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UMK 2013: LAST PANDA - SATURDAY NIGHT FOREVER

Last Panda is a rock band from Oulu but all the guys originate from Kemi, even further north in Lapland. They declae they represent proudly the whole of northern Finland! The band is Henry Ossian, HC Knuuti, Laze, Aapo Väinämö and Matt. The song is written by Henry Tikkanen, Aapo Immonen and arranged by Last Panda. They grew up together and went to same schools so besides music they also share long friendship. They had done the demo and decided to send it to UMK to get some feedback from professionals, as in today's Finland there's no way for small bands to get noticed when suitable TV-programs are missing at the moment. Except now there's UMK where you have at least a chance to get some feedback and maybe even notoriety. The band is ready to break it big and dreams of living of what they love the most: music. They also want to look like a band on stage and think about their look. The black eye make up is no glamrock inspired thing but refers to panda bears, of course! 
And what did the judges think:
Toni Wirtanen: I smell money! We are close to perfection what comes to a punk-pop boyband here. All you need to do is change and fix a little bit the chorus and that's it. Give it to me and I'll modify it and here we have an Eurovision winner!
Redrama: If these guys come across well on stage this is winning material....
Tomi Saarinen: I have heard of this band and seen some footage from their gigs and apparently they do have a good thing going on live so I agree with Redrama and Toni here. 
Toni: We want to find a Finnish international export product we can be collectively proud of and here we are close to it.....
Aija Puurtinen: How many bands we have had who sound this fearless? These guys are afraid of nothing! 
Toni: Just a little bit more Sweden and a hint of America and that's it!
Redrama: I agree! Like we say "when the bridge isn't working let's take the fucker to Sweden!" Let's fix the chorus and there it is!
Want to know more? Here is their website, Twitter, Facebook, and video: The world is burning, 
Oh, and if you want to have this fancy t-shirt (I've got one, thanks guys!) you can order one for 15 euros at lastpandas@gmail.com (name, address, size and model male/female). Wear it and show your support!

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Anonymous said…
LAST PANDA!!!! great band, and good looking guys. what's more we want??
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