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Poets of the Fall (POTF) are an independent rock band from Helsinki, Finland that was founded by Marko Saaresto and OlliTukiainen in 2003.
The members are Marko "Mark" Saaresto, (lead vocals, songwriter), Olli Tukiainen (lead guitar), and Markus"Captain" Kaarlonen (keyboards,
production); during concerts, they are accompanied by Jani Snellman (bass guitar), JaskaMäkinen (rhythm guitar, backing vocals) and Jari
Salminen (drums, percussion).The Poets released the singles Late Goodbyeand Lift before releasing their full-length debut album Signs of Life
in Finland. The album was certified ...read more
Poets of the Fall (POTF) are an independent rock band from Helsinki, Finland that was founded by Marko Saaresto and OlliTukiainen in 2003.
The members are Marko "Mark" Saaresto, (lead vocals, songwriter), Olli Tukiainen (lead guitar), and Markus"Captain" Kaarlonen (keyboards,
production); during concerts, they are accompanied by Jani Snellman (bass guitar), JaskaMäkinen (rhythm guitar, backing vocals) and Jari
Salminen (drums, percussion).The Poets released the singles Late Goodbyeand Lift before releasing their full-length debut album Signs of Life
in Finland. The album was certified gold in May 2005 andplatinum in April 2006. It topped the Finnish Top 40 chart in weeks 4 and 7 of 2005,
and stayed on the list for 56 weeks.Thesong Late Goodbye marked the beginning of the band's popularity since it is featured in Max Payne 2
as the game's endingsong, as well as a recurring theme in the game. The second single, Lift, is featured in the computer benchmarking
program3DMark 05 by Futuremark which has close ties with Remedy Entertainment, the developers of Max Payne 2.The band has wonseveral
awards which include the 2004 Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Award in the "Best Original Vocal Song – Pop"category for Late
Goodbye, "Best Finnish Newcomer" in YleX's "Best of 2004", "Newcomer of '05" during Musiikki & MediaEvents, and two Emma Awards for
"Best Newcomer of the Year" and "Best Debut Album of the Year". They also won the "BestFinnish Act"-award at the 2006 MTV Europe Music
Awards.Poets of the Fall performed live for the first time ever outsideFinland in Berlin during Popkomm 2005 and released Signs of Life in
selected countries. The second album, Carnival of Rust,was released in Sweden in September 2006, in Australia, Russia and Ukraine in
October 2006[15]and in Germany on 20 April,2007.The band's third album, Revolution Roulette, was released in Finland on 26 March, 2008.
Their latest single, Diamonds forTears, was released in Finland on 21 May, 2008.The fourth, yet-untitled album by the band will be released in
Spring 2010.
Poets of the Fall were founded in 2003 with the collaboration of Mark and Olli. After a small amount of time, Captain cameaboard. This
brought three different worlds together to form POTF: a rock singer, a jazz guitarist, and an "industrial-machine-trance-man".Marko was
forced to move into his parents' basement when he couldn't keep a place of his own any longer. ThePoets built a studio of their own in
Captain's living room and kept an office in Olli's old car.In 2003, Sami Järvi, a scriptwriterof Remedy Entertainment asked Mark to write a
song for Remedy's upcoming video game, Max Payne 2: The Fall of MaxPayne. When the game was released, interest in Poets skyrocketed all
around the world. Shortly after, Late Goodbye wonfirst place at the annual G.A.N.G. awards in San Jose, California. The ceremony was
televised on MTV International and G4TV,but the Poets were unable to attend due to arrangements elsewhere.Since then, Late Goodbye has
spread worldwide on overtwo million sold copies of Max Payne 2.Signs of Life, the Poets' first album, had been sought after, receiving more
preordersthan what was expected. On January 17, 2005, it was announced that the album had been selected as the "Album of theWeek" on
the Finnish national radio channel YleX. After being released on 19 January, 2005, it went up to number one in itsfirst week on the official
Finnish TOP 40album chart. It was certified gold on 24 May, 2005, platinum on 26 April, 2006 and hasspent 56 weeks on the list.Also included
with the album is a link to a password-protected secret page on the website. On thepage, a remixed version of Lift (entitled Dramadance
Remix) can be found along with several wallpapers from the album bookartwork.The album was awarded the Emma Award for the "Best
Debut Album of the Year 2005" and the band was awarded inthe "Best Newcomer of the Year" category. An Emma Award is Finland's
equivalent to a Grammy. Signs of Life has also beenreleased in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Australia, New Zealand, Ukraine and South
Africa.On 13 August, 2005, POTF's secondmusic video Lift was released for Finnish television airing. From this point forward, Signs of Life has
been released on iTunes inthe countries of Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. It went straight to number one in the Finnish iTunes-
charts. On 1October 2005, the Lift-video was made available for online-viewing at the Poets' official website.
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