POETS OF THE FALL


'Poets of the Fall' are an independent rock band from Helsinki, Finland that was founded by Marko Saaresto and Olli Tukiainen in 2003.[1] The members are Marko "Mark" Saaresto, (lead vocals/guitar), Olli "Ollie" Tukiainen (guitar), and Markus "Captain" Kaarlonen (producer/keyboards/programming); during concerts, they are accompanied by a bassist, (Jani), a guitarist (Jaska) and a drummer (Jari).[2]
The Poets released the singles ''Late Goodbye'' and ''Lift'' before releasing their full-length debut album ''Signs of Life'' in Finland. The album was certified gold after four months and has been certified platinum up until now. It rocketed the Finnish Top 40 chart, being number one in weeks 4[3] and 7[4] of 2005 and has spent there more than a year[5] (56 weeks[6]), which makes it one of the most successful albums in the history of Finnish music in terms of having self-produced and self-distributed albums.
The song ''Late Goodbye'' should be mentioned as the beginning of the band's popularity since it is featured in Max Payne 2 as the game's ending song, as well as a recurring theme in the game.[7] The second single, ''Lift'', is featured in the computer benchmarking program 3DMark05 by Futuremark which has close ties with Remedy Entertainment, the developers of Max Payne 2.
The band has won several awards which include the 2004 Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Award in the "Best Original Vocal Song – Pop" category for ''Late Goodbye'', "Best Finnish Newcomer" in YleX's "Best of 2004", "Finland's Mr. Pop 2005" for Marko Saaresto in Stara.fi competition, "Newcomer of '05" during Musiikki & Media Events, two Emma Awards for "Best Newcomer of the Year" and "Best Debut Album of the Year" and also the "Best Finnish Act" at 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards.
Poets of the Fall want to make their music available internationally. They performed live for the first time ever outside Finland in Berlin in their first German gig during Popkomm 2005 and they released ''Signs of Life'' in selected countries. The second album, Carnival of Rust, was released in Sweden in September 2006, in Australia, Russia and Ukraine in October 2006 and in Germany on April 20, 2007. Poets performed live in Sweden, Estonia and Russia at the end of 2006.[8] In March 2007 the band supported Sunrise Avenue on four gigs in Germany.[9]
The band is currently working on the third album which is supposed to be released in spring 2008 and is still performing at the Carnival of Rust tour until September 2007.[10]

Contents
Band history
The beginning (2003–2004)
World recognition (2005–present)
Discography
Albums
Singles
Videography
Awards and nominations
Awards
Nominations
External links
References

Band history


The beginning (2003–2004)

As stated above, Poets of the Fall began in 2003 with the collaboration of Mark and Ollie. After a small amount of time, Captain came aboard. This brought three different worlds together to form POTF: a rock singer, jazz guitarist, and an "industrial-machine-trance-man". The group has produced enough music to be released on several albums. Well over one hundred songs have been written, but only the selected few get released. This fact makes each album seem like a compilation, the albums contain no 'filler songs' like most other band's do.
''Late Goodbye'' single

In 2003, Sam Lake, a scriptwriter of Remedy Entertainment asked Mark to write a song for their upcoming game, Max Payne 2. When the game was released, interest in Poets skyrocketed all around the world. Shortly after, ''Late Goodbye'' won first place at the annual G.A.N.G. awards in San Jose, California. The ceremony was televised on MTV International and G4TV, but the Poets were unable to attend due to arrangements elsewhere.
Since then, ''Late Goodbye'' has spread worldwide on over two million sold copies of Max Payne 2. On June 30, 2004, the ''Late Goodbye'' single was released in Finland.[11] It contained many different variations of the title track (including the radio edit, album edition, unplugged edition, and piano instrumental), along with a bonus track called ''Everything Fades'' which can also be found on the band's award-winning debut album ''Signs of Life''.[12]
On June 28, 2007, it was announced that the song has been nominated by Helsingin Sanomat as "most beloved Finnish rock song".[13]
The Poets were also runner ups later in the year for a performance at the 2004 Athens Olympics, alongside the chosen artist, Björk.
Lift single

On September 9 2004, Poets' second single ''Lift'' was released,[14] continuing to stay true to the band's style. Just like ''Late Goodbye'', ''Lift'' too got a considerable amount of exposure as it appeared with Futuremark's computer benchmarking program, 3DMark05.[15] The software spread ''Lift'' around the world in over eleven million downloads.
The additional track that was included with the ''Lift'' single, ''The Beautiful Ones'' kept the band's poetic style. In all of their work, they have presented a sense of style that carries over into their albums.
Fans from all over the world log onto the Poets of the Fall website everyday. Most of them are from Finland, U.S.A., Germany, the UK, and other European countries.
POTF was voted as the fresh newcomer of the year 2004 in Finland. ''Lift'' won second place in the best song of the year category, Late Goodbye reached rank 7.
On December 18 2004, the Poets released a net download single entitled ''Maybe Tomorrow is a Better Day'' for about three weeks. After the song's release, the number of visitors of their website was over 20 times higher than on average days. It is still available for download at POTFmedia.com.
"''Maybe Tomorrow is a Better Day''..."
World recognition (2005–present)

''Signs of Life'' album

''Signs of Life'', the Poets' first album, had been sought after, receiving more preorders than what was expected. On January 17, 2005, it was announced that the album had been selected as the "Album of the Week" on the Finnish national radio channel YleX.[16] After being released on January 19, 2005,[17] it went up to number one in its first week on the official Finnish TOP 40album chart.[18] It was certified gold on May 24, 2005,[19] platinum on April 26, 2006.[20] and has spent 56 weeks on the list. This makes ''Signs of Life'' one of the most successful albums in Finland released in 2005.
Also included with the album is a link to a password-protected secret page on the website. On the page, a remixed version of ''Lift'' (entitled ''Dramadance Remix'') can be found along with several wallpapers from the album book artwork.
The album was awarded the Emma Award at the annual Emma gala for the "Best Debut Album of the Year 2005" and the band was awarded in the "Best Newcomer of the Year" category. An Emma Award is Finland's equivalent to a Grammy.
''Signs of Life'' has also been released in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Australia, New Zealand, Ukraine and South Africa.
On 13 August, 2005, POTF's second music video ''Lift''[21] was released for Finnish television airing. From this point forward, ''Signs of Life'' has been released on iTunes in the countries of Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.[22] It went straight to number one in the Finnish iTunes-charts.[23] On October 1, 2005, the ''Lift''-video was made available for online-viewing at the Poets' official website.[24] On January 19, 2006, POTF won at the NRJ radio awards. They were selected by voters as the "Best Finnish Breakthrough" .
''Carnival of Rust'' single

On February 9, 2006, POTF made an announcement of their upcoming single to be released on March 22, 2007. ''Carnival of Rust'' included two versions of the title track (a radio edit and album edition), along with an exclusive live recording of ''Don't Mess With Me''.[25] The live recording took place at Rockperry Festival, Vaasa, Finland on July 15 2005. The single was released in Germany on December 1, 2006.[26]
On March 12, 2006, the Poets' announced their tour dates of the "Carnival of Rust" tour. It was also brought to the fans' attention that their drummer, Tapio left the band to pursue his career in photography. Taking his place is Jari. They remain close to their former drummer and wish him the best of luck in his chosen career.[27]
On March 30, 2006, the ''Carnival of Rust'' music video was released for viewing on The Voice and MTV Finland.The director from ''Lift'', Tuomas "Stobe" Harju, continued to work with them for this project.[28]
The Poets' second album ''Carnival of Rust'' was released in Finland on April 12, 2006,[29] after being delayed from its original release date, April 5. The album includes 11 new songs, a remastered version of ''Maybe Tomorrow is a Better Day'', as well as the music video to the title track.
''Carnival of Rust'' album

The album went straight to the top on Finnish radio channel YleX due to fan votes[30] and was recognized as "Album of the Week"[31] after remaining number one for three weeks straight.
''Carnival of Rust'' followed in its predecessor's footsteps on April 19, 2007 when the Top40 show announced that the Poets would have two albums on their list. After a week on store shelves, the album went straight to number one on the Finnish charts.[32][33]
On May 10, 2006, ''Signs of Life'' was dropped from the Top40 list, where ''Carnival of Rust'' continued to reside on the higher end of the list. It was certified gold only three weeks after being released[34] and platinum on December 11, 2006.[35] The album has been released in Sweden on September 12, 2006[36] and Germany on April 20, 2007.[37]
On September 5, 2007 the Poets announced that their third, yet untitled, album is going to be released in 2008. [38]

Discography


Albums


Singles


'Other tracks'

★ ''Maybe Tomorrow Is A Better Day''
(Free download is available at POTFmedia.com)

Videography



★ 'Late Goodbye'

★ 'Lift'

★ 'Carnival of Rust'

★ 'Locking up the Sun'

Awards and nominations


Awards

YearAwardTitle
2004Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) AwardsBest Original Vocal Song – Pop (Late Goodbye)[43]
2004YleX's "Best of 2004"Best Finnish Newcomer[44]
2005IFPI FinlandGold Record (Signs of Life)
2005Musiikki & Media EventsNewcomer of '05[45]
2005Stara.fiMr. Pop 2005 (Marko Saaresto)[46][47]
2006NRJ Radio AwardsBest Finnish Breakthrough 2005[48]
2006Emma AwardsBest Newcomer of the year[49]
2006Emma AwardsBest Debut Album of the year (Signs of Life)
2006IFPI FinlandPlatinum Record (Signs of Life)
2006IFPI FinlandGold Record (Carnival of Rust)
2006MTV Europe Music AwardsBest Finnish Band[50]
2006IFPI FinlandPlatinum Record (Carnival of Rust)
2006The VoiceBest Music Video 2006 (Carnival of Rust)[51]
2006TV2's Musiikki-TVBest Finnish Music Video of All Times (Carnival of Rust)[52]
2007NRJ Radio Awards Best Finnish Band[53]
2007 Muuvi AwardsBronze Muuvi Award (Carnival of Rust)[54]
2007Muuvi AwardsMuuvi People's Choice Award (Carnival of Rust)

Nominations

YearAwardTitleRank
2004YleX's "Best of 2004"Best Finnish song (Lift)2nd
2004YleX's "Best of 2004"Best Finnish song (Late Goodbye)7th
2005Radio CityAlbum of the year (Signs of Life)7th[55]
2005The VoiceTop 105 (Lift)10th[56]
2006Stara.fiMr.Pop 2006 (Marko Saaresto)2nd[57]
2006The VoiceBest Music Video 2006 (Locking Up the Sun)12th
2007NRJ Radio AwardsBest Finnish Album (Carnival of Rust) -
2007NRJ Radio AwardsBest Nordic Band -[58]
2007Helsingin SanomatMost Beloved Finnish Rock Song (Late Goodbye) - [13]

External links



★ Official website (available in English, Finnish and German)

★ Official MySpace (contains four complete POTF-songs to listen to)

★ MySpace of the American Poets of the Fall-Street Team

★ MySpace of the Finnish Poets of the Fall-Street Team

★ MySpace of the Spanish Poets of the Fall-Street Team

★ German Poets of the Fall-Street Team

★ Russian fan website / also English version

★ Spanish fan website

★ Lyrics

★ Poets of the Fall Media

★ Music Samples

★ Finnbands.com-Interview

References


1. About Poets ''http://www.poetsofthefall.com/aboutpoets''
2. 2006 Tour Memories ''http://www.poetsofthefall.com''
3. Finnish Charts: Albums – 04/2005
4. Finnish Charts: Albums – 07/2005
5. Signs of Life one year in Top 40 ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', April 5, 2006
6. www.finnishcharts.com – Poets of the Fall – Signs of Life (album)
7. Poets song "Late Goodbye" appears in Max Payne 2 ''"Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', October 23,2003
8. Poets of the Fall – Tourdates - 2006
9. POTF to play four gigs in Germany ''"Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', March 7, 2007
10. Poets of the Fall – Tourdates
11. Sorry Go 'Round single out now! ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', August 16, 2006
12. Poets of the Fall – Discography
13. Vote to make a difference ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', June 28, 2007
14. "Lift" single OUT NOW! ''"Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', September 9, 2004
15. POTF's music featured in 3DMark05 ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', September 29, 2004
16. SOL is the Album of the Week on YleX ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', January 17, 2005
17. Signs of Life OUT NOW! ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', January 19, 2005
18. Signs of Life straight to #1 ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', January 29, 2005
19. Signs of Life sells gold in Finland ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', May 24, 2005
20. Signs of Life sells platinum ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', April 26, 2006
21. Lift video released ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', August 13, 2005
22. Signs of Life released on iTunes ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', August 30, 2005
23. Signs of Life #1 on iTunes ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', September 2, 2005
24. Watch Lift online ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', October 1, 2005
25. New single in stores soon ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', February 9, 2006
26. Carnival of Rust single out now in Germany ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', December 1, 2006
27. First Carnival of Rust Tour dates announced ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', March 12, 2006
28. Carnival of Rust video released ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', April 3, 2006
29. Carnival of Rust album OUT NOW ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', April 12, 2006
30. Carnival of Rust straight to #1 on YleX's Most Wanted ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', March 18, 2006
31. Carnival of Rust is Album of the Week on YleX ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', April 3, 2006
32. Carnival of Rust straight to #1 ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', April 19, 2006
33. Finnish Charts: Albums – 16/2006
34. Carnival of Rust sells gold ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', May 24, 2006
35. Carnival of Rust sells platinum ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', December 11, 2006
36. Carnival of Rust out now in Sweden ''http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', September 12, 2006
37. "Carnival of Rust"-album: German Amazon article
38. Recording of new album starts ''http://myspace.com/poetsofthefall'', September 5, 2007
39. Carnival of Rust released in Australia, Russia and Ukraine ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', October 6, 2006
40. Carnival of Rust single out now ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', March 22, 2006
41. Sorry Go 'Round single out now! ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', August 16, 2006
42. Locking Up the Sun single out now ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', November 29, 2006
43. Poets Of The Fall wins at G.A.N.G. Awards ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', March 29, 2004
44. POTF is the Best Newcomer of 2004 ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', January 1, 2005
45. POTF wins the Newcomer of '05 Award ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', October 25, 2005
46. Poets Mark is Mr. Pop 2005 ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', November 1, 2005
47. Stara.fi – Mr Pop 2005 voting results
48. POTF wins @ NRJ Radio Awards ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', January 19, 2006
49. POTF wins two Emma Awards ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', March 4, 2006
50. Poets of the Fall win at MTV Europe Music Awards ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', November 2, 2006
51. Carnival of Rust is the best video of the year on The Voice ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', December 31, 2006
52. Carnival of Rust is the best Finnish music video of all time ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', December 30, 2006
53. Poets of the Fall are the Best Finnish Band at NRJ Radio Awards 2007 ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', January 20, 2007
54. Poets of the Fall win two Muuvi awards ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', May 5, 2007
55. Vote for SoL as the Album of the Year ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', November 14, 2005
56. Vote for Poets in The Voice's Top 105 ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', December 11, 2005
57. Stara.fi Mr.Pop 2006 voting results
58. Vote for Poets in NRJ Radio Awards 2007 ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', December 16,2006
59. Vote to make a difference ''Http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', June 28, 2007


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