Have you ever heard of Pudasjärvi? I wouldn’t blame you if you haven’t! Anyways, that’s the name of the small town with population of 10000 people, where it all started from years ago…
Tapani Tikkanen was born there and it was hardly a place where bands came from in Finland at that time. But when Tapani was about ten years old, he got into music – Elvis, Rolling Stones won his heart. One thing lead to another and after a while they had a high-school band playing at the local parties and so on.
In 1982, the first own album “Anyway You Want It” with the band IC-Rock became reality. They also released the album “Hard Beat” and the single “Young Girl’s Eyes” in 1984.
After IC had broken-up, Tapani launched the group TANNA. The idea behind the name is simple: this has been Tapani