The Leningrad Cowboys is a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 rock band famous for humorously making rock and roll

Rock and roll

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 covers of popular songs, exaggerated pompadour

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 hairstyles, long, pointy shoes, often featuring a Russia

Russia

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n military band, the Alexandrov Ensemble.

Beginnings

The band was an invention of the Finnish film director Aki Kaurismäki

Aki Kaurismäki

-Career:After studying Media Studies at the University of Tampere, Aki Kaurismäki started his career as a co-director in the films of his elder brother Mika Kaurismäki. His debut as an independent director was Crime and Punishment , Dostoyevsky's famous crime story set in modern-day Helsinki...

, Sakke Jarvenpää and Mato Valtonen

Mato Valtonen

Mato Valtonen is a Finnish actor, musician and entrepreneur. Valtonen has been a member of the Finnish band Sleepy Sleepers since 1975 and the Leningrad Cowboys since 1989....

, members of the Finnish pop-punk band Sleepy Sleepers

Sleepy Sleepers

Sleepy Sleepers is a Finnish pop/rock/punk band. The band released 19 albums between 1975 and 1989. Sakke Järvenpää and Mato Valtonen were the main members of the band...

. The band was conceived in a bar in 1986 as joke on the waning power of the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

. Jarvenpää and Valtonen expressed their wishes that Kaurismäki would direct their first music video, which resulted in the short film "Rocky VI

Rocky VI (1986 film)

Rocky VI is a 1986 nine-minute black-and-white short parody of Rocky IV by Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki. The film stars Antti Juhani "Silu" Seppälä as Rocky and Sakari Kuosmanen as Igor, his Soviet opponent. In the film, the two boxers fight at Töölön kisahalli in Helsinki...

" (1986). After two further short films, "Thru the Wire" (1987) and "L.A. Woman" (1988), Kaurismäki decided to direct a feature film about them, Leningrad Cowboys Go America

Leningrad Cowboys Go America

Leningrad Cowboys Go America is a 1989 road movie by Finnish film director Aki Kaurismäki about the adventures of a fictional Russian rock band that travels to the United States to become famous...

(1989). In these films they are joined by Nicky Tesco, founding member of the UK punk rock

Punk rock

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 band The Members

The Members

The Members are a British punk band that originated in Camberley, England. Their best known recording is "The Sound of the Suburbs" .-Career:...

.

After Leningrad Cowboys Go America

After the film, the band took on a life of its own, recording music, making videos and giving concerts. The band appeared in two other Aki Kaurismäki films, the Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses

Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses

Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses is a 1994 film directed by Aki Kaurismäki. It is a sequel to the popular 1989 film Leningrad Cowboys Go America that introduced the fictional Russian rock band Leningrad Cowboys which, subsequently, became a notable real life rock band in Finland.-Plot:Picking up where...

(1994) and the Total Balalaika Show

Total Balalaika Show

Total Balalaika Show is a 1994 film by director Aki Kaurismäki featuring a concert with the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov ensemble.The concert took place on 12 June 1993 on Senate Square in Helsinki, Finland...

(1994), which is a film of a concert performed by the band and the full 160-member Alexandrov ensemble in Helsinki, Finland in June 1993. Kaurismäki also wrote and directed two videos featuring the band: their cover of the 60's folk standard "Those Were The Days

Those Were the Days (song)

"Those Were the Days" is a song credited to Gene Raskin, who put English lyrics to the Russian song "Dorogoi dlinnoyu" , written by Boris Fomin with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevskii. It deals with reminiscence upon youth and romantic idealism...

" (1992) and "These Boots" (1993).

In 1994, the band appeared together with 70 members of the Alexandrov ensemble at the 11th annual MTV Music Awards, at the Radio City Music Hall

Radio City Music Hall

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 in New York, where they sang the Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American rock band prominent in spreading Southern Rock during the 1970s.Originally formed as the "Noble Five" in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1964, the band rose to worldwide recognition on the basis of its driving live performances and signature tune, Freebird...

 classic Sweet Home Alabama

Sweet Home Alabama (song)

"Sweet Home Alabama" is a song by Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd that first appeared in 1974 on their second album, Second Helping.It reached #8 on the US charts in 1974, and was the band's second hit single.-Creation and recording:...

. The show was seen by an estimated 250 million people worldwide. That same year, the band and ensemble again joined forces for the "Nokia

Nokia

Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...

 Balalaika Show", a concert held in Berlin. In 1998 they featured in the film L.A. Without a Map

L.A. Without a Map

L.A. Without a Map is a 1998 film directed by Mika Kaurismäki and written by Mika Kaurismäki and Richard Rayner, based on his novel. The film stars David Tennant, Vinessa Shaw, Julie Delpy, Vincent Gallo, and Johnny Depp It is a French, British and Finnish production.Also known under the titles:...

.

Currently, the band has 11 Cowboys and two Leningrad Ladies. The songs, all somewhat influenced by polka

Polka

The polka is a Central European dance and also a genre of dance music familiar throughout Europe and the Americas. It originated in the middle of the 19th century in Bohemia...

 and progressive rock

Progressive rock

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, are performed in English and have themes

Theme (literature)

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 such as vodka

Vodka

Vodka , is a distilled beverage. It is composed primarily of water and ethanol with traces of impurities and flavorings. Vodka is made by the distillation of fermented substances such as grains, potatoes, or sometimes fruits....

, tractor

Tractor

A tractor is a vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used in agriculture or construction...

s, rocket

Rocket

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s, and Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan , born Temujin and occasionally known by his temple name Taizu , was the founder and Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death....

, as well as folkloric

Folklore

Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called...

 Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n songs, rock and roll ballad

Ballad

A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...

s and covers

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 from bands as diverse as The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

, Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

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, Modern Talking

Modern Talking

Modern Talking was a German dance pop duo consisting of Thomas Anders and Dieter Bohlen. Their music has often been classified as Europop. They have been referred to as Germany's most successful pop duo, and have had a number of hit singles, reaching the top 5 in many countries...

, and Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American rock band prominent in spreading Southern Rock during the 1970s.Originally formed as the "Noble Five" in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1964, the band rose to worldwide recognition on the basis of its driving live performances and signature tune, Freebird...

, all presented with lots of humour.

Ten years after the Total Balalaika Show, on August 23, 2003, the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov ensemble returned to the Senate Square in Helsinki with UMO and various international performers for the spectacular Global Balalaika Show, was released on DVD directed by Timo Suomi, on November 21, 2003.

In 2006 the album Zombies Paradise

Zombies Paradise

-Track listing:-Personnel:The Leningrad Cowboys:*Tipe Johnson – vocals*Sakke Järvenpää – vocals*Jay Kortehisto – Trombone, vocals*Marzi Nyman – Guitar, vocals *Pemo Ojala – trumpet, vocals...

was released. This album features a hard rock

Hard rock

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 sound, and draws influences from speed metal

Speed metal

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, groove metal

Groove metal

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, and industrial metal

Industrial metal

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. However, covers of famous old songs sounds chaotically effective (especially "Manic Monday

Manic Monday

"Manic Monday" is a song by the American pop rock band The Bangles, and the first single released from their second studio album Different Light . It was written by Prince, using the pseudonym "Christopher". Originally intended for the group Apollonia 6 in 1984, he offered the song to The Bangles...

"). The album also includes the 1994 Studio version of "Happy Together

Happy Together (song)

"Happy Together" is a 1967 song from The Turtles' album of the same name. Released in February 1967, the song knocked The Beatles' "Penny Lane" out of the #1 slot for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the group's only chart-topper. "Happy Together" reached #12 on the UK Singles Chart in...

" as well as a new 2006 version. The music video for the album's cover of the song "You're My Heart, You're My Soul

You're My Heart, You're My Soul

"You're My Heart, You're My Soul" is the first single by German europop duo Modern Talking released off their debut album "The 1st Album". The single was released on 29 October 1984 but entered the top-10 in Germany on January 28, 1985, almost three months after its release date...

" – is made totally in animated 3D computer graphics as a road-thriller movie.

One more show with the Russian Military Band was played in Finland on November 22, 2008. A newly-released publication, Bio-Book PRAVDA – The Truth About The Leningrad Cowboys also appeared. Promotional lines included: "Here it is finally, The Leningrad Cowboys book "Pravda"!"

October 2011 saw the release of the Kaurismäki Leningrad Cowboys features and short films as a box set by the The Criterion Collection

The Criterion Collection

The Criterion Collection is a video-distribution company selling "important classic and contemporary films" to film aficionados. The Criterion series is noted for helping to standardize the letterbox format for home video, bonus features, and special editions...

 as of their Eclipse

Eclipse (DVD)

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 series of releases. This month also featured the new album Buena Vodka Social Club

Buena Vodka Social Club

-Personnel:*Ville Tuomi : Lead Vocals*Sakke Järvenpää : Vocals*Varre Vartiainen : Guitar*Pauli Hauta-aho : Guitar*Timo Tolonen : Bass*Sami Järvinen : Drums*Okke Komulainen : Keyboards, Accordion*Tume Uusitalo : Vocals, Guitar*Pemo Ojala : Trumpet, Mitten...

, their first album of all-original material since 2000's Terzo Mondo

Terzo Mondo

-Track listing:-Single:"Happy Being Miserable" was released as a single-Personnel:The Leningrad Cowboys:*Twist Twist Erkinharju - drums*Tipe Johnson - vocals*Sakke Järvenpää - vocals*Vesa Kääpä - guitar*Pemo Ojala - trumpet*Ykä Putkinen - guitar...

.

Band Members

Current members

• Ville Tuomi : Lead Vocals (2011–)
• Sakke Järvenpää : Vocals (1986–)
• Varre Vartiainen
  Varre Vartiainen
  Varre Vartiainen is a Finnish guitarist who has studied in Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory and Sibelius Academy of Music under supervision of Raoul Björkenheim, Jukkis Uotila and Wayne Krantz...
  
   : Guitar (2003–)
• Pauli Hauta-aho : Guitar (2011–)
• Timo Tolonen : Bass (2003–)
• Sami Järvinen : Drums (2011–)
• Okke Komulainen : Keyboards, Accordion (2011–)
• Tume Uusitalo : Vocals, Guitar (2003–)
• Pemo Ojala : Trumpet, Mitten (1993–)
• Pope Puolitaival : Saxophone (2003–)
• Jay Kortehisto : Trombone (2003–)
• Anna Sainila : Dancer, Vocals (2011–)
• Hanna Moisala : Dancer, Vocals (2011–)

Former members

• Nicky Tesco : vocals (1986–1989)
• Mato Valtonen
  Mato Valtonen
  Mato Valtonen is a Finnish actor, musician and entrepreneur. Valtonen has been a member of the Finnish band Sleepy Sleepers since 1975 and the Leningrad Cowboys since 1989....
  
   : vocals (1986–1997)
• Silu Seppälä : bass (1989–2000)
• Mauri Sumén : keyboards, accordion (1989–2006)
• Puka Oinonen : guitar (1989)
• Pimme Korhonen : drums (1989)
• Saku Kuosmanen : vocals (1989)
• Pekka Virtanen : guitar (1989)
• Ben Granfelt
  Ben Granfelt
  Ben Granfelt is a guitarist from Helsinki, Finland and best known from his work in Leningrad Cowboys, Wishbone Ash, Gringos Locos, Guitar Slingers and his solo band Ben Granfelt Band....
  
   : Guitar (1992–1996)
• Esa Niiva : saxophone (1994–1996)
• Teijo "Twist Twist" Erkinharju : Drums (1994–2000)
• Jorma Marjaranta : vocals (1994)
• Vesa Kääpä : guitar (1996–2000)
• Mari Hatakka : Go-Go, vocals (1996–2000)
• Tiina Isohanni : Go-Go, vocals (1996–2000)
• Jore Marjaranta : vocals (1996)
• Tatu Kemppaninen : guitar (1997)
• Veeti Kallio : vocals (1997)
• Tipe Johnson : vocals (2000–2008)
• Ykä Putkinen : Guitar (2000)
• Antti Snellman : Saxophone (2000)
• Marzi Nyman : guitar, vocals (2003–2006)
• Juuso Hannukainen : percussion (2003)
• Sami Järvenpää : vocals (2003)
• Petri Puolitaival : tenor sax, vocals (2006)

Studio albums

Title	Label	Year
1917–1987 1917–1987 -Track listing:-Personnel:*Leningrad Cowboys*Pirjo Laine and Nico Ramsden: Guitar on "The Beast in Me"*Mixed by Jari Laaanen, Mark Smith and Nick Tesco-References:...	Megamania	1987
We Cum From Brooklyn We Cum from Brooklyn We Cum from Brooklyn is a 1992 album from the Leningrad Cowboys.-Track listing:-References:...	Johanna	1992
Happy Together Happy Together (Leningrad Cowboys album) The Japanese issue of the album has a different track order and adds two bonus tracks:BMG Ariola released a special "six pack" set of six CD singles comprising the entire album:-Personnel:The Leningrad Cowboys:*Twist Twist Erkinharju - drums...	Johanna	1994
Go Space Go Space -Personnel:The Leningrad Cowboys:*Twist Twist Erkinhariju - drums*Ben Granfelt - guitar*Sakke Järvenpää - vocals*Vesa Kääpä - guitar*Jore Marjaranta - vocals*Esa Niiva - saxophone*Pemo Ojala - trumpet*Silu Seppälä - bass...	Johanna	1996
Mongolian Barbeque Mongolian Barbeque (album) -Personnel:The Leningrad Cowboys:*Twist Twist Erkinharju - drums*Sakke Järvenpää - vocals*Veeti Kallio - vocals*Tatu Kemppainen - guitar*Vesa Kääpä - guitar*Pemo Ojala - trumpet*Silu Seppälä - bass*Mauri Sumén - keyboards, accordion...	Johanna	1997
Terzo Mondo Terzo Mondo -Track listing:-Single:"Happy Being Miserable" was released as a single-Personnel:The Leningrad Cowboys:*Twist Twist Erkinharju - drums*Tipe Johnson - vocals*Sakke Järvenpää - vocals*Vesa Kääpä - guitar*Pemo Ojala - trumpet*Ykä Putkinen - guitar...	Johanna	2000
Zombies Paradise Zombies Paradise -Track listing:-Personnel:The Leningrad Cowboys:*Tipe Johnson – vocals*Sakke Järvenpää – vocals*Jay Kortehisto – Trombone, vocals*Marzi Nyman – Guitar, vocals *Pemo Ojala – trumpet, vocals...	Sony BMG	2006
Buena Vodka Social Club Buena Vodka Social Club -Personnel:*Ville Tuomi : Lead Vocals*Sakke Järvenpää : Vocals*Varre Vartiainen : Guitar*Pauli Hauta-aho : Guitar*Timo Tolonen : Bass*Sami Järvinen : Drums*Okke Komulainen : Keyboards, Accordion*Tume Uusitalo : Vocals, Guitar*Pemo Ojala : Trumpet, Mitten...	SPV Recordings	2011

Soundtracks

Title	Label	Year
Leningrad Cowboys Go America	Megamania	1989

Live albums

Title	Label	Year
Live in Prowinzz Live in Prowinzz Live in Prowinzz is the third album from the Leningrad Cowboys. It was recorded at Provinssirock–festival, Seinäjoki on 6 June 1992. It was released in 1992.-Track listing:-References:...	Johanna	1993
Total Balalaika Show - Helsinki Concert Total Balalaika Show - Helsinki Concert The Japanese release was only one disc and had a different cover.-References:...	Johanna	1993
Nokia Balalaika Show (promo only)	Johanna	1995
Global Balalaika Show Global Balalaika Show -Personnel:The Leningrad Cowboys:*Juuso Hannukainen - percussion*Tipe Johnson - vocals*Sakke Järvenpää - vocals*Sami Järvenpää - vocals*Jay Kortehisto - Trombone*Marzi Nyman - Guitar*Pemo Ojala - trumpet*Pope Puolitaival - tenor sax...	Leningrad Cowboys Ltd.	2003

Compilations

Title	Label	Year
Thank You Very Many - Greatest Hits & Rarities Thank You Very Many - Greatest Hits & Rarities Thank You Very Many - Greatest Hits & Rarities is a greatest hits album by the Leningrad Cowboys released in Germany 13 September 1999.- Track listing :-References:*...	BMG	1999
Go Wild Go Wild -References:*...	BMG	2000
Those Were the Days - The Best Of Leningrad Cowboys Those Were the Days - The Best Of Leningrad Cowboys Those Were the Days - The Best Of Leningrad Cowboys is a greatest hits album distributed with a deck of playing cards only at ABC, a Finnish chain of service stations.- Track listing :-Sources:...	Leningrad Cowboys	2009

Singles and EPs

Title	Format	Label	Year	Notes
"L. A. Woman L.A. Woman (song) "L.A. Woman" is a song by American rock band The Doors. The song is the title track on their 1971 album L.A. Woman, the final album with frontman Jim Morrison before his death.In the song's coda, Morrison repeats the phrase Mr... "	7"	AMT	1987	Tracks: "L.A. Woman", "Thru the Wire"
"In the Ghetto In the Ghetto "In the Ghetto" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music in 1969. It was written by Mac Davis and made famous by Elvis Presley who had a major comeback hit with the song in 1969. It was released in 1969 as a 45 rpm single with "Any Day Now" as the flip side... "	12"	AMT	1987	Tracks: "In the Ghetto", "The Beast in Me"
"Thru The Wire (Short Film)"	7", CD	BMG Ariola	1991	Tracks: "Thru The Wire" (Short Film), "L.A. Woman" (Short Film), "Ballad Of The Leningrad Cowboys", "Mambo From Säkkijärvi"
"Those Were The Days"	CD	BMG Ariola	1991	Tracks: "Those Were The Days", "Get On", "Chasing the Light"
"Thru the Wire"	CD	BMG Ariola	1992	Tracks: "Thru the Wire" (soft version), "Thru the Wire" (album version), "Sally is Something Else", "Fat Bob Dollop"
"Those Were The Days"	7", CD	BMG Ariola	1992	Tracks: "Those Were the Days", "Sauna", "Kassaka"
"These Boots"	CD	BMG Ariola, Megamania	1993	Tracks: "These Boots" (Single Edit), "Thru The Wire" "Sabre Dance" (Instrumental), "Life Is A Bitch (Elämässä Pitää Olla Runkkua)"
"Nokia Balalaika Show" (Promo EP)	CD	Megamania	1994	Tracks: "Delilah", "Gimme All Your Lovin'", "Happy Together"
"Jupiter Calling"	CD	BMG Ariola, Megamania	1996	Tracks: "Jupiter Calling", "Galina", "Showtime"
"Where's The Moon"	CD	BMG Ariola, Megamania	1996	Tracks: "Where's the Moon", "Universal Fields", "Answering Machine Space Messages"
"Mongolian Barbeque" (Promo EP)	CD	Megamania	1997	Tracks: "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)", "Bad Wind", "Sweet Home Alabama" (Stalker Mix)
"Be Worry Don't Happy"	CD (Promo)	Megamania	1999	Tracks: "Mardi Gras Ska", "Happy Being Miserable", "Nolo Tengo"
"Happy Being Miserable"	CD	Roadrunner	2000	Tracks: "Happy Being Miserable", "Mardi Gras Ska", "Back to Moscow"
"Monkey Groove"	CD (Promo)	Johanna	2000	Tracks: "Monkey Groove", "Harem"
"Der Lachende Vagabund"	CD (Promo)	Johanna	2004
"You're My Heart, You're my Soul"	CD	Sony BMG	2006	Tracks: "You're My Heart, You're My Soul", "Happy Together" (2006 version)", "Happy Together" (Original)
007 Villain Club by Swatch 007 Villain Club by Swatch 007 Villain Club by Swatch is a promotional EP distributed free on CD through Metro Magazine and Swatch the Club and as a free download through the Swatch, MTV and Yahoo Websites. It was released to promote Swatch's 007 Villains Collection line of watches.-Track listing:...	CD (Promo)	Spark Records	2008	Tracks: "A View to a Kill", "Goldfinger", and "James Bond Theme"

Contributions and other releases

Album Title	Year	Label	Song(s)
Hit News Nro 1	1992	K-Tel International	"Those Were the Days"
Compact! 4/92	1992	BMG Ariola	"Those Were the Days"
Reindeer Rock '92	1992	CD-Linja	"Thru the Wire"
Finland Rules	1992	Stars in the Dark	"The Way I Walk"
Crossing All Over	1993	BMG Ariola, GUN Records	"Sally Is Something Else"
Suomi-Rock 1987	1994	Poko Records	"Thru the Wire"
Best of Crossover	1996	BMG Ariola	"Sally Is Something Else"
Die Harald Schmidt Show	1996	Intercord	"Where's the Moon"
Fetenhits – The Real Classics (The 3rd)	1997	Polystar Records	"Those Were the Days"
The Songs of Bob Dylan – May Your Song Always Be Sung Again	1997	BMG Ariloa	"Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
"Il Diavolo Rosso" (David Buzzi David Buzzi David Buzzi is a Swiss singer-songwriter and a part of the Swiss Italian scene. In October 2000 he received the international award Premio San Bonifacio in Italy...  EP)	1998	Pony	"Gringo" (original title "Ten lost gringos", with David Buzzi David Buzzi David Buzzi is a Swiss singer-songwriter and a part of the Swiss Italian scene. In October 2000 he received the international award Premio San Bonifacio in Italy... , writer of the lyrics, on vocals)
La Musique de Paris Dernière 1	2000	Naïve	"Happy Together"
Top Speed Music	2000	BMG	"Gimme All Your Lovin'"
Jukebox – Music In The Films Of Aki Kaurismäki	2006	Megamania	"Thru' The Wire" "The Cossack Song" "Ballad Of The Leningrad Cowboys" "Those Were The Days" "Nolo Tengo Dinares" "Kili Watch" (w/ André Wilms André Wilms André Wilms is a French film and television actor who has also appeared in German and Finnish films. Wilms was the winner of the Best Supporting European Actor award at the 1992 European Film Awards for his work in Aki Kaurismäki's La Vie de Bohème.-Partial filmography:* Le tartuffe * Field of... ) "Delilah" (w/ Sakari Kuosmanen Sakari Kuosmanen Sakari Jyrki Kuosmanen is a Finnish singer and actor. He has recorded several solo albums and has also done work with Sleepy Sleepers and Leningrad Cowboys.... )

Filmography

Title	Year	Director	Notes
"Rocky VI Rocky VI (1986 film) Rocky VI is a 1986 nine-minute black-and-white short parody of Rocky IV by Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki. The film stars Antti Juhani "Silu" Seppälä as Rocky and Sakari Kuosmanen as Igor, his Soviet opponent. In the film, the two boxers fight at Töölön kisahalli in Helsinki... "	1986	Aki Kaurismäki Aki Kaurismäki -Career:After studying Media Studies at the University of Tampere, Aki Kaurismäki started his career as a co-director in the films of his elder brother Mika Kaurismäki. His debut as an independent director was Crime and Punishment , Dostoyevsky's famous crime story set in modern-day Helsinki...	short film
"Thru The Wire"	1987	Aki Kaurismäki	short film
"L.A. Woman L.A. Woman (song) "L.A. Woman" is a song by American rock band The Doors. The song is the title track on their 1971 album L.A. Woman, the final album with frontman Jim Morrison before his death.In the song's coda, Morrison repeats the phrase Mr... "	1988	Aki Kaurismäki	short film
Leningrad Cowboys Go America Leningrad Cowboys Go America Leningrad Cowboys Go America is a 1989 road movie by Finnish film director Aki Kaurismäki about the adventures of a fictional Russian rock band that travels to the United States to become famous...	1989	Aki Kaurismäki	feature film
"Those Were The Days Those Were the Days (song) "Those Were the Days" is a song credited to Gene Raskin, who put English lyrics to the Russian song "Dorogoi dlinnoyu" , written by Boris Fomin with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevskii. It deals with reminiscence upon youth and romantic idealism... "	1991	Aki Kaurismäki	short film
"These Boots These Boots Are Made for Walkin' Jessica Simpson recorded her own version of "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" for the soundtrack to the film The Dukes of Hazzard . Simpson's cover was co-produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and was released as the soundtrack's first single in 2005)... "	1992	Aki Kaurismäki	short film
Eurotrash Eurotrash (TV series) Eurotrash is a 30-minute magazine-format programme in English produced by Rapido Television. It was shown in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 from 1993 and was a late-night comical review of weird and wonderful topics from around the world...	1993		Segment on the band included in the 2nd episode of the first series
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses is a 1994 film directed by Aki Kaurismäki. It is a sequel to the popular 1989 film Leningrad Cowboys Go America that introduced the fictional Russian rock band Leningrad Cowboys which, subsequently, became a notable real life rock band in Finland.-Plot:Picking up where...	1994	Aki Kaurismäki	feature film
Total Balalaika Show Total Balalaika Show Total Balalaika Show is a 1994 film by director Aki Kaurismäki featuring a concert with the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov ensemble.The concert took place on 12 June 1993 on Senate Square in Helsinki, Finland...	1994	Aki Kaurismäki	Concert film
NOKIA Balalaika Show	1994		Concert – TV broadcast
11th Annual MTV Video Music Awards 1994 MTV Video Music Awards The 1994 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 8, 1994, honoring the best music videos from June 16, 1993, to June 15, 1994. The show was hosted by Roseanne Barr at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and this would be the last time there was a female host for the VMAs until Chelsea...	1994		Performance of "Sweet Home Alabama" with the Red Army Ensemble
"Jupiter Calling"	1996	Sakke Järvenpää	music video
"Leningrad"	1996	Sakke Järvenpää	music video
"Where's The Moon"	1996	Sakke Järvenpää	music video
L.A. Without a Map L.A. Without a Map L.A. Without a Map is a 1998 film directed by Mika Kaurismäki and written by Mika Kaurismäki and Richard Rayner, based on his novel. The film stars David Tennant, Vinessa Shaw, Julie Delpy, Vincent Gallo, and Johnny Depp It is a French, British and Finnish production.Also known under the titles:...	1998	Mika Kaurismäki Mika Kaurismäki Mika Juhani Kaurismäki is a Finnish film director.He is the elder brother of Aki Kaurismäki, and the father of Maria Kaurismäki who graduated from Tampere School of Art and Media in 2008 with her movie Sideline.Mika Kaurismäki has lived in Brazil since approximately 1992 and has made several...	feature film
"Happy Being Miserable"	2000		music video
Leningrad Cowboys Go Classic	2001		Concert – TV broadcast (NDR Norddeutscher Rundfunk Norddeutscher Rundfunk is a public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR transmits for the German states of Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein... )
Global Balalaika Show	2003	Timo Suomi	Concert – TV broadcast (YLE)
Leningrad Cowboys Play Hurriganes	2004		Concert of Hurriganes Hurriganes Hurriganes is a Finnish rock band that was formed in the early 1970s. They were very popular in Finland in the 1970s and early '80s; they were also a popular live act in Sweden during this time. Their classic line-up consisted of Remu Aaltonen, Albert Järvinen and Cisse Häkkinen. What seems like...  music – TV broadcast (YLE)
"You're My Heart, You're My Soul You're My Heart, You're My Soul "You're My Heart, You're My Soul" is the first single by German europop duo Modern Talking released off their debut album "The 1st Album". The single was released on 29 October 1984 but entered the top-10 in Germany on January 28, 1985, almost three months after its release date... "	2007		music video
"All We Need is Love"	2011	Dirk Behlau, Sakke Järvenpää	music video

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, their first short film from 1986