Laika & the Cosmonauts
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Laika & the Cosmonauts
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Laika & the Cosmonauts were a Finnish rock band. They had the same lineup from the time they formed in 1987 until they stopped recording in 2008. The band was named after Laika, a Soviet space dog that died on board Sputnik 2 in 1957.
Their sound was usually described as surf rock, but a Boston Globe review noted that the band's sound is "far beyond the limitations of any specific genre." The band relied heavily on the Finnish rautalanka electric guitar tradition. They toured the United States a
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Finnish rock band
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika_%26_the_Cosmonauts
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2024-02-11T04:25:58Z
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