caption associated_acts years_active label name background birth_date image article_title birth_name occupation
kauko röyhkä in helsinki -lrb- 2004 -rrb- kauko & riku mattila röyhkä ja rättö ja lehtisalo uhrijuhla röyhkä & narttu 500 kg lihaa kauko röyhkä 1980 -- present emi herodes , ranka recordings , ektro records , kerberos , johanna , euros records , kauko röyhkä solo_singer 12 february 1959 kauko röyhkä keikalla kalliossa.jpg kauko röyhkä
 jukka-pekka välimaa singer , songwriter , writer
kauko röyhkä

kauko röyhkä , -lrb- born jukka-pekka välimaa , 12 february 1959 , valkeakoski -rrb- , is a finnish rock musician and author .
since the early 1980s he has been a popular rock artist in finland known especially as a strong lyricist .
röyhkä lived his youth in oulu and has later lived in turku and helsinki .
his recording career began in 1980 with the debut album `` steppaillen '' .
to date he has recorded 23 full length albums .
his most famous backing band has been narttu -lrb- `` bitch '' -rrb- , that was together in various line-ups throughout the years 1980 -- 1990 .
röyhkä has also had many side projects , including a band called 500 kg lihaa -lrb- `` 500 kg of meat '' -rrb- .
in 2007 röyhkä performed his songs with the mikkeli town string orchestra .
röyhkä has studied literature and has been praised for his lyrics , especially during the late 1980s .
röyhkä is a singer and guitarist , and has said that , after realizing that he could n't learn to play like his idols , he wanted to create his own style of playing .
in public röyhkä has been a slightly provocative figure .
he managed to raise some fuss in the early 1990s by claiming to be satanist -lrb- later he explained that the statement was just an experiment with publicity -rrb- .
some of the most well known songs by röyhkä include `` lauralle '' , `` talo meren rannalla '' , `` paska kaupunki '' and `` paha maa '' .
the albums `` maa on voimaa '' and `` pikku enkeli '' found their way onto soundi magazine 's list of the alltime 50 greatest finnish popular music albums .
röyhkä began publishing books in the same year as his debut album appeared in 1980 .
originally he wanted to be an author rather than musician .
röyhkä has written ten novels or short story collections and some other works including the biography of finnish porn star henry saari and a book about velvet underground .
he has also written columns for the newspaper `` kaleva '' and record reviews for `` rytmi '' magazine .
