22-Pistepirkko

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22-Pistepirkko
22-Pistepirkko performing in 2022
Background information
Also known as	The Others 22PP
Origin	Utajärvi, Finland
Genres	Indie rock, indie pop, garage rock, neo-psychedelia
Years active	1980–2015, 2022–2024
Labels	Bone Voyage Recording Company
Members	P-K Keränen Espe Haverinen Asko Keränen
Website	22-pistepirkko.fi

22-Pistepirkko (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkɑkskytkɑks ˈpistepːirkːo]) was a Finnish indie rock band formed in 1980. It was formed in a small rural village of Utajärvi in Northern Finland but moved to Helsinki, the capital of Finland, in 1985. The band now produces music in English, though at first their main language was Finnish.

Their early albums were inspired by rock and roll and underground icons like Bo Diddley and The Sonics, but they have developed their unique sound by adding other influences to their music. Today they play an unconventional but distinctive mixture of pop, punk, rock and electronica, and achieved this fusion before artists such as Primal Scream or Beck popularized this kind of sound.

During 22-Pistepirkko's 2001 European tour, director Andreas Haaning Christiansen traveled with the band and shot a documentary, Sleep good, rock well, which was released on DVD in 2005.

The band broke up in 2015^[1] but later got back together, and released a new album in 2022, called Kind Hearts Have a Run Run. They played their last concerts in summer 2024.^[2]