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Wigwam is a Finnish rock band formed in 1968.
Wigwam was founded after the split of the seminal Blues Section, with whom
drummer Ronnie Österberg had played before. He formed the band as a trio,
but soon brought in British expatriate singer/songwriter Jim Pembroke (also in BS)
and organist Jukka Gustavson. A year later, Pekka Pohjola joined on bass. Kim Fowley
produced Wigwam's second album Tombstone Valentine (1970). This album also
featured an excerpt of Erkki Kurenniemi's electronic composition 'Dance of the
Anthropoids'. The 1974 album Being is often called Wigwam's masterpiece.
After its release, though, Pohjola and Gustavson quit the band. Commercially the
most successful Wigwam album must be the more pop-oriented Nuclear Nightclub
that followed in 1975, with new members Pekka Rechardt on guitar and
Måns Groundstroem on bass.
1975 - Live Music From The Twilight Zone
2000 - Fresh Garbage - Rarities 1969-1977 (2 CD)
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