In the summer of
2007, 4 guys in the small municipality of Vörå in Finland
have had enough! The same monotonous music was playing over and over
again...
”What happened to rock? The real rock music that started it all, Rockabilly”
In the hood it
felt like somebody had parked the upright bass and thrown away the
keys. A similar bass was purchased in a hurry by Daniel (who had never
even touched one before doing so...) and so it began. Rehearsal began in
a garage and later moved on to a local club house. Old tunes and some
own material was laid down by 13 year old Jonas on guitar and his
father Kenneth on drums. Whichever guy who stood in front of the mic
(that hung from it's own cable from the ceiling), became the vocalist.
The motto was simple: If no one else is gonna do it, we're gonna do it
ourselves!
Said and done,
Danny & The Sirens was formed the same summer. The demand was out
there and the first gig took place at Vörå UF already on New
Years' Eve where we played 6 songs just to try our wings. Both we and
the audience were blown away and now things began to happen.
Next gig in April
the following year was held at the same venue where the audience
couldn't get enough. That same night we recorded a live demo and a
video. A local newspaper had heard about us and wrote an article about
the band.
In spring 2008 we decided to change the band's name to Danny T & The Sirens to incorporate Thomas who joined us late 2007.
The following
years the band did several gigs in the Pohjanmaa region of Finland both
on private parties and festivals. Wearing out people's dancing shoes
with rock'n'roll sure was fun! We also wrote more of our own material
and the idea of recording an album grew stronger.
So in 2010 we took
some time off from gigs in order to hit the studio where we recorded
our debut album "Ready, Set, GO!". To find the sound that we looked for
at that time, the record was carefully produced by ourselves with
little outside help. The record was released in 2011. With the record
in our pockets the band hit the road and did gigs on several places in
Finland and on the Åland Islands. Car meetings, weddings, private
parties and other events passed by.
In January 2012
Thomas decided to leave the band due to other projects. A new ”Mr
T”, Tobias Hanner, was assigned and the band continued in the
same direction; Forward!
When talking about
the band's name one may notice that it's a pun on the members real
names in true Rockabilly spirit. Upright bass player Daniel, guitarist
Tobias and father and son Sirén on drums and guitar of course
becomes Danny T & The Sirens. Everybody in the band does vocals.
During 2014
between gigs, we released a medley-single with a tribute to the late
great Eddie Cochran. New material was also in the making and another
record was planned.
The EP ”Hot
Rod Summer Nights” was born and the band upshifted another gear
within their own sound. The EP contained a cover of Black Keys' Lonely
Boy along with the own material. Now the band also found their way out
on Spotify and iTunes.
”Everybody
in the band have different influences from several different genres of
music and eras. Feedback is greatly appreciated and considered but when
the lines need to be written and the riffs have to be laid down, we
always do our own thing.”
On the other hand,
if we need to mention a few Rockabilly influences it would probably be
Carl Perkins, Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley and Stray Cats.
The band's first music video is a cover of
Bryan Adams' ”You Belong To Me”. The video was uploaded on
Youtube in 2016 and within 15 minutes somebody had told the man himself about
it. His message back was short and straight:
”Well done boys!”
Nowadays the band's summers are filled with gigs from Hankoo in the
south to Rovaniemi in the north of Finland. We have opened for bands
such as John Lindberg Trio and Top Cats and new collaborations are in
progress.
Also in progress is brand new Danny T & The Sirens material. The
single Caroline will be released in 2019 representing the band's new
sound. I can Rock'N'Roll with that!