Private Line (band)

Private Line are a Finnish hard rock band from Helsinki, formed during the mid-1990s (in Jyväskylä, a city in the center of Finland) and continuing today.

Private Line won a local band competition and used the prize money from it to record and release their debut EP Smooth Motions in 1998.

Founding member and guitarist Jari left the band and joined in Finnish heavy metal act Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus in May 2002.

While in Helsinki in 2002, vocalist Sammy met a guitarist named Jack, who was previously playing in a band called Rockers Unite!.

In December 2002, they released their second CD-EP Six Songs of Hellcity Trendkill with a revamped, energy-filled style with hard R'N'R riffs flavored with synthesizers.

In August 2004, 21st Century Pirates was also released in Japan by JVC Victor Entertainment and later the same year in Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Russia, Sweden and Ukraine.

A third single (released December 2004) from the album, called "Already Dead" brought the band more success with another top 5 charting in their native Finland.

The single release consisted also 3 songs "While God Saves I Destroy", White-Collar Crime, Cheerleaders 6 Dopedealers" live video from Tampere at Tullikamari, Pakkahuone.

In October 2006 they released a new song entitled "Alive" on their MySpace page and revealed that the new album would be called Evel Knievel Factor.

Evel Knievel Factor-album was also released in Ukraine, Japan by JVC@Victor Entertainment, Russia by Dance Paradise/Soyuz, Brazil, Chile, Argentina in South America by Dynamo Records, Sweden by Playground Scandinavia.

Lyrics to "Sound Advice" as well as to "Gods of Rewind" and "Billion Star Hotel" were written in collaboration with American playwright Rory Winston.

After a couple of years break Private Line released a new single and music video "Dead Decade" from their forthcoming third album with the same name.