Private Line

Infobox musical artist
Name = Private Line

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Origin = Helsinki, Finland
Genre = Hard rock
Sleaze metal
Glam metal
Glam punk
Years_active = 1996–present
Label = Bad Habits Records, Playground Scandinavia, JVC Japan, Edel Italy
Associated_acts = Mötley Crüe, Hanoi Rocks, Smack, D-A-D, Alice Cooper
URL = [http://www.privatelineweb.com Private Line]
Current_members = Sammy
Jack Smack
Eliaz
Illy
Spit
Past_members = Jari Huttunen Janne Kulju
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Private Line are a hard rock and glam metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed during the mid-1990s (in Jyväskylä, a city in the center of Finland) and continuing today.

History

Origins

The band was founded in the 1990s, when the founding members, Sammy, Jari Huttunen, and Eliaz were still teenagers. They bonded through love of Hanoi Rocks and Mötley Crüe. Private Line won a local band competition and used the prize money from it to record and release their debut EP "Smooth Motions" in 1998.

After recording Smooth Motions, the band brought in two new members: Spit and Illy. Together they recorded a 5 song promo-cd. Founding member and guitarist Jari left the band and joined in Finnish heavy metal act Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus in 2001.

Re-forming Private Line 2002

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ix Songs Of Hellcity Trendkill 2002

The band started rehearsing new songs during the summer of 2002 and entered the studio in August 2002. Private Line recorded 5 songs in the Jyväskylä Lutakko studios. In December 2002, they released their second CD-EP "Six Songs of Hellcity Trendkill" with a revamped, energy-filled style with hard R'N'R riffs flavored with synthesizers. The Band used 3 earlier recorded songs "Makin' A Mess Since'77", "Grown Like Others", "Crack In Reality" and 3 new songs "Superstar I.Q", "Downstairs Upstairs" and "Virgin Suicide" for the new EP. The EP got positive reviews from the Finnish rock media as well as glam and hard rock orientated webzines. After the "Hellcity Trendkill" release, Private Line got their first booking agency deal signed with the Sam Agency Oy.

2003

Private Line toured a lot during the year of 2003 with bands like Negative, Peer Gunt, Hybrid Children etc. and started to build up their fan-base in Finland.

The band also worked on new songs during the tour and at the end of 2003 they entered the studio to record their forthcoming single "Forever And A Day". The single also included the tracks "Cheerleaders & Dopedealers" and "Sleep Tight", an old Private Line song from the 90's.

Debut album "21st Century Pirates" (2004)

"Forever And a Day" was released before the album in February 2004 and it shot up the Finnish record charts, reaching #3 at its first week.

"Sleep Tight" could also be heard in the Finnish box-office hit movie and soundtrack Levottomat3 by Solar Films Inc. in February 2004.

April 2004 saw the appearance of the bands debut full-length album "21st Century Pirates".Album reached #18 at the official Finnish Top40 record charts at its first week and got great reviews in the Finnish and foreign press.

The second single from the debut album carrying the name "1-800-Out-of-Nowhere" was put out in June 2004 and reached #4 in the Finnish single charts. The video of the song stayed on MTV's Up North Top10 video chart for 10 weeks.

In August 2004 21st Century Pirates was also released in Japan by JVC Victor Entertainment.

A third single (released December 2004) from the album called "Already Dead" brought the band more success with another top 5 charting in their native Finland.

The band toured for the album in various countries, such as Japan, Italy, Spain, England, Germany, Sweden and Russia. They supported also acts like Mötley Crüe (2 shows in Helsinki and Turku June 2005), Alice Cooper (in Torino, Italy July 2005), D-A-D (5 shows Scandinavian tour, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Turku, Tamperein October 2005) and Brides of Destruction, a band featuring Nikki Sixx and Tracii Guns, in their hometown Helsinki at the Tavastia Club in June 2004.

Evel Knievel Factor (2006)

From their forthcoming album, Private Line unveiled a new single on May 31 2006 called "Broken Promised Land". The video of the song that was shot in Las Vegas Flamingo Hotel and Nevada desert and was inspired by the Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas movie, featured Finnish porn star and celebrity Rakel Liekki. The single reached #4 on the Finnish singles chart. The single featured another song from the upcoming album, called "Uniform".

In October 2006 they released a new song entitled "Alive" on their MySpace page and revealed that the new album would be called "Evel Knievel Factor". The album was released on the 1st of November, and album reached #23 on the Finnish albums chart.

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A second single from the album, called "Sound Advice", was released on 31st of January 2007, and reached #2 on the singles chart in Finland and stayed there for 7 weeks. The Sound Advice single also featured two previously unreleased songs, "Tokyo" ("Tokyo" was released also on Evel Knievel Factor's Japan version with the cover version of the Cheap Tricks song "He's A Whore") and "Criminal". "Criminal" is originally by Finnish rock band Smack.Is also included the music video for the song "Broken Promised Land".

2007

The video of the Sound Advice was shot in MTV3 studios in Helsinki by Vasara films.It reached #1 on the Finnish music tv channel "VoiceTV" and stayed there for 10 consecutive weeks.

"Sound Advice" was also featured on the soundtrack of the Finnish box-office hit movie (over 200000 viewers in Finland) V2 – jäätynyt enkeli by Solar Films Inc.

During 2007 Private Line toured Finland, Sweden and Russia.

At the end of 2007, Private Line was asked to participate in the Pepsi Max campaign covering the main campaign song "More" written by hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas.The band recorded their version of the song and it ended up in the Pepsi campaign during November and December 2007 in Finland. Pepsi bottles included the band's logo, a photo of the band and code for the song in the bottles sticker.

2008

"Evel Knievel Factor" album will be released in Italy May 2008 by Edel Italy.Private Line announced that they are preparing a third album with a tentative 2008 release.

Members

Current

*Sammy - vocals & acoustic guitar
*Eliaz - drums & vocals
*Jack Smack - guitar & vocals
*Illy - guitar, synths, programming & vocals
*Spit - bass & vocals

Former

*Jari Huttunen - guitar (1996-2002)
*Janne Kulju - bass (1996-1999)

Discography

Albums

*"21st Century Pirates" (2004)
*"Evel Knievel Factor" (2006)

E.P.

*"Smooth Motions" (1998)
*"Six Songs Of Hellcity Trendkill" (December 2002)

Singles

* "Forever And A Day" (February 2004) (4 weeks in official Finnish charts , best chart position #3)
* "1-800-Out-of-Nowhere" (June2004) (6 weeks in official Finnish charts , best chart position #4)
* "Already Dead" (December 2004) (4 weeks in official Finnish charts , best chart position #6)
* "Broken Promised Land" (May 2006) (11 weeks in official Finnish charts , best chart position #4)
* "Sound Advice" (February 2007) (7 weeks in official Finnish charts , best chart position #2)

Compilations

* "Fan records" (1999) - (01) "Sick Of Myself"
* "Klamydia -Piikkinä Lihassa, Klamydia 15v." (2003) - (15) "Junkies Love" (Narkkarirakkautta) Private Line/Sir.Christus & Antti Anatomy(Negative)
* "Rock2006.fi-Vuoden Kovimmat Rockhitit" (2006) - (12) "Broken Promised Land"
* "Tuhma Rock-kokoelma Vol.1" (2007) - (14) "Broken Promised Land"
* "Mama Trash Family Artists Volume One" (2007) - (09) "Broken Promised Land"
* "Sweden Rock Magazine Vol.43" (2007) - (07) "Broken Promised Land"

Movie Soundtracks

* "Sleep Tight" (2004) in the movie called "Levottomat 3"
* "Sound Advice" (2007) in the movie called "V2 - Jäätynyt Enkeli"

Other releases

* "More" (November/2007) Pepsi Max campaign song, original song by Black Eyed Peas

Music videos

* "Forever and a Day" (2004)
* "1-800-Out-of-Nowhere" (2004)
* "Broken Promised Land" (2006)
* "Sound Advice" (2007)

External links

* [http://www.privatelineweb.com/ PrivateLineWeb.com: Official Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/privateline Private Line at MySpace]
* [http://www.privatelineboard.net/ Private Line - Board]
* [http://www.youtube.com/PrivateLineVideos Private Line - TV]
* [http://www.privatelinespain.com/ Private Line Spain]
* [http://www.germanpirates.de/ Private Line Germany]