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fINNISH sCENE-HISTORY, 1986 TO 1991
1996 COMMENT BY gRENDEL: tHIS ARTICLE IS WRITTEN SOMETIME IN 1991,
AND IT SHOWS HOW TIMES WERE BACK THEN. i DON'T ANYMORE AGREE
WITH EVERYTHING i SAID HERE, BUT FOR HISTORICAL REASONS THE ARTICLE
IS LEFT COMPLETELY UNCHANGED.
tODAYS fINLAND IS QUITE WELL KNOWN FOR ITS GROUPS, OR GROUPS WITH DIVISIONS
IN fINLAND, LIKE sCOOPEX, fRANTIC, iMAGE & MANY OTHERS; BIGGER AND SMALLER.
bUT WHAT ABOUT THE YESTERDAY'S GROUPS? wHAT ABOUT THOSE GROUPS WHO HAVE built
THE CURRENT SCENE? mANY CURRENT FREAKS HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THE OLD fINNISH
GROUPS OR THEIR DOINGS.tHIS IS A STORY ABOUT THEM AND STARTING FROM THE
BEGINNING, FROM THE 64-TIMES.
tHE fINNISH SCENE STARTED TO SHAPE DURING THE YEAR 1987. aT THAT YEAR THE
EXISTING, SMALL AT THAT TIME, GROUPS STARTED TO FIND ABOUT EACH OTHER. oF
COURSE THERE HAD BEEN GROUPS BEFORE, NAMES LIKE pURE-bYTE AND 777-tEAM
SHOULD DROP A TEAR FROM EVERY OLD FREAK WHO'S BEEN AROUND. tHEY WERE THE first
fINNISH GROUPS TO EVER GET FAME AND RISE TO WORLD-FAME. pURE-bYTE'S STAR WAS
yIP, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS jORI oLKKONEN, WHO CODED sCROLLMACHINE, LEGENDARY DEMO
WHICH ACHIEVED ENORMOUS SUCCESS. lATER CAME tHE dUNGEON,WHICH AMAZED EVEN MORE
WITH ITS BRILLIANT CODE. 777-tEAM ROSE AS WELL HIGH, EVEN THOUGH i DON'T KNOW
HOW AS i DIDN'T SEE MUCH OF THEIR DOINGS. aNYWAY THEY WERE FIRST fINNISH
eLITE aMIGA-GROUP.
bACK TO '87. tHERE WAS A LOT OF SINGLE GUYS, AND SMALL GROUPS WHO WERE NOW,
WITHOUT KNOWING, FORMING THE "SCENE". a LI'L
GROUP OF FRIENDS WHO FORMED INSIDE RING "ELITES" OF fINNISH GROUPS. mANY HAD
BEEN AROUND ALREADY FROM '86, ALTHOUGH WERE JUST BEGINNING. tHE STAR-GROUPS OF
'87 WERE: 64: bYTERAPERS, sTACK, z-cIRCLE, dIGITIZE dESIGN gROUP, AND fINNISH
gOLD; ON THE aMIGA: x-mEN, fINNISH gOLD, 777-tEAM.
x-mEN WERE TO BECOME THE 2ND aMIGA-GROUP RISING INTO WORLD'S EYES, AND
THE TOOL INTO FAME WAS "dIGISOURCES 1&2". bY THAT TIME'S STANDARD'S THEY
WERE EXTREMERELY USEFUL: DISKS WITH USEFUL SAMPLES FOR YOUR SONGS!
sTACK WAS THAT TIME'S CRAZY PARTY-PARTA-GROUP. fAST 64-CRACKING AND
EVEN (AT LEAST) one DEMO FROM zADOS. zADOS WAS, IS, THE CRAZY HERE WITH
MYSELF IN THOSE DAYS PARTIES, DRINKING TOGETHER UNDER TABLE, CRAZY
TALK&PARTYHABITS AND OUTFITS...
bYTERAPERS HAD BEEN GROWING FAST, AT WORST TIMES THERE WERE 50 MEMBERS,
BUT LATER IT WAS DROPPED TO SANE NUMBERS. tHE STAR OF (b) WAS kASPER,
tHE lORD OF THE kEYBOARD, CODE-WIZARD. mAGIC BUT DEAD LAZY CODER, WHO
CRACKED ABOUT 300 GAMES DURING HIS LAZY CAREER. sOME CRACKS WERE SPREAD
VERY WELL, AS WELL AS SOME DEMOS, SO (b) STARTED TO GAIN SAME FAME.
z-cIRCLE WAS A SMALL BUNCH OF 4 OR 5 GUYS DOING A DEMO WHEN THEY CARED.
wITHOUT EXCEPTION, THEY ALL WERE VERY GOOD CODERS AND PUT OUT VERY GOOD
DEMOS. eSPECIALLY tms AND wALLIE DESERVE A SPECIAL MENTION FOR BUILDING
THE SCENE. lATER THEY DISAPPEARED OF LAZYNESS, BUT WERE FOR SOME TIME
HIGH ON DEMOCHARTS.
fINNISH gOLD IS THE BEST DEMOGROUP EVER ON 64 IN fINLAND. tHE fINLAND
cRACKING sERVICE (fcs) WAS LONG A LONER DOING DEMOS BY HIMSELF, AND
CODING FOR oMEGA tEAM (LATER KNOWN AS fINNISH gOLD). tHEN HE JOINED fig,
AND STARTED ONE OF THE BRIGHEST STARS EVER. iN THE VERY END fig WAS A
MEMBER OF THE LEGENDARY tau, tHE aUSTRIAN uNION AND MADE FOR THEM ONE
OF THE BEST DEMOS ON 64 SINCE THAT DATE. lATER THEY LEFT tau, AS WELL AS
tju AND CREATED fig'S FAME ON THEIR OWN. i COULD YET MENTION
"v-cRACKINGS iNC.", WHICH STOOD FOR ANOTHER fINNISH LEGEND NAMED moku,
LATER BEING AT fig AND FOUNDER OF aCCESSION IN 88.
mANY SMALLER GROUPS WERE ALSO FORMED AT THAT TIME, BUT PROBABLY THE ONLY
ONE ALIVE IS wIZZCAT, BORN AT END OF 87.
tHE FEW GROUPS ALIVE FROM THOSE TIMES ARE bYTERAPERS, BEING THE OLDEST
ACTIVE GROUP IN fINLAND NOW (1986-91); ddg, WHO EXIST BUT ARE VERY DEAD;
fig, THE SAME AS ddg. tHAT TIME EXISTED ALSO A SMALL, FUNNY GROUP
wABO-sOFT. iT CONSISTED OF ONE, SMALL UNKNOWN GUY WITH BIG MOUTH
NAMED rEWARD + ONE OTHER GUY. lATER rEWARD FOUND iMMORTAL iCARUS
iMPERIUM, MOVED TO pOWERSLAVES AND FINALLY STORMED sCOOPEX.
yEAR CHANGED. aT NEWYEAR 87/88 IS THE FIRST fINNISH PARTY, KEPT BY
THE tju, tHE jEZEBELS uNION. aT THE PARTY xyz-sOFT CODED THE FIRST
fINNISH aMIGA-DEMO EVER. tju WAS SOMETHING WE COULD ONLY DREAM TODAY:
ALL fINNISH GROUPS IN ONE uNION. lATER WHEN tju SPLITTED, THE PARTY
STARTED BEING CALLED fINNISH gOLD PARTY. tHERE WAS THE whole CURRENT
SCENE, ALL 40 GUYS! tHE jEZEBELS WAS A BIG THING TO BE, BUT
UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS KILLED: fINNISH gOLD WAS THE 1ST GROUP TO LEAVE
IT, SAYING THEY DIDN'T NEED IT. nO-ONE NEEDED IT, BUT IT WAS A GOOD
THING TO BE. x-mEN FOLLOWED, AND SO THE ELITEGROUPS SLOWLY LEFT tju.
aT THESE TIMES STARTED A COMPETITION BETWEEN bYTERAPERS AND fINNISH
gOLD ABOUT THE LEADING PLACE IN fINLAND. iN '87 THERE HAD BEEN A SAME
KIND OF COMPO BETWEEN (b) AND sTACK, BUT sTACK LOST GROUND WITH
MOVING TO aMIGA AND LAZYNESS. nOW WAS STARTING A MUCH LONGER AND BITTER
COMPETITION. aFTERWARDS THINKING, NEITHER GROUP COULD WIN, AS BOTH
HAD CONCENTRATED ON DIFFERENT AREAS: fINNISH gOLD WERE DEMOMAKERS, WHILE
(b) WERE CRACKERS AND SPREADERS. aNYWAY, FOR SOME TIME A HIDDEN war WAS
GOING ON BETWEEN GROUPS, WHILE OTHER GROUPS WERE KEEPING OUT OF WAY OF
THE STRUGGLING 64-GIANTS.
aLSO A MUCH SMALLER WAR BETWEEN (b) AND zodux TOOK PLACE. zODUX WAS A
SMALL GROUP WHICH SUDDENLY DECLARED TO BE THE no:1! iN VERY SHORT BUT
INTENSE WAR zODUX DISBANDED THEMSELVES, AND CAME OUT AS EXACTLY SAME
GROUP BUT WITH NAME: beyond force! zODUX WERE ULTRA-LAMERS, AND AT FIRST
bEYOND WAS TOO, NO WONDER AS THEY WERE JUST THE SAME GROUPS. lATER
bEYOND fORCE ROSE HIGH ON CODING, AS THEY GOT sOLOMON, A CODER ALMOST
AS GOOD AS fcs. aNYWAY THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN (b) AND fig CONTINUED
UNCHANGED UNTIL 1989. bOTH GROUPS CLAIMED TO BE NO:1. bOTH GOT BETTER
ALL THE TIME,fig MADE BETTER DEMOS WHILE (b) CRACKED FASTER AND MORE
THAN ANY OTHER fINNISH GROUP. bOTH WERE TOPS ON THEIR OWN AREA. sOME
DEMOS LIKE iCE-cOLD, 7 ON tHE tOP AND ALL THOSE REST BRILLIANT ONES WITH
fcs' CODE AND rOCK'S MUSICS WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED. tHEN fcs WENT TO
THE ARMY, AND SO fINNISH gOLD FADED FROM THE SCENE. tHEY STILL EXIST
TODAY, BUT DO NOTHING.
aT '88 THE SCENE REALLY WENT ON. gROUPS CAME. gROUPS WENT. pARTIES. ddg'S
dIGIPARTY'88. bYTERAPERS pARTY. mOKU FORMED aCCESSION FROM fig'S aMIGA-SIDE
AND tHE dESTROYER tEAM. sOMEONE CALLED zEBRA ROSE HIGH. sTACK GAINED
STRANGE FAME AS PARTYANIMALS (KETCHUP RULES). hACK-mAN CAME INTO LIGHT
IN fus AND LATER FOUND dEATHSTAR. yES, IT WAS COOL! tHE rULERS oF
fINLAND-CLAIMED. eRM. hOFFI HAD FOUNDED htg (hACKER tRICK gROUP) BEFORE,
BUT LEFT IT AND JOINED dEATHSTAR. hE WAS LATER KICKED OUT WITH tHE
wICKED AND WENT ON FOUNDING bloodsuckers! lATER HE JOINED (b) AT
rOCKSTAR'S BIRTHDAY- PARTY, AND WENT AFTER SOME TIME BACK TO bs. wEST
rUSSIAN bAD bOYS RULED! gROUP WHICH'S LEADER cOMMUNIST cOWBOY BOASTED
THEY COLLECT ALL fINNISH LAMERS. vODKA, sAMOVAR, lENIN, DA! lATER THIS
PHENOMENA DIED, AS cc ALSO WENT TO bs. wrbb AND sTACK/x-mEN WERE ON
SAME LINE - eASTERN pOWER, OUR FATHER lENIN RULES, DA! sOMETIME LATER
sTACK AND x-mEN WENT INTO COOPERATION, AND AFTER A LONG TIME A SHOCK CAME:
sTACK MELTS INTO x-mEN AND CEASES TO EXIST. bYTERAPERS & tEAM-x COOPERATED,
AND GREW TO TOP 3 fINNISH aMIGA-GROUPS.
a LOT OF SMALL GROUPS EXISTED. pEOPLE LIKE a.c sOFTWARE, f.s.d., hjjr,
sWAP AND bEAGLE bOYS, WHO PRESENTED THE TYPICAL PEOPLE AROUND. oR
mjm-sERVICE, WHO LATER WENT ON FOUNDING bROWBEAT, ANOTHER FAMOUS
64-GROUP. fig MADE AMAZING 64-DEMOS.(b) CRACKED MORE AND MORE, AND
GAINED STATUS AS A CRACKING CREW. tEAM-x WAS HIGH ON aMIGA AND WENT
INTO COOPERATION WITH (b). lATER THE COOP SPLITTED, BUT FOR SOME TIME
THE (b)+tEAM-x-COOP WAS VERY POWERFUL. mIRAGE iNTL. ROSE INTO SIGHTS,
AND WAS EVERYONE'S FUN. eVERYONE'S FAVOURITE LAMERS, MAKING WAR WITH
OTHERS. tHEY ALSO RELEASED DISKMAG c.o.w., WHICH STILL IS UNIQUE. pURE
PARODY, AT LEAST 4 ISSUES WERE MADE. tHEY ACHIEVED TO REACH "sIMO-PRICE OF
THE MONTH" AT sKANDINAVIAN nEWS 8 FOR BEING THE LAMEST GROUP OF THE MONTH.
nEAR tAMPERE nEUTRAL zONE cRACKERS AFFECTED WITH UNBELIEVABLE DIGI-DISKS
ETC.
cAME 1989. nOW IT WAS REAL. fINLAND HAD ALL THE POSSIBILITIES, BUT ONE
BIG PROBLEM THERE STILL WAS: MAIL'S SLOWNESS. mODEMS WEREN'T YET A
REALITY FOR fINNISH SWAPPERS, AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO BE A FAST SWAPPER
WITH FOREIGN CONTACTS. sOME GROUPS ANYWAY DID IT, AND MANY OTHER GROUPS
FINALLY MADE QUALITY DEMOS - fig'S WAS NOT ALONE. tHAT YEAR THE fINNISH
BREAKTHROUGH HAPPENED.
64-GROUPS LIKE fINNISH gOLD AND bEYOND fORCE WERE RELEASING BRILLIANT
DEMOS. bYTERAPERS ACHIEVED POSITION 9 ON WORLD'S 64-CRACKERCHARTS AND
REACHED tOP 5 ON fINNISH aMIGA-CHARTS. dEATHSTAR RELESED THE FIRST fINNISH
MEGADEMO, WHICH ONLY FEW MONTHS AGO REACHED cRUSADERS eUROCHART TOP 20.
fREEDOM fORCE FOLLOWED SOON WITH THEIR MEGADEMO, BUT IT DIDN'T REACH THE
SAME QUALITY. ff GAINED STATUS WITH lUCIFER'S DEMOS, AND pHALANX
RELEASED THEIR LEGENDARY VECTOR-DEMO (CODED BY tAI-pAN), WHICH STILL IS
FAR BETTER THAN MOST CURRENT FILLED-VECTOR DEMOS. iT HAD idea AND
humour. oNE COULD LAUGH WATCHING IT, WHICH CAN'T BE SAID WITH THESE
FAST'N BEAUTIFUL FILLED DEMOS TODAY. oVERLOAD APPEARED, AND COOPERATED
WITH pHALANX, AND ARRANGED THE FIASCO lAHTI-PARTY. lATER JOINED EACH
OTHER, AND BECAME cOMPLEX. sTRANGE GROUP CALLED x-bEAT WAS BORN, AS
iRWIN BEING FOUNDER. tHAT WAS REALLY STRANGE GROUP, FIRST ONLY
PARTYBOOZERS BUT LATER EVEN SOME REAL WORKING. tHAT TIME'S TOP-BOOZERS
WERE zADOS/sTACK, iRWIN/ x-bEAT AND gRENDEL/(b). sOME SMALL GROUPS OF
THE TIME WERE FOR EXAMPLE fIRST wAVE AND mICROWAVE.
aCCESSION RELEASED MAGAZINE sKANDINAVIAN nEWS, WHICH CHALLENGED
cRACKER jOURNAL VERY HARD FOR THE BEST MAG'S POSITION. tHEY WERE HAVING
VERY GOOD TIME OVERALL. mORE AND MORE HAPPENED. aXION 1999 FIRST
BOASTED, AND THEN GOT FUCKED BY ALL fINNISH GROUPS. sAMPOX THE LAME
NOTICED NOTHING AND CONTINUED LAMING (HE EVEN bought STUFF FROM THE
WRITER). dESTINY WERE FIRST DOWN, BUT LATER ROSE REALLY HIGH AS SWAPPERS
AND WERE SUCKED INTO dEATHSTAR. cLONES SAW THE LIGHT, BEING QUITE OK.
eVEN wALKMAN OF it WAS FOR SOME TIME IN bYTERAPERS. aT BEGINNING OF '89
bYTERAPERS ANNOUNCED THE FIRST aMIGA-PRODUCTS, AND STARTED THE mUZZAX
SERIES. tHE aCTION fORCE LEFT (b) AND FOUNDED iNDEX. iNDEX WAS VERY
SHORT LIVED, SOON JOINED pHALANX. tHE 64-GUYS FORMED cONTEX, WHICH WAS
TO BECOME A BRIGHT STAR ON THE 64-SKY. tHEY SOON JOINED THE RANKS OF
fINNISH ELITE-CODERS, AND FILLED THE EMPTY SLOT LEFT BY fINNISH gOLD,
AS BOTH rOCK (sKANDINAVIAN'S 2ND BEST MUSICIAN) AND fcs (BEST 64 CODER
IN fINLAND) WERE IN ARMY.
bYTERAPERS QUIT THE WHOLE 64-SECTION AT ONCE, AND eXTASY WAS FOUND,
MAIN MEMBERS BEING EX-'RAPERS rOCKSTAR AND sERVANT. tHEY CONTINUED THE
CRACKING (b) HAD STARTED, AND ROSE REALLY HIGH. aNOTHER GREAT WAR OF
1989 HAPPENED BETWEEN bLOODSUCKERS VS fINNISH GROUPS. bs HAD BEEN
TEASING fINNISH GROUPS ALREADY, BUT THEN CAME THE FINAL BIT. i AND
sCY & tHE wICKED OF bLOODSUCKERS WERE AT sILENTS-PARTY AT sWEDEN AND
RELEASED A SMALL INTRO THERE. iN THE INTRO WE TOGETHER FUCKED ALL
fINNISH GROUPS AND WROTE AWFUL SHIT ABOUT EVERYONE. "wE MADE THIS INTRO
JUST TO SEND LOTS OF FUCKS". sUDDENLY, NO-ONE REALIZED IT WAS JOKE, TOOK
EVERYTHING LITERALLY AND STARTED A WAR AGAINST bs. wHAT'S MOST
INTERESTING, NO-ONE BATTLED AGAINST bYTERAPERS - EVEN WHEN THE INTRO WAS
bs & (b) COOPERATION PRODUCTS AND i HAD BEEN WRITING THE TEXTS AS WELL. bs
ALMOST DISAPPEARED BY THE TIME, BUT DID NOT DIE AND ARE NOW HIGH AGAIN. bUT
IT'S VERY FUNNY TO SEE WHAT one small intro, WITH LOGO,MUSIC AND SCROLL CAN
DO. aLSO FUNNY WAS HOW ALMOST all fINNISH GROUPS UNITED AGAINST bs BUT
ACHIEVED NOTHING ELSE BUT SOME MONTHS SILENCE.
1990. aLMOST WHAT WE SEE TODAY.
cONTEX DIED, AND fINNISH GUYS FORMED aRTLINE dESIGNS, LEGAL GROUP. bEYOND
fORCE ROSE HIGH AGAIN, AS sOLOMON HAD BEEN IN THE ARMY AND DURING IT bf
WERE QUITE DOWN. sINCE RETURNING, THEY HAD BEEN DOING GOOD WORK ON 64,
AND WERE THE NO:2 AFTER eXTASY. mANY aMIGA-GROUPS WERE SEEN. cAVE,
aMAZE, mIDNIGHTSUN ETC. sCOOPEX'S fINNISH GUYS RELEASED DEMOS LIKE
7 sINS AND mENTAL hANGOVER, AND GAINED ETERNAL FAME (HAPPY TO BE
FAMOUS, YES sPRAYER & zEBI?). sKANDINAVIAN nEWS 10 WAS RELESED, AND NO
MORE CAME. wITH sn'S DEATH, aCCESSION FELL INTO DEEP CHASM AND HAVEN'T
YET GOT UP. gROUP IS ALIVE, ALL OLD MEMBERS ARE THERE STILL AND THEY
HAVE MANAGED TO RELEASED SOMETHING, BUT NOTHING TO COMPARE TO 88/89
WHEN THEY WERE IN BIZ.
jUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS bYTERAPERS DID A DESPARATE ATTEMPT TO CLIMB OUT
OF GRAVE, AND ALMOST DID IT. rEALLY MUCH WAS GOING ON, BUT WHEN gRENDEL
LEFT TO THE ARMY, THE NEW LEADERS RUINED HIS WHOLE WORK AND (b) ALMOST
DIED. gRENDEL HOWEVER RETURNED AFTER 2 MONTHS OF ARMY, AND SAVED THE
GROUP FROM DEATH.
1991. tODAY. tHERE IS MORE PEOPLE, MORE GROUPS THAN EVER. bUT THE REAL
TOP IS VERY SMALL, AS BIG GROUPS HAVE SWALLOWED THE BEST SINGLE GUYS OF
MOST SMALL GROUPS. tHE BEST CURRENT 64-CREWS SEEM TO BE vICTIMS
(EX-eXTASY = rOCKSTAR & sERVANT) AND dEAD sECTOR. bEYOND fORCE IS
MOVING COMPLETELY TO aMIGA, THEY HAVE SLOWLY BEEN RELEASING SOME DEMOS
& EVEN A REALLY BRILLIANT AND WARMLY WELCOMED MUSICDISK.
tHE aMIGA-SIDE IS KNOWN BY MOST, BUT LET'S HAVE A REPEAT. tHE TOP
GROUPS OF DATE ARE sCOOPEX (SILENT, RUMOURS TELLING ABOUT NEW DEMO
COMING BUT WHO KNOWS? zEBRA BUILT A bbs CALLED zOO), iMAGE (SILENT
TOO, HAVE A GOOD bbs AND TALENTED MEMBERS IF THEY JUST COULD DO
SOMETHING. aS A CHANCE, iMAGE WENT AND WON THE 1ST PRICE AT
aNARCHY-PARTY MUSIC COMPO. sTRANGER THE jARNIS bbsMAN IS GETTING VERY
RICH BY SELLING CHEAP HARDWARE), vERTIGO (MADE A DEMO WHEN CARED, BUT
USUALLY WITH GOOD QUALITY. tHE fILL'EM aLL INCLUDED HUMOUR SO RARE
TODAY, ALSO HAVE A GOOD bbs), bLOODSUCKERS (VERY LAZY, ONE OF THE old
eLITE-GROUPS, hOFFI-LAARDIMAN KEEPS HIS bbs tHUNDERSTRUCK WHICH IS SICK,
AS THE GROUP OVERALL IS. mOSTLY A PARTYGROUP TODAY, BUT WHO KNOWS?.
tHEY'RE ORGANIZING A PARTY AT jULY WITH sCOOPEX AND bYTERAPERS), fRANTIC
(GOT FAMOUS WITH THEIR FEW BUT GOOD DEMOS, AND KEEP RIDING WITH RUMOURS
ABOUT THE COMING OF A REALLY cool DEMO. hOPE THEY WON'T DISAPPOINT US
WITH FAST ROUTINES WITH NO idea AT ALL), bYTERAPERS (ANOTHER old
eLITE-GROUP, VERY SILENT FROM jANUARY, BECAUSE THEY ALMOST DIED. nOW
BACK AGAIN WITH FORTHCOMING PRODUCTS. oLDEST fINNISH GROUP ALIVE, ALSO
MOST FAMOUS fINNISH PARTY-ARRANGER GROUP - YEARLY SINCE 88), cOMPLEX
(ANOTHER old ELITE-GROUP, WERE SILENT AS DEATH FOR A LONG TIME, BUT
LATELY BEGUN TAKING NEW MEMBERS AND RISING. mANAGED TO RELEASE AFTER A
looong PAUSE A NEW ISSUE OF THEIR maggy-MAG, ISSUE 9, BUT MAG HAD LOST
MUCH OF ITS QUALITY. aS A FUNNY THING THEY THREW THE CODER OF MAG,
pYTHON, OUT OF GROUP IMMEDIATELY AFTER ITS RELEASE. tHEY'RE STORMING THE
WORLD DEMOCHARTS, AND CLIMBED IN two minutes back to finland's no:1
demogroup AT sOCIETY-PARTY), aCCESSION (old eLITE, ONLY SILENCE... hAVE
TRIED TO RESURRECT sKANDINAVIAN nEWS MANY TIMES, BUT NEVER SUCCEEDED.
cAPABLE BUT lazy AS ALL old elite GROUPS).
oTHER CURRENT GROUPS ARE FOR EXAMPLE wIZZCAT (AGAIN RISING, BEEN RELEASING
SLOWLY GOOD DEMOS & AN INTERESTING MUSICDISK), eUPHORIA (CHILDREN OF
CONCRETE & STEEL, MOSTLY A SWAPPERGROUP BUT HAVE RELEASED A FEW SMALL DEMOS
ALSO), sOCIETY (NEW PARTY IN jUNE, MOST HAVE HEARD BUT DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE
GROUP ITSELF. rUMOURS TELL THEY ARE MAKING A GOOD DEMO), vECTRA (NEW, AND
SEEMINGLY CAPABLE OF BIG THINGS), bEYOND fORCE (old, TOLD BEFORE), gRACE
(NEW & SMALL)....
aND COMMENT TO zINE #9'S STORY ABOUT fINNISH eLITE... iT'S NOT
COMPLETELY LIKE YOU SAY. iT'S NOT ALL DRINKING AND BEING CRAZY. oNE MAY
DO ANYTHING HE/SHE WISHES, DRINK OR BE CRAZY. bUT IT'S NOT THAT EVERYONE IS.
tHE OLD eLITE, SAY FOR EXAMPLE yIP & sTUBUCRASH OF pURE bYTE, zADOS, aXA,
gRYZOR, iCEBREAKER/x-mEN, gRENDEL/bYTERAPERS, zEBRA,rEWARD/sCOOPEX, mOKU/
aCCESSION, hACK-mAN, hAZOR/bEYOND fORCE, fINNISH gOLD, hOFFI,
cc/bLOODSUCKERS + SOME ELSE. wE AREN'T ALL DRUNK, AND THERE'S NO WAY TO
GET TO THE old eLITE.
oF COURSE IT'S POSSIBLE TO RISE TO group/guys eLITE BY MAKING LOTS OF GOOD
DEMOS, BUT TO old eLITE? nooo! nOT BY DRINKING, BEING CRAZY OR ANYTHING.
oNE CAN'T GET THERE, IT'S A CLOSED inside-ring WHERE OUTSIDER'S USUALLY HAVE
NO COMING. eXCEPTION WAS iRWIN (mASSE vON kAAPA) WHO WAS IN THE RIGHT
PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME (ddg dIGIPARTY 88, SLEPT UNDER FLAG-POLE AND GOT
LOST IN WOODS) - HE WAS SO ULTIMATELY FUNNY-LOOKING THAT NO-ONE COULD
RESIST HIM, SO HE WAS ACCEPTED TO OUR SMALL RING. fRIENDSHIP, YES. oF
COURSE YOU CAN CHAT AND GO WITH US IN PARTIES, BE FRIENDS ELSEWHERE BUT
IT DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE FRIENDSHIP OF YEARS WITH OTHER OLDERS, the
FEELING ONE HAS DONE SOMETHING FOR THE SCENE DURING THE YEARS, the
PROUDNESS OF BEING HERE SINCE THE BEGINNING. nEITHER CAN group elite BE
REACHED BY DRINKING (NOTE TO sLAYER & zEBRA: ONLY BEER MAKES IT
POSSIBLE, BUT SURE YOU WEREN'T all THE TIME DRUNK WHILE MAKING mENTAL
hANGED), AS WHO CAN PRODUCE LOTS OF QUALITY THINGS WHILE ALL TIME DRUNK?
sHORTLY: WE AREN'T ALL DRUNKS OR CRAZY. sOME OF US HAVE GROWN OUT OF
IT, SURE MANY HAVE NOTICED CHANGES IN MYSELF FOR EXAMPLE??
wRITTEN BY: gRENDEL OF bYTERAPERS iNC. IN 1991
sOURCE: bYTERAPERS iNC.'S HOMEPAGE
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