Private Line (band)
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Private Line | |
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| Origin | sleaze rock, glam metal |
| Years active | 1996–2019 |
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| Members | Sammy Aaltonen Jack Smack Illy Spit Eliaz Rory Winston |
| Past members | Jari Huttunen Janne Kulju |
Private Line are a Finnish hard rock band from Helsinki, 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 five-song promo CD. Founding member and guitarist Jari left the band and joined in Finnish heavy metal act Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus in May 2002.
Re-forming Private Line (2002)
While in Helsinki in 2002, vocalist Sammy met a guitarist named Jack, who was previously playing in a band called Rockers Unite!. He was asked to join in the band and gave a new breath of life to Private Line. Jack knew the band and was fan of theirs already before deciding to join them. Jack played two shows with the band before actually becoming a member. Jack's first official performance as a guitarist of Private Line was 25 May 2002 at the club S-Osis in Turku, Finland.
Six 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
Private Line toured a lot during the year of 2003 with bands like
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 1990s.
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 in its first week.
"Sleep Tight" could also be heard in the Finnish box-office hit movie and soundtrack
April 2004 saw the appearance of the band's debut full-length album
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 and later the same year in Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Russia, Sweden and Ukraine.
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 single release consisted also 3 songs "While God Saves I Destroy", White-Collar Crime, Cheerleaders 6 Dopedealers" live video from Tampere at Tullikamari, Pakkahuone.
The band toured for the album in various countries, such as Japan, Italy, Spain, England, Germany, Sweden and Russia. They supported also acts like
Evel Knievel Factor (2006)
From their forthcoming album, Private Line unveiled a new single on 31 May 2006 called "Broken Promised Land". The video of the song that was shot in Las Vegas
In October 2006 they released a new song entitled "Alive" on their
A second single from the album, called "Sound Advice", was released on 31 January 2007, and reached #2 on the singles chart in Finland and stayed there for seven weeks. Lyrics to "Sound Advice" as well as to "Gods of Rewind" and "Billion Star Hotel" were written in collaboration with American playwright Rory Winston. 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. It also included the music video for the song "Broken Promised Land".
2007–present
The video of "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 200,000 viewers in Finland)
During 2007, Private Line toured Finland, Sweden and Russia.
At the end of 2007, Private Line was asked to participate in the
In the end of 2008 band announced that they will start preparing their 3rd album.
During 2009 and 2010 the band played few club and festival shows in Finland and in Italy including new songs from their forthcoming album. Names of the songs were "Live, Learn And Grow Apart", "13th Step From The Grave", "Down Came The Rain" and "Deathbedtime Stories".
After a couple of years break Private Line released a new single and music video "Dead Decade" from their forthcoming third album with the same name. The album was released in August 2011 by King Foo Entertainment.
Members
- Current
- Sammy – vocals, guitar
- Eliaz – drums, vocals
- Jack Smack – guitar, vocals
- Illy – guitar, synthesizer, programming, vocals
- Spit – bass, vocals
- Special collaborator
- Rory Winston with Sammy – lyrics
- Former
- Jari Huttunen – guitar (1996–2002)
- Janne Kulju – bass (1996–1999)
Discography
Albums
- 21st Century Pirates(2004)
- Evel Knievel Factor (2006)
- Dead Decade (2011)
EP
- 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" (June 2004) (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)
- "Dead Decade" (April 2011)
Compilations
- Fan records (1999) – "Sick Of Myself"
- Klamydia – Piikkinä Lihassa, Klamydia 15v. (2003) – "Junkies Love" (Narkkarirakkautta) Private Line (Sammy, Jack Smack, Eliaz) /Sir.Christus & Antti Anatomy (Negative)
- Rock2006.fi-Vuoden Kovimmat Rockhitit (2006) – "Broken Promised Land"
- Tuhma Rock-kokoelma Vol.1 (2007) – "Broken Promised Land"
- Mama Trash Family Artists Volume One (2007) – "Broken Promised Land"
- Sweden RockMagazine Vol.43 (2007) – "Broken Promised Land"
- Mama Trash Family Artists Volume 2 (2007) – "He's A Whore"
Movie soundtracks
- "Sleep Tight" (2004) in the movie Levottomat 3
- "Sound Advice" (2007) in the movie V2 – Jäätynyt enkeli
Other releases
- "More" (November/2007) The Black Eyed Peas
Music videos
- "Forever and a Day" (2004)
- "1-800-Out-of-Nowhere" (2004)
- "Broken Promised Land" (2006)
- "Sound Advice" (2007)
- "Dead Decade" (2011)
- "Deathroll Casino" (2012)
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