2008-05-12. Again going back to the roots 🙂 joined Solid Faces with my Hammond organ and the goal to make the band more than a garage band.
Solid Faces lineup (2008) left to right: Henric Blomqvist, Sven Wannäs, Marko Kangas, Roger Snellman, Anders Thors.
Solid Faces a tribute/cover band that performs with Classic Hard Rock song from great bands like Deep Purple, Rainbow and Whitesnake.
More about Solid Faces at www.solid-faces.com
Solid Faces 2008-present (Jakobstad/Pietarsaari, Finland)
Solid Faces a Deep Purple, Rainbow, Whitesnake tribute band.
Solid Faces performs with classic Hard Rock covers from the bands Deep Purple, Rainbow, Whitesnake as the main theme.
The band was founded around January 2006 with a different mixture of band members.
From year 2008 Solid Faces consist of five musicians and started to focus on the Deep Purple family tree. A change in lead vocals was done in July 2010.
Year 2013 Solid Faces released their first full length album A Tribute to Classic Rock.
Lineup 2008-2010
Henric Blomqvist, guitar
Marko Kangas, vocals
Roger Snellman, drums
Anders Thors, bass
Sven Wannäs, Hammond & analog synth
Lineup 2010-present
Henric Blomqvist, guitar
Johan Mattjus, vocals
Roger Snellman, drums
Anders Thors, bass
Sven Wannäs, Hammond & analog synth
Solid Faces is also a member of Perfect Strangers of Finland.
Perfect Strangers of Finland (PSOF ry) is the official Finnish Deep Purple appreciation society, approved by Deep Purple and their Management Thames Talent Ltd.
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For more detailed info please visit the bands official web site at www.solid-faces.com
Fireball 1999-2000 (Jakobstad/Pietarsaari, Finland)
Fireball was a tribute band playing only Deep Purple covers. No records where released the band did only live gigs. At some point there was a change of drummer when Sam moved to another part of country for music studies. The band finally ended after Zacharias moved to Sweden for music studies and Dan moved to another part of the country. The band has no known official website, also no bootleg live recordings and pictures of the band have been found.
Lineup mk I
Johan Mattjus, vocals
Göran Fellman, guitar
Sven Wannäs, hammond
Dan Rönnbacka, bass
Sam Fröjdö, drums
Lineup mk II
Johan Mattjus, vocals
Göran Fellman, guitar
Sven Wannäs, hammond
Dan Rönnbacka, bass
Zacharias “Zakki” Ahlvik, drums
