was released as a b-side on the single. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Killer (Finnish band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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