The Flaming Sideburns is a Garage punk

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/Garage rock revival band

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 that was formed in Helsinki

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, Finland

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 in 1995. Most of the members are Finnish

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, but lead vocalist Jorge Eduardo "Speedo" Martinez is an Argentine

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 expatriate.

Band history

The Flaming Sideburns released their first single Close to Disaster in 1997 and soon signed to Danish label Bad Afro who released a compilation It's Time to Testify in 1999 and debut album Hallelujah Rock'n'Rollah in 2001. Second album Sky Pilots followed on Ranch Records in 2003. Both albums were also released in the United States on Jetset Records. Third album "Keys to the Highway" was released early 2007.

Current line-up

• Jorge Eduardo Martinez - vocals (1995-present)
• Ski Williamson - guitar (1995-present)
• The Punisher - bass (1995-present)
• Jay Burnside - drums (1995-present)
• Peevo de Luxe - guitar (2003-present)

Former members

• Vilunki 3000 - guitar (1995-1996)
• Jeffrey Lee Burns - guitar (1996-2001)
• Johnny Volume - guitar (2000-2003)

Studio albums

• Hallelujah Rock'n'Rollah (Bad Afro, 2001)
• Save Rock'n'Roll (Jetset, American version of Hallelujah Rock'n'Rollah, 2002)
• Sky Pilots (Ranch/Jetset, 2003 / Bitzcore 2004)
• Keys to the Highway (Ranch/Bitzcore 2007)

Compilations

• It's Time to Testify ... Brothers and Sisters (Bad Afro, 1999)
• Back to the Grave (Bad Afro, 2006)
• Back 2 the Grave (El Beasto, 2008)

Live albums

• Bama Lama Boogaloo! (Smokin' Troll, 1997)
• It's Time to Testify Again (No Fun, 2002)
• Mobile Graceland (Lonestar, 2005)
• Burn Rock'n'Roll (Rastrillo, 2006)

Singles and EP's

• Close to Disaster (Metamorphos, 1997)
• Get Down or Get Out (Bad Afro, 1998)
• It's Time to Testify (Bad Afro, 1998)
• Jaguar Girls (Estrus, 1999)
• Cantan en Español (Safety Pin, 2000)
• Loose My Soul (Bang, 2000)
• Street Survivor (Bad Afro, 2001)
• Loose My Soul (Bad Afro/Spinefarm, 2001)
• World Domination (Sweet Nothing, 2001)
• Live! (Fandango, 2001)
• Flowers (Bad Afro/Spinefarm, 2002)
• Bam-A-Lam en Español, vol 2 (Safety Pin, 2002)
• Let Me take You Far (Ranch 2003 / Lonestar 2004)
• Since the Beginning (Ranch 2003 / Lonestar 2004)
• Save Rock'n'Roll (Ranch 2003)
• Lost Generation (Ranch 2006)
• Count Me Out (Bad Afro 2006)
• En Español, vol 3 (El Beasto 2010)

Split records

• White Trash Soul (with The Hellacopters
  The Hellacopters
  The Hellacopters were a Swedish garage rock band that was formed in 1994 by Nicke Andersson , Dregen , Kenny Håkansson and Robert Eriksson . Andersson had been the drummer for death metal band Entombed and Dregen was taking a break from his full-time band Backyard Babies...
  
  ) (Bad Afro, 2001)
• La Luz de Cristo (with Thee Virus) (El Beasto, 2001)
• The Flaming Sideburns vs. Flanelon Crash (with Flanelon Crash) (Lixo Urbano, 2001)
• The Flaming Sideburns vs. Elio & Thee Horribles (Bad Attitude, 2002)
• The Flaming Sideburns vs. Boozed (Bitzcore, 2006)

External links

• The Flaming Sideburns