is one of the oldest active rockabilly bands in Finland, founded in 1977.
The band's line-up is the same as in 1983:, slap bass
, guitar
, drums
, guitar
, vocals
In September 1977 (bass) and (gtr) started to play with various drummers: Go Daddies was formed.
(drums) joined in October 1978.
In October 1979 Ari bought himself a double bass. (vocals, gtr) joined the band.
During the summer 1980 (piano) joined the band for a while. In August 1980 the band recorded a demo tape (actually a C-cassette with four songs: ) which got into the hands of of Rebel record/management company. Mr Heimonen signed the band and released the demo tape as band's first EP in October 1980. At the same time the name was changed to . and album by , another Rebel artist.(as an opening act and also backing up Mr Campi), when he visited Finland the first time. (gtr) and Ari's brother (gtr) from Ducktails.
In February the first single was recorded. At the same time the single was recorded.
During the winter 1982 Mystery Train toured with English piano legend . Ari And Jere were also doing studio recordings with Mr. Taylor. and (Kitty Lee & Mystery Train)
Jere leaves the band and was replaced by (gtr) and (vocals). Mystery Train continued recording new material in their rehearsal place. Mystery Train was backing up on his visit to Finland (Culture House, Helsinki, October 11th).
()was finally released by . Some tracks from the 1983 sessions () were released on a compilation album Finnish Rock'n'Roll Vol1. Later Anssi left the band and was replaced by (gtr).
The second EP (and so far their latest release) () was released on the band's gig with at Tavastia Club, Helsinki. After the release Mystery Train took a brake.
Ari and Petri started to get the band together again. Mika and Juice joined, but Pate was too busy, so (drums) joined the band instead. Most of the guys haven't been actively playing for almost 20 years, but after few rehearsals it started to sound OK. The band made some recordings at the rehearsal place (which is shared with at Malmi, Helsinki) to help the guys practice at home.
In summer 2006 it was time to return to the gigs. The band made three gigs, but then Jani decided to leave the band.
After some hard persuation Pate agreed to join the band again, so Mystery Train was back on track with the same guys as in 1984. The band again made some recordings to help the guys to practice at home . The first gig with the original line-up was at Iisoppi, Nokia October 13th.
Mystery Train will be gigging and in studio recording some new material. Stay tuned for more information and check out our forthcoming gigs! Keep up the beat!
Mystery Train has so far gigged only in Finland, but are willing to do gigs abroad too.
The band has backed up Ray Campi and Gene Summers on their gigs in Finland.
While picking influences from rock'n'roll, rockabilly and r&b artists Mystery Train always tries to sound like Mystery Train and bring something original into cover songs too.