Albert Järvinen

Pekka "Albert" Järvinen was born in the municipality of Iitti in south-east Finland, where he at the age of eight started playing the acoustic guitar.

Rumor had it that Remu Aaltonen had showed Järvinen the door as a result of a drinking problem that was interfering with his stage performance.

Later the same year Järvinen would challenge Hurriganes' leadership position by establishing a blues rock band called Royals [fi].

This British connection was fueled by Nick Lowe, who had visited Finland to record Järvinen's guitar solos.

Together with Sleepy Sleepers former drummer Harri Lemola Järvinen formed a new band The Quips which stayed together only for a year.

At the latter half of the decade, he played with various artist and recorded a solo album Braindamage – Or Still Alive together with Albert King and William Clarke.