Ultra Bra is tagged as: finnish, pop, rock, female vocalists, political Ultra Bra was a Finnish band, formed in 1994 by Olli Virtaperko and Kerkko Koskinen and disbanded in 2001. Originally they formed for a political song contest, which the band won, and got some studio time to record a demo tape. On the tape performed, among others, Maija Vilkkumaa who later became a succesful solo artist. It was no one’s intention to create a band, but after winning the contest, some of the members decided to continue creating music together. Ultra Bra was a rather large band, consisting of three female (Terhi Kokkonen, Vuokko Hovatta and Anna Tulusto who left after ‘Kroketti’) and two male singers (Arto Talme and Olli Virtaperko), a pianist (Kerkko Koskinen), a drummer (Antti Lehtinen), a guitarist (Joel Melasniemi), a bass player (Tommi Saarikoski), a percussionist (Jan Pethman), a saxophonist (Marko Portin), a trombone player (Ilmari Pohjola) and a trumpet player (Kari Pelttari). Thus the band’s sound is quite massive at times, strings and choral parts also appearing in many songs. As years went by, the band’s sound evolved into a much more straight-forward rock sound, especially during Vesireittejä. Ultra Bra’s first release was a EP, called Houkutusten kiihottava maku (The Exciting Taste of Temptations), released in... Read More About Ultra Bra Biography... Send Ultra Bra ringtones to your cell |
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