Obscure bands

RPWL is a new find for me although they've been around ten years or more. They started out as a Pink Floyd tribute band doing some of the more obscure stuff and also performed their own material. Now they do mostly their own songs but the singer still sounds like D. Gilmour and are very reminiscent of P.F.

Tasavallan Presidentti - Finnish Prog
Kalevala - Finnish prog/boogie
Haikare - Finnish Prog w/ Finnish language, the most original of all
Piirpauke - Finnish band ethnic/jazz/fusion, superb, unique in Prog
Pekka Pohjola - prog/jazz/rock/fusion - bass virtuoso & talented musician Zappa asked to join his band Pohjola    politely refused and concentrated on his own work
Hurriganes - Finnish Rock´n´Roll: old rock w/ 70´s hard rock style, terrific versions on certain classics as  "Tallahassee Lassie" and "Say Mama"
Elvis Breznev - Finnish band in ´80 between West and East. Perfect name. One album. Period.

From Amarillo, Texas Baby 1972 - 1976 opened for Foghat at one time.

Well Finland is the best country in the world, half the conductors in first-class Symphonic Orchs. are Finnish .

schubert, you are absolutely right, Finland is the best country indeed :)

Great compliment, wish all Finnish classical musicians could hear your voice.  And not only for Finnish (classical) musicians but we all as a nation, proudly standing between the West and East. We people hear are very proud of our cultural and national heritage, and especially Sibelius, among other composers/art musicians, of course.

God bless Finlandia

Btw, Jon Anderson of Yes is a big Sibelius fan as well.