Grey Heron

Grey Heron Bio:

Year 2010. In the southwest corner of Finland lies a small and sleepy town of Vampula. More cattle lives there than people, and spinach is being farmed above the needs of the entire nation. Tucked away in the remote corner of the already remote town sits a small, red and quite proverbial cabin in the woods. This is where Jaakko Pellotsalo and Juuso Pellotsalo begin - not entirely surprisingly - to work on Nick Cave-inspired murder ballads. Both guys have a history in various projects ranging from pop music to heavy metal, and this time the objective is to produce something calm and beautiful. Despite the best efforts, though, the result is a handful of semi-fast rock pieces which officially mark the first chords of Grey Heron.

The project stays more or less dormant until 2014 by which the band has grown to four members. Juuso has a work colleague, Atte Mäkelä, who's been a thrash metal drummer for years. Playing with numerous bands, Atte has been touring everywhere from the smoky rock bars of Germany and Holland to the not-so-glamorous watering holes deep in Russia. After a lifetime of listening AC/DC he abruptly realizes he has never played drums without double bass. This alone is a reason enough to get excited about Grey Heron.

Meanwhile on the other side of the country, Jaakko has a chance meeting with an Italian exchange student Andrea Brosio. Turns out that the two are neighbors and Andrea is a talented singer. The band has found its shape: Jaakko Pellotsalo (bass), Andrea Brosio (vocals), Juuso Pellotsalo (guitar) and Atte Mäkelä (drums).

In December 2014 first songs are being recorded at Joona Lukala's studio in Turku and the first single, Promises Of Our Kind, is released in January 2015.