Disease of the Nation

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26.11	House of Rock, Kouvola

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Disease of the Nation is a four-membered metal band from Lappeenranta, Finland. DotN plays uncompromised metal which takes influences from pop music to black metal and from traditional heavy to grindcore and hardcore. .

Mikko "Mige" Knuutila -- vocals, guitar

Born: 1984
Equipment:Laney, LTD, Ibanez
Musical history: Frail From Inside 2000-2006 (gtr,voc), Chaos Creation 2005-2006 (gtr), Devilhorn 2006- (gtr), Källä 2007-.
I started to play the guitar at the age of 7, when my brother played me some Gn'r, Rhcp and stuff like that.
Fav. music: Faith No More, System Of A Down, Pantera, Katatonia, Bloodbath, Slayer, Velvet Revolver, Pink floyd, Alice In Chains, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, This list is endless.
Fav. movies: Robocop, Casino, Matrix, Lord of The Rings, Bad Taste, Godfather..
Influences: Mike Patton, Serj Tankian, Slash, John Frusciante, Layne Staley, Phil Anselmo
Other interests: Pekka Erkkilä
Free word: Watch out that Rudum behind U!

Top of the Month:
- Taavetti
- Scars On Broadway
- Kesä pikkiriikkisen pienissä ohi
- Jeavestone

Kai-Pekka "Kaikka" Kangasmäki -- guitar

Born: 1985
Equipment: Peavey Windsor, Marshall 4*12, guitar, some pedals
Musical history: guitar since 1997, a couple of years of drums, bass since 2005
Fav. music: Raised Fist, Machine Head, Cult of Luna, Muse, Faith No More, System of a Down, Satyricon, Sepultura, Stone, Endstand, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Haunted
Fav. movies: Night of the Living Dead, 28 Days Later, Sin City, Tarantino movies
Influences: life, music, movies
Other interests: AV-media, arts, books, DVD-boxes
Free word: There's only one real Rudum!

Top of the Month:
- Ghost Brigade - Guided by Fire
- NIN - With Teeth
- Finntroll - Jaktens Tid
- Asa - Terveisiä kaaoksesta
- Abduktio - Thermidor

Juha-Matti "Jubu" Kangasmäki -- bass

Born: 1987
Equipment: Warvick Profet IV + 4*10 cabinet, Ibanez
Musical history: Frail From Inside 2000-2006 (bass), Källää kagosee 2007-
Fav. music: Raised Fist, Slayer, Chimaira, Hatebreed, NOFX, Rancid, Backyard Babies, RATM, Machine Head. All kind of shit from rap to grindcore.
Fav. movies: Point Break, Cheech & Chong, Crank
Influences: Music, movies
Other interests: Riding dirt bike, Burning Shit
Free word: Apua

Top of the Month:
- www.unborngeneration.com
- Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone
- RATM - The battle of Los Angeles
- The Distillers - Coral Fang

Arto "Viski" Vesander -- drums

Born: 1983
Equipment: Shell set; Tama Superstar Custom, pedal; Pearl Eliminator, hardware; Pearl, symbals; Zildjian A Custom & Sabian AAX, sticks Promark TX420N
Musical history: Wannabe drummer since '93. Blast from the past; Usva 1997-2003, Chaos Creation 2004-2006, Devilhorn 2006-> and DotN 2006->
Fav. music: Who gives a fuck anyway?
Fav. movies: 80s Arnold Schwarchenegger movies, Olipa Kerran Ihminen, Anal Intruder 17, Tuntematon Sotilas (old school)
Influences: Superior myself
Other interests: Rudum
Free word: "Tykkääks kukaan miust?"

Top of the Month:
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HISTORY

What happens when you grow up in the reek of paper mills or in the country smelling pig's shit? You start to drive with your mopeds or hit on your sisters! Unfortunately in our case the gasoline was expensive and our sisters had already moved away from home, so there was this one option left to do: learn how to play and start a metal band. Our first bands were born at the end of the 90's, but we four problem children met in the 21th century in Lappeenranta, South-Carelia and our first band Disease of the Nation was born 2006.

Disease of the Nation is a sum of Mikko's schizophrenic vocals, Arto's insane drum-blasting, weird but kick-ass guitar riffs and Jupu's tuff bass playing. Our songs are a result of four mentally fucked up minds. Our music is aggressive, melodic, twisted, insane and spiced with punk-attitude and a little bit of humor in arrangements. Fuck the genres, styles and opinions of other people, we do the kind of music we like to play.