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Riot Club
Riot Club is a four-piece rock/grunge/alternative band from Tampere, Finland. The band took its current form in Pispala in January 2012 and has since been very active doing concerts and making new music.

Birth story
Riot Club took its first steps in 2010 when Janne, Taneli and Timka decided to put up a band with singer Jukka Yrjölä. First rehearsals were mostly cover songs but soon some new and original material begun to emerge from jam sessions held between playing cover songs. Making own material instead of playing covers was inevitable. After about six months of rehearsing the musicians decided to name the band Riot Club and the legend was to be born. In July 2011 Riot Club made its way the final of a band contest held in Jack The Rooster, got some attention and started doing gigs more frequently. A couple of demos were also recorded in the rehearsal

Reforming
After getting some notion of decent song material, astonishing playing skills and exploding live energy Riot Club got more hungry and went on to do as much gigs as possible. This soon led to the situation with schedule disagreements within the band. Jukka Yrjölä left Riot Club in good spirit and Jussi Vehman was found to replace him in January 2012. With the new lineup Riot Club immediately made some new material and recorded a 4-song EP. With all the new material and eagerness to spread out the Riot, the band was doing somewhat 40 gigs a year in Finland. A new EP called Feedback was also recorded in summer 2012.

European tour 2013
Riot Club achieved a piece of it's dream in April 2013 when it a chance to tour Europe with two other bands Manzana and Hayley's Royal Whores for three weeks. According to the musicians, the tour was exhausting, stimulant-oriented, nonprofiting and a lot of fun. After the tour none of the band member has been the same since.

Present situation
Nowadays Riot Club has been recording new material and a single with a music video is rumoured to come out in the end of 2013. Band is also doing gigs frequently, spreading the Riot and waiting for the right moment to conquer the world of good music.

Finnish Rock/Metal Tour V (2013) dates and venues

 * 26.04. Schwartchenbeck / Germany
 * 27.04. Garcia Lorga / Brussels, Belgium
 * 29.04. Mukkes / Leeuwarden, Netherlands
 * 30.04. Le Moko / Lyon, France
 * 01.05. Thunderbird Lounge / St. Etienne, France
 * 02.05. Star Club / Uster, Switzerland
 * 03.05 ArtKlub / Trnava, Slovakia
 * 04.05 U Ocka / Bratislava, Slovakia
 * 05.05 Brooklyn / Brno, Chech Rebublic
 * 06.05 Modra Vopice / Prague, Chech Rebublic
 * 07.05 Club U Bazyla / Poznan, Poland
 * 08.05 Alaus Namai / Vilnius, Lithuania
 * 09.05 Roxy Club / Klaipeda, Lithuania
 * 10.05 Fontaine Palace / Liepaja, Latvia
 * 11.05. Club Juudas / Törva, Estonia

Discography

 * s/t EP (2011)
 * Vigilance (single) (2012)
 * Feedback EP (2012)

Links
Riot Club website Riot Club Facebook