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Jyrki "Spider" Hämäläinen (born. 1984 Porvoo[1]), is a Finnish author, journalist and musician.

Hämäläinen is best known as the author of the officially sanctioned Killing Joke biography Killing Joke: Are You Receiving? (2020).[2] It's the first biography about the post-punk group.[1] It has been favourably reviewed in such magazines as Vive Le Rock[3] and Classic Rock.[4]

Hämäläinen is a former full-time editor of Finnish tabloid Seiska. He wrote the main cover feature about the SDP MP Antti Lindtman in 2019.[5] He is a long time contributing writer for Vive Le Rock magazine where he wrote a 10 page main cover feature about Killing Joke in 2012.[6]. His first commissions in the UK were in 2006 when he interviewed the Casualties and Street Dogs for Big Cheese magazine.[7]

When he lived in London he played guitar in Defcon Zero.[8] While living there he also organised concerts under Spiderweb Promotions moniker.[9] Which according to Metal Hammer Defcon Zero never received the respect they deserved in the UK punk scene.[10] He also played in Ratbags, which contributed music to Devi Snively's feature film Trippin'.[11]

Hämäläinen played bass in Finnish hardcore punk band Sekasorto.[12] While living in Leeds he was a guitarist indistrial punk band Action Directe.[13] He has also guested on songs by Anzi Destruction.[14]

He has also worked on a documentary about the D Beat / hardcore band the Varukers.[15]

Hämäläinen contributed to the "Those 12 Bar Nights" book about the 12 Bar, which was located on Denmark Street in London.[16]

He is a member of the Association of Finnish Nonfiction Writers.[17]

Books

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  • Killing Joke: Are You Receiving? Milton Keynes: New Haven Publishing Ltd, 2020. ISBN 978-1-912587-40-7 (soft cover)/ ISBN 978-952-94-8996-1 (ebook)
  • Those 12 Bar Nights London: Mark Webster, 2022. (one of the writers) ISBN 978-1-905912-85-8 (hard cover) / ISBN 978-1-905912-84-1 (soft cover).

Albums

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  • Action Directe - 60 Million Guns (single), Action Directe (2006)
  • Action Directe - Intervention, Action Directe (2006)
  • This is London kokoelma CD (bands Spider's Sideshow, Ratbags and Condition: Dead), Media Controller (2010)
  • Condition: Dead - Famous For Fuck All. CD. Active Distribution (2013)
  • Lost Cherrees / 22 Chillies - Make Us Different (Don't Just Cry) 12" guitars on side A. Antisociety (2013)
  • Defcon Zero - Music For Gluesniffers, Terrorists & The Mentally Ill. thanks. Urinal Vinyl Records (2017)
  • Action Directe - Wakefield's Burning - Live '06. "Recorded live at the Snooty Fox, Wakefield on 28th September 2006." Action Directe (2020).
  • Anzi Destruction - Bully Dodger (single), backing vocals. Rolling Records (2023)
  • Anzi Destruction - Face of the Crow (single), backing vocals. Rolling Records (2023)

Film music

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  • Autumn of Route 66 director Ester Brym, publisher Brym Productions (2013)
  • Trippin' director Devi Snively, publisher Camp Motion Pictures LLC (2012)
  • T is for Torture director Elisabeth Fies, publisher Drafthous Films (2011)

References

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  1. ^ a b Wahlström, Marko (3 March 2021). "Työ Seiska-lehdessä vahvisti uskoa kirjoittajana – Jyrki "Spider" Hämäläinen julkaisi ensimmäisen kirjan". Itäväylä. Itäväylä Viestintä Oy. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ Atwell, Ian. "Killing Joke Official Website". Killing Joke. Music Glue. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  3. ^ Chance, Tom (December 2020). "The Business - Books: Killing Joke: Are You Receiving?". Vive le Rock (78). Big Cheese Publishing: 100. ISSN 1365-358X.
  4. ^ Needs, Kris (February 2021). "The Hards Stuff - Killing Joke: Are You Receiving?". Classic Rock (284). Future PLC: 94. ISSN 1464-7834.
  5. ^ Hämäläinen, Jyrki (15 June 2019). "Yöllinen poliisijahti! Tuntematon mies nukkui kansanedustaja Antti Lindtmanin sohvalla!". Seiska. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  6. ^ Hämäläinen, Jyrki "Spider" (2012). "Revelations 2012". Vive le Rock (7). Big Cheese Publishing.
  7. ^ Hämäläinen, Jyrki "Spider" (December 2006). "On The Streets Again / Death Before Dishonour". Big Cheese (82). Big Cheese Publishing: 56–57.
  8. ^ Glasper, Ian (2020). "Defcon Zero". The Scene That Would Not Die (First ed.). Ticehurst, UK: Earth Island Books. pp. 210–213. ISBN 978-1-9997581-5-8.
  9. ^ "Authors: Jyrki 'Spider' Hämäläinen". New Haven Publishing website. New Haven Publishing. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  10. ^ Mörat (16 August 2016). "The 10 most underrated UK punk albums of all time". Metal Hammer. Future Publishing. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  11. ^ Snively, Devi (April 2012). "Notes from the Underground: My Accidental Success as a Horror Directrix". Fangoria (312). The Brooklyn Company Inc: 52–54.
  12. ^ Aaltonen, Jouko: Punk tauti joka ei tapa, Illume, 2008 (documentary).
  13. ^ Pflanz, Marcin. "Action Directe". Alternation Dark Culture Magazine. ISSN 1897-595X. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  14. ^ Närvänen, Päivi (28 January 2024). "Anzi Destruction julkaisi uuden singlen – kuuntele "Good Ones Die First"". Kaaoszine. Kaaos Digital Group Oy. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  15. ^ Tutek (9 September 2021). "News of the week – LOP vol. 3 (Varukers)". Lost Data Productions. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  16. ^ Mark "Barnet" Webster (2022). Those 12 Bar Nights. Mark Webster. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-905912-85-8.
  17. ^ "Suomen tietokirjailijat ry - Uudet jäsenet". Suomen tietokirjailijat. Suomen tietokirjailijat ry. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
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