L-60°

2001 ( August) everything started. After singing and writing pop music in Finnish, travelling around playing drums for different artists and bands - Olli felt that it was time to get back to square one and start making rock 'n roll again…. It was time to start concentrating more on his own singing and writing. He wrote and recorded some tunes and sent them out to different labels. The feedback was positive and very encouraging... That was the first sign that things were moving in the right direction…!

2002 The band played a few shows under the name of Sweet Nothing, but somehow the line up didn't feel complete. Olli kept writing songs and kept sending them out to labels… Ironically there was still good feedback on new material, but nothing that would take the band further. Also the new band name was given. A good friend suggested the band should be named after the geographical location of Helsinki. So the name was found! L-60° (Latitude 60 degrees); the map grid point/reference of their hometown Helsinki.

2003 With both a new drummer and bass player the band toured around Finland, playing small clubs to small crowds... however the word was getting around... But of course right when things were looking bright, Olli called it quits. The band was already booked to play some major festivals in Finland, but " the band” was still not a unit and didn't have a clear vision of what L-60° is about. After few quiet months, a new drummer and bass player were found. By the fall, Endless- Sweden signed the band and before no time, the band was already in Sweden recording its first full length CD. The self-titled album came out in November in Finland.

2004 The debut album was released in Sweden, but the lack of promotion didn't get the band really far. L-60° played at few festivals in Sweden and Germany and caught the eye of German label J-star records . The band only played few shows and was getting ready to start to brake new ground with a new label, who was ready to make the band to be the next big thing hailing from Finland.

2005 January the band flew to Germany to record 2 new songs and played few shows on the same trip. However, after the trip it seemed the band-spirit had vanished! Miika, the long time guitar hero (and Olli's right hand) decided to leave the band. The band did manage a small Estonian tour with a sub-guitarist. But by the end of the year the original gang surrounding Olli had gone their separate ways. All new starts seem exciting, but at the same time this was extremely frustrating. J-star also refused to release the single "Love me".

2006 Olli teamed up with his new friend, musician and producer Vesa Matara ( ala Ves Rain) to start a new label. Wlf-music was born and is mainly run by Vesa Matara. Naturally L-60° was the first act to sign with the label. Olli had also finally found a loyal band members to work with and it was time to start a new chapter in the bands history. The band released it's second album titled "Feel Nothing", which gained great reviews around Europe. The band also continued playing small shows in Finland and bigger shows outside of Finland. The band teamed up with an active booking agent in Finland and was given a great change to play even more shows.

2007 For the first time L-60° played few gigs in UK in July. The feedback was so good that the band returned to do a 2½ week UK tour in the Fall. The band also practised tons of new songs and was getting ready to enter the studio. The video for the song "99" was shot in May. The year 07 seemed to be the busiest and most succesful in the bands history. Heavy responsibilities running the band burned out Olli. It was time to take a step back and take a timeout.

2008 It's been 7 long years for L-60°. Tons of great opportunities, lost changes, loud guitars, sweat, smiles, cries ...the whole drama of being in a rock band. So far this year the band's been taking it easy and meanwhile the members have been working with different projects. But at the same time, the new album is under works and ready to be released.... so the journey still continues from latitude 60 degrees to all the way to you... the paths are open to new directions and the band is getting hungry again to proove it's skills and reason for it's existance. Markus, Ville, Olli and Tommi are still playing their MUSIC THAT MOVES YOUR BODY AND HEALS YOUR SOUL !



"Feel Nothing"-Album





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"99"

"Love Me"

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FANSITES & FANCLUBS OF L-60° UNITED:

L60°-Finland
Support-Site & Fanclub from Finland:
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L60°-Germany
Support-Site & Fanclub from Germany:
www.myspace.com/l60_de

L-60°-United Kingdom
Support-Site from UK
www.myspace.com/l60uk

L-60°-France
Support-Site from France
www.myspace.com/l60france

L-60°- USA
Support-Site fromUSA
www.myspace.com/l60usamanagement


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