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Lodger is a Finnish rock band, formed by Teemu Merilä in 2002. Although largely unknown outside of Finland, they have established a cult-following on the internet due to the popularity of their flash music videos. The song "Floozy With An Uzi" is taken from the novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon. ==History== In the latter half of 2002 singer/songwriter Teemu Merilä created Lodger as a vehicle for his music, bringing together Jyri Riikonen on keyboards, Hannes Häyhä on bass, Antti Laari on drums, and London-based Richard Anderson on guitar.〔(LODGER: HI-FI ONE EYE SEES ALL ), ''Amplifier Magazine'', Retrieved March 31, 2011〕 During the summer of 2003, the group recorded a self-financed demo of ''Hi-Fi High Lights Down Low''. Shortly thereafter, Häyhä created a flash music video for "Doorsteps" featuring a hapless one-eyed stick man. That year, "Doorsteps" went on to win "best flash" in the Bradford Animation Festival, as well as winning the Oulu Music Video Festival. In fact, these "One-Eyed Films" would prove so popular that the group went on to adopt a one-eyed skull and crossbones as its logo. In 2004, Anderson returned to Britain, and was replaced by guitarist Panu Riikonen. ''Hi-Fi High'' was made available for purchase within Finland and the response was overwhelmingly positive - Lodger's debut release was the best-selling album at Stupido (a Finish record retailer) for 2004. Häyhä went on to create a second One-Eyed Film, "I Love Death" which proved to be even more popular than "Doorsteps". 2005 saw Lodger release two One-Eyed Films in the form of advertisements: "God Has Rejected the Western World" for Sabotaz spray paints, and "24h Candy Machine" for idea-protector.com. In September, a remastered version of ''Hi-Fi High Lights Down Low'' was made available for sale. This remastered version contained a slightly different track list than the 2004 offering; although it included "24h Candy Machine", "Everyone Got to Go" and "Divine Right" were conspicuously absent. In 2007, Lodger finished work on their second album, ''How Vulgar''. ''How Vulgar'' was released in Finland, Germany, Switzerland and Austria on March 14, 2007. No other release dates have been announced. After almost a year of apparent hiatus, from summer of 2007 to spring of 2008, Lodger released three new songs and redesigned their website. Their third album, "Honeymoon is Over" was released on November 19, 2008.〔Strand, Heini (20 November 2008). (Lodger: Honeymoon Is Over ), ''MTV3'' (in Finnish)〕 In June 2009, Lodger indicated via Twitter that their next album would be titled ''Sunday of a Male Shouvinist''.〔(19 June 2009). (Tweet ) ("is writing songs for the next album (Sunday of a male shouvinist) and waiting when their GO-video is ready to meet the world.")〕 However, in February 2012, the band announced a new website which stated their next album would be titled ''Low Blue Flame'' and would be available to download for free. After a while, they made two songs from the new album available for listening on their website. On December 25, 2013, the other 8 songs of ''Low Blue Flame'' was made available for listening on their site.〔() (Low Blue Flame)〕 On January 9, 2014, the band put up a mastered version of ''Low Blue Flame'' for free download on their website.〔https://twitter.com/LODGERtheBand/status/421311019370414080 ("Now it's ! Mastered version of Low Blue Flame is ready! GO TO http://www.lodger.fi and download it for FREE!")〕 The band has also stated that the album would see a CD-release some time in the future.〔https://twitter.com/LODGERtheBand/status/415801240527069184 ("after the master is done we are going to release a CD. Don't know about LPs or digital releases.")〕 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「Lodger (Finnish band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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