LAB is an alternative rock

Alternative rock

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 band

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 from Helsinki

Helsinki

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, Finland. Their single "Beat the Boys" was featured in the PS2/Xbox/PC game "Flatout

FlatOut

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Formation

The band formed in 1997, and consists of five members (singer Ana and guitarist Johannes are siblings).

• Ana - lead singer
• Pekka "Splendid" Laine - guitar
• Johannes - guitar
• Kirka Sainio - bass (Airdash
  Airdash
  Airdash was a technical/progressive thrash/speed metal - band, formed in the middle of 1980s, 1986. They were one of the most popular Thrash/Speed metal - groups in Finland in late 1980s and early 1990s. Like their Speed metal - comrades, Stone, they never had much attention from foreign countries...
  
  , The Scourger
  The Scourger
  The Scourger is a thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland that formed in 2003. All three of the band's singles have landed on the national Finnish charts: "Hatehead", which debuted at #1 in July 2005; "Maximum Intensity", which landed at #3 a year later and climbed to #2 the following week; and...
  
  , Gandalf)
• Masa - drummer

Singles

• Get Me a Name (06/1999)
• 'Til You're Numb (09/1999)
• Isn't He Beautiful (02/2000)
• Killing Me (06/2000)
• Beat the Boys (02/2002)
• Machine Girl (07/2003)
• When Heaven Gets Dirty (03/2005)
• Love Like Hell (04/2005)

Music videos

• 'Til You're Numb
• Beat the Boys
• Machine Girl
• When Heaven Gets Dirty

The majority of their music videos feature the singer Ana wearing a pair of white angel wings.

External links

• LAB Official site
• Lab on Myspace