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Kypck's first record label, UHO Productions, was so enthusiastic about the band's formation that they were signed without an audition. |
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Vocalist Erkki Seppänen, though Finnish by birth, has lived in Russia for over two years, studied in St. Petersburg, and worked at the Finnish embassy in Moscow. He also holds a degree in Russian literature from Oxford University and teaches Russian part-time in Tampere, Finland. |
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Bassist J. T. Ylä-Rautio plays a one-stringed bass, known as a "Kypcklop." |
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Guitarist Sami "Lopashnikov" Lopakka takes his nickname from his AK-47-shaped guitar of the same name, manufactured by Amfisound Guitars. |
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Cherno, the name of the band's debut album, is Russian for "Black". |
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The Latin letters KYPCK are supposed to resemble the Cyrillic letters Курск and are pronounced /kursk/. |
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Kursk is a Russian city, mostly famous for the great tank battle that occured nearby in 1943, during WWII, and also after a nuclear submarine that sank in Barents Sea in the year 2000. |
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Despite being Finnish, the band uses the Russian language. All lyrics, titles and the band's name itself are in Russian. |
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