{{Short description|Finnish rock band}} {{other uses|Peer Gynt (disambiguation)}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | background = group_or_band | name = Peer Günt | image = Peergunt live.JPG | image_size = | image_upright = | landscape = yes | alt = | caption = Peer Günt performing in 2007 | alias = | origin = Kouvola, Finland | genre = {{hlist|Hard rock|blues rock}} | discography = | years_active = {{Start date|1976}}–present | label = | spinoffs = | spinoff_of = | current_members = * Timo Nikki * Pete Pohjanniemi * Sakke Koivula | past_members = * Vesa Suopanki * Pauli Johansson * Jussi Kylliäinen * Jukka Loikala * Reima Saarinen * Seppo Karjalainen * Timo Kipahti * Petri Korppi * Teijo Erkinharju * Teijo Kettula {{Infobox | child=yes | header = Logo | headerstyle = background:#b0c4de | data1 = 250px}} }}
'''Peer Günt''' are a Finnish hard rock band from Kouvola, formed in 1976,<ref name="yle.fi">{{cite web|title=Peer Günt lavalla |url=https://yle.fi/aihe/a/20-93455 |website=yle.fi |date=24 September 2007 |access-date=1 February 2025 |language=fi |trans-title=Peer Günt on stage}}</ref> and named after the 1867 play ''Peer Gynt'', by Henrik Ibsen. They primarily sing in English. As of {{CURRENTYEAR}}, they have released nine studio albums, three EPs, two live albums, and five compilations. Vocalist and guitarist Timo Nikki is the sole remaining original member of the band.<ref name="yle.fi" />
Peer Günt won the Rock SM (Finnish Championship) competition in 1984, held at the Helsinki Fair Centre, and the Tavastia contest a year later.<ref name="yle.fi" />
==Band members== '''Current''' * Timo Nikki — vocals, guitar * Pete Pohjanniemi — bass, backing vocals * Sakke Koivula — drums, backing vocals
'''Past''' * Vesa Suopanki — bass (1976–1977) * Pauli Johansson — drums (1976–1977) * Jussi Kylliäinen — lead guitar (1977) * Jukka Loikala — bass (1977–1979, 1981–1982) * Reima "Boss" Saarinen — drums (1977–1981) * Seppo "Sefi" Karjalainen — keyboard (1977–1978) * Timo Kipahti aka Toni Rossi — vocals, guitar (1979–1980) * Petri "Crow" Korppi — bass (1979–1981) * Teijo "Twist Twist" Erkinharju — drums (1981–2005) * Teijo "Tsöötz" Kettula — bass (1983–2005)
==Discography== {{columns-start}} '''Studio albums''' * ''Peer Günt'' (1985) * ''Backseat'' (1986) * ''Good Girls Don't...'' (1987) * ''Fire Wire'' (1988) * ''Don't Mess with the Countryboys'' (1990) * ''Smalltown Maniacs'' (1994) * ''No Piercing, No Tattoo'' (2005) * ''Guts and Glory'' (2007) * ''Buck the Odds'' (2009)
'''EPs''' * ''Through the Wall'' (1985) * ''Bad Boys Are Here'' (1986) * ''Bartender'' (1987) {{column}} '''Live albums''' * ''Live at Rockperry'' (2CD, 2006) * ''Live Today, Gone Tomorrow'' (2009)
'''Compilations''' * ''Peer Günt 1 / Through the Wall'' (1987) * ''Years on the Road'' (1989) * ''Golden Greats'' (1997) * ''20 suosikkia – Liquire and Drugs'' (2002) * ''Bad Boys Are Here'' (2006)
'''DVDs''' * ''Live at Rockperry'' (2CD, 2006) * ''Live at Tavastia'' (2007) {{columns-end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commonscat}} * {{Discogs artist|475654}}
{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Peer Gunt}} Category:Finnish hard rock musical groups Category:Finnish blues rock musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 1976 Category:1976 establishments in Finland
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