Riff Raff - Dark Side

Riff Raff was a Finnish Heavy Metal band, formed in 1979 in Oulu. Bands first release was Gonna Make it Roll/ Jealous Woman single in 1981. The next year band released their another single "Robot Stud/ Dead on My Feet". Band's first release "No Law 'n Order" released either 1981 or 1982, was still very Hard Rock/ NWOBHM influenced. On their second album "Robot Stud", released later year 1982,the band had already found more firm Heavy metal sound. Between the second and third album, band released a single 7" EP "Dreaming/ I'll be Gone" .On their third and last album "Give the Dead Man Some Water", Kaija Koo, later a famous Finnish pop idol from early 90s, did backing vocals for some of the songs. Their newly-joined keyboardist, T.T Oksala also produced the album. He is nowadays a well-known producer in Finland.

This is from their third album "Give the Dead Man Some Water" of 1983

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[66Flux]

Back in 1983 this cover art caused a hard debate in Finland, concerning the violence in heavy metal cover art. There was even a rewiew of this record with no word of the music but of the shocking cover art!

[XysmicExecration]

@66Flux

Interesting. Back in those days Heavy metal really was a harsh, brute plow, ploughing the virginal fields of chaste Finnish disco-schlager and other non-offensive, tasteless plastic pop with it's bold thematical output. Thanked be Heavy metal, I avoided the fate of becoming one with the dull, gray mainstream.

[jezze65]

Tautisen kova! No kohta saa livenä tämänki nähä, 26v jäläkeen. 11.12.2009

[XysmicExecration]

Kuulemma. Pari viikkoa sitten kuulin kaverilta. OI SAAKELI VIEKÖÖN. On ollut kyllä OZ:in kanssa kovimpia suomalaisia metalliyhtyeitä aikoinaan. Hitto kun haluais itekkin nähdä. Saman kiertueen nään Pakkahuoneella, mutta ei valitettavasti ole Riff Raffia siellä lämppäämässä. Onko kyseessä vaan sellainen yhden keikan comeback ?

[Metalmania84]

Awesome tune, rocking! \m/

[JohnnyReborn665]

This song rocks \m/

All hail finnish metal!!!

[ekinokokki]

mahtavaa

[Tayro78]

great song!

greetings from switzerland ;)

[juguLAtoR01]

@2:12 _ GREAT RIFF!!

\m/

[imperialmetalfist13]

quality metal yet again

[savatagedude]

Metal as hell!

[timpska]

Tiukkaa settiä!

[kaupunkimoukari]

Kaija Koo kuuluu hienosti lopussa.

[someonewithballs]

sick man, i have these guys on my ipod. I never knew anyone had heard of them.