CLARKKENT Jaakko - Voc&Bass Mursu - b.Voc&Guitar Ukki - b.Voc&Drums CLARKKENT - the Past & the Present Currently Clarkkent is recording their second album with Aku Sinivalo / Sonic Kitchen. Take it Slow - a presingle released from the upcoming album is available on iTunes and Spotify. Clarkkent signed a record deal in 2008 with Sonic Kitchen (References: Sunrise Avenue, Killer Aspect, Killer, Hanna Pakarinen, several other finnish Idols artist, etc) which is also the production team for the debut album. Publishing and promotion of the debut album by Bonnier Music Finland. Booking agency in Finland Live Nation. Debut album - This is personal - released March 25th 2009 - Was sold out in stores on it's release date - First single release (in 2008) In My Arms was on YleX's (Finnish nationwide radio station) playlist for 20 weeks, around 10 weeks on their A-list, voted several times 1. on YleX's Most Wanted Top20 list - First music video of the second single I.W.T.C.Y. voted best video on Yle Musiikki TV's video contest, video played on Voice and MTV Nordic - Third single Everything We Had played through out the summer of 2009 on MTV3 tv chanel - This is personal was 4th on Radio Rock Store's Most Popular Albums list - The album and singles are available on internet stores around Europe, iTunes, cdon.eu, etc.. also available on Spotify. - This is personal was published in Sweden in May 2009. - The single "In my arms" was voted 9th on YLE X´s "Best song of the decade" contest (2010) First gig in Germany on November 17th in Cologne(Köln) with Sunrise Avenue. Performed on festivals out side of Finland for example Lelle Alternativ 2010 (EST). Clarkkent has been the warm up act for example SHINEDOWN (USA), BIFFY CLYRO (UK) and THE RASMUS (FI). KickAssRockin' live pics of Clarkkent by Mikko Aaltonen Check them out @ http://mikkoaaltonen.com/pics/ck/gallery9/ http://mikkoaaltonen.com/pics/ck/gallery10/ http://mikkoaaltonen.com/pics/ck/gallery12/ ©2009 mjaaltonen.com - Any reuse without prior authorization is prohibited. BIO That was a close one! Clarkkent, a rock band from Helsinki Finland, nearly released it’s debut album on its own. The band had been working on the album for three years with various producers and mixers with a small amount of money they earned from playing gigs. They had reached the point when the main goal was just to get the record out and into the stores and see where it would take them. There had definitely been progress for example touring as the warm up act for the Rasmus but still there was that next step to take. The major label companies of Finland were not interested so the band was open to try anything. This meant even contacting the power duo Jukka Backlund and Samu Haber of Sunrise Avenue. “Yeah it felt strange to present our songs to Jukka and Samu – the media had portrayed them more or less questionable and I really wasn’t sure I wanted them involved with something so dear to us.”, said the lead singer Jaakko. Backlund and Haber were instantly excited about Clarkkent and Backlund offered to produce two songs he thought to be definitely hit material free of cost just to show the band what they could do. “When we sat there in their studio and listened to the versions they had done the whole band agreed that this was the “dream team” we’d been looking for!” Clarkkent plays rock that’s packed with positive energy yet still obtains deep melancholy. The guys are at home on stage. Sweat all around and the crowd goes wild.