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The Von Hertzen Brothers are a Finnish progressive rock group whose popularity soared in 2006 with the release of their award-winning second album. The chart-topping Von Hertzen Brothers are also an impressive live band, and though their popularity is more or less limited to Finland, they also found a receptive audience in neighboring Denmark, where they performed at the 2008 Roskilde Music Festival. Comprised of brothers Mikko von Hertzen (vocals, guitars), Kie von Hertzen (guitars, vocals), and Jonne von Hertzen (bass, vocals), the band also includes Mikko Kaakkuriniemi (drums) and Juha Kuoppala (keyboards). The band is influenced by a range of classic rock, from progressive rock bands such as King Crimson and Pink Floyd, to hard rockers such as AC/DC and Deep Purple, to contemporary alternative rock bands such as Radiohead and Mew.
The Von Hertzen Brothers made their full-length album debut in 2001 with Experience. Released by BMG, the album was a modest success. It charted within the Top 40 and spawned a couple singles, "Devil of a Girl" and "Immortal Life." Four years later the Von Hertzen Brothers returned with Approach (2006), their mainstream breakthrough album. Released by Universal, the album was a Top Five success, spawned a series of singles ("Let Thy Will Be Done," "Kiss a Wish," "In Your Arms"), and earned the band an Emma award (the Finnish equivalent of a Grammy) in 2006 for Best Rock Album. Love Remains the Same (2008), the Von Hertzen Brothers' third album, continued to mark the band's rising popularity. It topped the Finnish albums chart for three weeks straight and spawned another round of singles ("Faded Photographs," "Freedom Fighter," "In the End"). Meanwhile, the band toured throughout Finland during 2008-2009 in support of the album and also performed at the Roskilde Music Festival in Demark in summer 2008.
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Von Hertzen Brothers is a Finnish prog-related rock band consisting of the three von Hertzen brothers, citing bands such as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd and Kingston Wall as their influences. Each of the brothers have played in many popular Finnish rock bands. Kie played in Don Huonot, Mikko in Egotrippi and Lemonator and Jonne in Jonna Tervomaa's band. The band released their first album Experience in 2001. Their second album Approach was released in spring 2006, which attained Gold Record status in Finland and also won the Finnish Grammy (Emma) for Best Rock Album of the year 2006. Their third studio album Love Remains The Same was released on May 14, 2008. Mikko also started a studio diary in their website's forum, where fans were able to follow the recording's progress. While there ever remains a steady and faithful fan base in their home country of Finland, their popularity is still expanding in other countries including a key performance slot on the Roskilde Music Festival in Denmark in the summer of 2008.