Velcra

Infobox musical artist
Name = Velcra

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Img_capt = Velcra live at Qstock, 2005.
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Origin = Helsinki, Finland
Genre = Industrial
Heavy metal
Electronic
Years_active = 1999–present
Label = Underarts / Bonnier
URL = [http://www.velcra.com www.velcra.com]
Current_members = Jessi Frey
O.D.
DJ Freak
Ramonius
Timo
Past_members = Teb Bonnet
Mikko Herranen
Wille Hartonen
Tomi Koivusaari

Velcra is a Finnish hard rock / electronic music group established 1999. Their music features female vocals (both clean and distorted) on a background of heavily distorted guitars and marching beats with heavy use of sample loops and could be defined as industrial metal or rap-metal. Founded in 1999 by Jessi Frey and O.D., Velcra's innovative industrial rap-metal became known in Finland's music scene. They soon signed to Virgin Records to release a full-length CD. In 2002, Velcra released their debut CD, Consequences of Disobedience. The singles "Can't Stop Fighting" and "My Law" helped the band rise to #5 on the Finnish charts. Velcra also released single CDs for the songs "Big Brother" and "Test Animals". In 2005, the band released their second full-length CD, Between Force and Fate, and the single "Our Will Against Their Will" hit #3 on the Finnish charts. Since then, the band has made two more music videos, one for "Memory Loss" and one for "The Bong Song". Between Force and Fate is unlike Consequences of Disobedience in that the band dropped the catchy pop choruses from their music altogether. This gives the album a much heavier sound, which is evident in songs such as "For My Loneliness I Pay". In June 2006, drummer Mikko Herranen left the band to be with his other band, Rust. On 30th May 2007 Velcra released their third album Hadal in Finland and on iTunes. Videos of "Quick and Dirty" and "Dusk Becomes a Dawn" were released in 2007. The latter song has also been released as a single. In early 2008 Tomi Koivusaari left and Timo Hänninen joined the band.

Members

*Jessi Frey - vocals
*O.D. - programming, guitars
*Ramonius - bass guitar
*DJ Freak - keyboards, sampling
*Timo Hänninen - guitar

Former members

*Teb Bonnet - bass guitar - 2001-2005 (moved to London to study Arts Management and to pursue a solo career)
*Mikko Herranen - drums - 2001-2006 (decided to move on to his other band, Rust)
*Wille Hartonen - bass guitar
*Tomi Koivusaari - guitar (concentrated on his other band Amorphis)

Discography

*Consequences of Disobedience (2002)
*Between Force and Fate (2005)
*Hadal (2007)

External links

* [http://www.velcra.com/ Velcra official site]
* [http://www.velcra.jp/ Velcra official Japanese site]
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