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There is a fine line between modern and rootsy rock. Lockman is there, just there. We are not afraid of the blues and the country, but we love indie-rock and especially NYC punk. So we are the missing link between Bo Diddley and Television - interesting Fender interventions, juicy riffs, and bouncy basslines backed by drum fills you would never expect. Check us out and tell us how we sound! Biography In February 2005, Heikki "Hermo" Portaankorva and Taito Palvanen were tipped off of each other by a mutual friend. Taito has played drums in such groups as Sivulliset, Livin' Drops, Machinegun Macbeth, Ferryboat Family ja Bird In the Bush. Hermo's career as a singer and guitarist had started in Oulu, in Xtaasi ja later in Helsinki in a band called Swamp. They had in mind a new rock'n'roll band, where primitive and rootsy rock is mixed with a crooked attitude and indie-aesthetics. At first Hermo could dig from a large collection of his old masterpieces, but soon new songs b...