Today marks finnmusic.net's second anniversary, the site has now been two years online. Even though the first two decades of Finnish punk rock is still the single most comprehensibly covered area, during this time the content of the site has somewhat diversified, and you can find lots of information on many artists in many styles, including such household names as Tuomari Nurmio, Dave Lindholm, Kauko Röyhkä, Kari Peitsamo and so on. And the site keeps growing.

(three hours later) Maintenance is over, and everything seems to be in order. Good thing too.

The site is temporarily undergoing some data maintenance, and therefore mostly unaccessible. Hopefully we can return very soon. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Finnmusic.net comes af age: the site is now 200 days old, hooray! That must be something like 25 years in internet years. But don't worry, finnmusic.net isn't going to wither away any time soon, instead it keeps growing, slowly but steadily. Pop in regularly and browse the site contents to see what's new.

An excellent book on Finnish punk rock called "Parasta lapsille - Suomipunk 1977-1984" has been published. Written (in Finnish) by Mika Saastamoinen, it goes through the late 70's and the early 80's, covering all the important bands of the early punk rock and hardcore punk of that era. It's a massive book, and a necessity for anyone interested in the subject. Get it from your local bookstore, or directly from the publisher Johnny Kniga (www.johnnykniga.fi)

The site is finally made public, after a long wait. Currently there are information on Finnish punk rock from the first three decades (from the 70's through the 90's), and some other entries here and there. Expect more info in the near future!

The pages have now been moved to a new server, and after some fine tuning they seem to be working fine. Also some adjustments have been made according to the suggestions from beta testers.