Comment: The WP:REFBOMBING is getting a bit silly. For notability, we need to see 3 sources that meet the WP:GNG standard, not 30 that don't. DoubleGrazing (talk) 06:54, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
Jyrki "Spider" Hämäläinen (born. 1984 Porvoo[1]), is a Finnish author, journalist and musician.
Hämäläinen is best known as the author of Killing Joke biography Killing Joke: Are You Receiving? (2020). It's the first biography about the post-punk group. By March 2021 it had sold over 600 copies.[1] It has been favourably reviewed in such magazines as Vive Le Rock[2] and Classic Rock.[3] Academic publication Punk & Post-Punk Journal praised the research and amount of indepth interviews of the book.[4] German Ox- magazine praised the use of large archive materials as well as the broad interviews and attention to detail.[5] Punktuation Magazine brought out the easy reading nature of the publication on top of the extent of the research.[6] The book focuses on the band rather than the private lives of the members.[7] Over 20 people had been interviewed for the book.[8] Writing the book took about a year.[5] In less than a y,ear the book had sold over a thousand copies.[9] The book is also on sale on the band's official website.[8]
Hämäläinen is a former full-time editor of Finnish tabloid Seiska. He wrote the main cover feature about the SDP MP Antti Lindtman in 2019.[10] He is a long time contributing writer for Vive Le Rock magazine where he wrote a 10 page main cover feature about Killing Joke in 2012.[10]. His first commissions in the UK were in 2006 when he interviewed the Casualties and Street Dogs for Big Cheese magazine.[11] AC/DC is a band he has extensively covered and been quoted in reviews.[12][13]
When he lived in London he played guitar in Defcon Zero.[12] While living there he also organised concerts under Spiderweb Promotions moniker.[14] Which according to Metal Hammer Defcon Zero never received the respect they deserved in the UK punk scene.[15] He also played in Ratbags, which contributed music to Devi Snively's feature film Trippin'.[16]
Hämäläinen played bass in Finnish hardcore punk band Sekasorto.[17] While living in Leeds he was a guitarist indistrial punk band Action Directe.[18] He has also guested on songs by Anzi Destruction.[19]
He has also worked on a documentary about the D Beat / hardcore band the Varukers.[20]
Hämäläinen contributed to the "Those 12 Bar Nights" book about the 12 Bar, which was located on Denmark Street in London.[21]
He is a member of the Association of Finnish Nonfiction Writers.[22]
Books
[edit]- Killing Joke: Are You Receiving? Milton Keynes: New Haven Publishing Ltd, 2020. ISBN 978-1-912587-40-7
- Those 12 Bar Nights London: Mark Webster, 2022. (one of the writers) ISBN 978-1-905912-85-8 (hard cover) / ISBN 978-1-905912-84-1 (soft cover).
Albums
[edit]- Action Directe - 60 Million Guns (single), Action Directe (2006)
- Action Directe - Intervention, Action Directe (2006)
- This is London kokoelma CD (bands Spider's Sideshow, Ratbags and Condition: Dead), Media Controller (2010)
- Condition: Dead - Famous For Fuck All. CD. Active Distribution (2013)
- Lost Cherrees / 22 Chillies - Make Us Different (Don't Just Cry) 12" guitars on side A. Antisociety (2013)
- Defcon Zero - Music For Gluesniffers, Terrorists & The Mentally Ill. thanks. Urinal Vinyl Records (2017)
- Action Directe - Wakefield's Burning - Live '06. "Recorded live at the Snooty Fox, Wakefield on 28th September 2006." Action Directe (2020).
- Anzi Destruction - Bully Dodger (single), backing vocals. Rolling Records (2023)
- Anzi Destruction - Face of the Crow (single), backing vocals. Rolling Records (2023)
Film music
- Autumn of Route 66 director Ester Brym, publisher Brym Productions (2013)
- Trippin' director Devi Snively, publisher Camp Motion Pictures LLC (2012)
- T is for Torture director Elisabeth Fies, publisher Drafthous Films (2011).
References
[edit]- ^ a b Wahlström, Marko (3 March 2021). "Työ Seiska-lehdessä vahvisti uskoa kirjoittajana – Jyrki "Spider" Hämäläinen julkaisi ensimmäisen kirjan". Itäväylä. Itäväylä Viestintä Oy. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ Chance, Tom (December 2020). "The Business - Books: Killing Joke: Are You Receiving?". Vive le Rock (78). Big Cheese Publishing: 100. ISSN 1365-358X.
- ^ Needs, Kris (February 2021). "The Hards Stuff - Killing Joke: Are You Receiving?". Classic Rock (284). Future PLC: 94. ISSN 1464-7834.
- ^ Zager, Brian. "Killing Joke: Are You Receiving? Jyrki "Spider" Hämäläinen". Punk & Post-Punk. 10 (2). Intellect LTD: 327–329. doi:10.1386/punk_00095_5. ISSN 2044-1983.
- ^ a b Isoaho, Timo (26 March 2021). "Killing Joken tarina kansien välissä – asialla suomalaiskirjailija". Soundi. Pop Media Oy.
- ^ Tie, Molly (9 March 2021). "Are You Receiving? The Story Of Killing Joke". Punktuation Magazine. Punktuationmag.com. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ Nuopponen, Aki (February 2021). "Useita totuuksia Killing Jokesta". Inferno (in Finnish). Pop Media Oy. ISSN 1796-7600.
- ^ a b Atwell, Ian (21 June 2023). "Killing Joke". Music Glue / Caduz Music / Killing Joke. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ Nissinen, Mikko / Mäenpää, Arto (1 October 2021). ""Are You Still Receiving?" – An interview with Jyrki "Spider" Hämäläinen, the author of the Killing Joke -biography". Chaoszine. Kaaos Digital Group. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Hämäläinen, Jyrki "Spider" (2012). "Revelations 2012". Vive le Rock (7). Big Cheese Publishing.
- ^ Hämäläinen, Jyrki "Spider" (December 2006). "On The Streets Again / Death Before Dishonour". Big Cheese (82). Big Cheese Publishing: 56–57.
- ^ a b Hämäläinen, Jyrki. "Meet the Fans: Jyrki "Spider" Hämäläinen". Overdose (February 2024). Acdc-machine.com: 40–42.
- ^ Fink, Jesse (2018). Bon: the Last Highway (Updated ed.). Croydon, UK: Black & White Publishing. pp. v. ISBN 978-1-78530-194-0.
- ^ "Authors: Jyrki 'Spider' Hämäläinen". New Haven Publishing website. New Haven Publishing. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ Mörat (16 August 2016). "The 10 most underrated UK punk albums of all time". Metal Hammer. Future Publishing. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ Snively, Devi (April 2012). "Notes from the Underground: My Accidental Success as a Horror Directrix". Fangoria (312). The Brooklyn Company Inc: 52–54.
- ^ Aaltonen, Jouko: Punk tauti joka ei tapa, Illume, 2008 (documentary).
- ^ Pflanz, Marcin. "Action Directe". Alternation Dark Culture Magazine. ISSN 1897-595X. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ Närvänen, Päivi (28 January 2024). "Anzi Destruction julkaisi uuden singlen – kuuntele "Good Ones Die First"". Kaaoszine. Kaaos Digital Group Oy. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ Tutek (9 September 2021). "News of the week – LOP vol. 3 (Varukers)". Lost Data Productions. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ Mark "Barnet" Webster (2022). Those 12 Bar Nights. Mark Webster. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-905912-85-8.
- ^ "Suomen tietokirjailijat ry - Uudet jäsenet". Suomen tietokirjailijat. Suomen tietokirjailijat ry. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.