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= Laika & The Cosmonauts =

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'''Years active''': 1987 - 2008 <<BR>>
'''Location''': Finland

== Biography ==

Laika & The Cosmonauts started out as a very traditional surf sounding band, with touches of the native Finnish Rautalanka sound. Over the course of their career they formed their own unique movie-soundtrack type style, exemplified by the 2004 release ''Local Warming''. The band appeared on European television a dozen times and toured the United States six times, including an opening slot for Ministry.

The band called it quits in 2008 and concluded their 20 year career with a US tour. The last two shows were played at The Continental Club in Austin, Texas.

== Band Members ==

 * Mikko Lankinen, guitar
 * Janne Haavisto, drums
 * Matti Pitsinki, organ and guitar
 * Tom Nyman, bass guitar

== Releases ==

 * C'mon Do The Laika, 1988
 * Surfs You Right, 1990
 * Surfs You Right / C'mon Do The Laika (a compilation of the first two albums), Castle Finland Oy Ltd., 1990
 * Instruments of Terror, Upstart Records, 1992

   1. Mission Impossible
   1. Note Crisis
   1. Piedras Negras
   1. PYSKO (Themes from Psycho and Vertigo)
   1. Magic Bullet
   1. Enchanged Rock
   1. Baha-ree-bah!
   1. S.P.Y.D.A.'s Web
   1. Space Base
   1. Experiment in Terror
   1. Six Seconds in Dallas
   1. Vendetta
   1. Kiiriminna (Oi Dai) (US only)
   1. Marilaulu (US only)
   1. Theme from "Endless Summer" (US only)

 * The Amazing Colossal Band, Upstart Records, 1995

   1. Delayrium
   1. Floating
   1. Tantrum
   1. The A-Treatment
   1. The Ipcress File
   1. Global Village
   1. The Avengers
   1. Exposé
   1. Aztec Two-Step
   1. The Downwinders
   1. Café Equator
   1. O.C.C.C. (Oahu Community Correctional Center)
   1. Get Carter
   1. The Man from H.U.A.C.
   1. Azure Blue
   1. Intro (Bonus track from the movie Iron Horse Men)
   1. Skater Dater (Bonus track from the movie Iron Horse Men)

 * Zero Gravity (US compilation of the first two albums), 1996
 * Absurdistan, Yep Roc Records, 1997

   1. Disconnected
   1. Turquoise
   1. Look! No Head!
   1. The Hypno-Wheel
   1. Boris The Conductor
   1. Lands End
   1. Circumstantial Evidence
   1. The Freefaller
   1. Syncophant
   1. Silenzio
   1. Hi & Lo
   1. Nanaki
   1. Rough Ground
   1. Silenzio in Dubsurdistan
   1. Rough Evidence on Circumstantial Ground
   1. Re-Inventing the Hypno-Wheel

 * Laika Sex Machine (live), Yep Roc Records, 2000

   1. The Hypno-Wheel
   1. Disconnected
   1. Syncophant
   1. Tantrum
   1. Floating
   1. Turquoise
   1. Boris The Conductor
   1. Look! No Head!
   1. Experiment In Terror
   1. The Avengers
   1. Circumstantial Evidence
   1. Hi & Lo
   1. Café Equator
   1. Lands End
   1. Psyko (Themes from "Psycho" and "Vertigo")
   1. Mission Impossible
   1. Get Carter
   1. Global Village
   1. Enchanted Rock
   1. C'mon Do The Laika!
   1. Fugitive
   1. Ba-Ha-Ree-Bah!
   1. Fadeaway
   1. Sauna-Soul (Ode to Billy Joe)
   1. Telstar

 * Local Warming, Yep Roc Records, 2004
 * Cosmopolis, Yep Roc Records, 2008 (Compilation)

== Links ==

 * http://www.yeproc.com/artists/laika-the-cosmonauts

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