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Draft:Jyrki Hämäläinen

  • Comment: Just for the record, this was declined six (!) times, then rejected (!!), then resubmitted regardless, and has been declined another three times since the rejection. DoubleGrazing (talk) 11:55, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
  • Comment: Unfortunately this article is not yet ready for acceptance. The core issue is notability with sourcing under Wikipedia's definitions. The main pathway, in terms of criteria, is WP:BASIC, which could fulfilled in several ways but in this case it would probably be three newspaper profiles of the subject, in-depth and covering the subject's life/career. At the moment, the nearest is the interview with Itäväylä, and that is a mix of interview and editorial. Interviews do not count here, since it's not what the subject says, it is what other people say about the subject. The two reviews of the book may help, but that's not specifically referenced in the article, so the sourcing/notability issue remains on the table for now. ChrysGalley (talk) 00:10, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

Jyrki Hämäläinen (born 1984, Porvoo, Finland[1]), is a Finnish author, journalist and musician.

Writing

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Hämäläinen is the author of a book about the band Killing Joke titled Killing Joke: Are You Receiving? (2020). It was the first biography about the post-punk group. It has been positively reviewed in such magazines as Vive Le Rock[2] and Classic Rock'.[3] Over 20 people were interviewed for the book.[4] In less than a year the book had sold over a thousand copies.[5]

Hämäläinen contributed to the "Those 12 Bar Nights" book about the 12 Bar, which was located on Denmark Street in London.[6]

Journalism

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Hämäläinen is a former full-time journalist of Finnish tabloid Seiska. He wrote the main cover feature about the SDP MP Antti Lindtman in 2019.[7] He is a long time contributing writer for Vive Le Rock magazine where he wrote a 10 page main cover feature about Killing Joke in 2012.[8] His first commissions in the UK were in 2006 when he interviewed the Casualties and Street Dogs for Big Cheese magazine. He has also written for US magazines such as Loud Fast Rules along with various university publications in Leeds, UK.[9] Hämäläinen also used to write for Finnish music magazine Rumba back when it was still a print magazine.[10]

Although he is Finnish most of his work has been in English and written during his time living in the UK where he also played in a number of bands.[11]

He has also worked on a documentary about the UK hardcore punk band the Varukers.[12] He also worked on Legends of Punk: UK82 documentary about Discharge, GBH, the Varukers and the Exploited.[citation needed]

Music

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When he lived in London he played guitar in Defcon Zero.[13] According to Metal Hammer Defcon Zero never received the respect they deserved in the UK punk scene.[14] He also played in Ratbags, which contributed music to Devi Snively's feature film Trippin.[15] When he lived in Leeds he was a member of industrial punk band Action Directe.[16]

List of works

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Books

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  • Killing Joke: Are You Receiving? Milton Keynes: New Haven Publishing Ltd, 2020. ISBN 978-1-912587-40-7 (soft cover)/ ISBN 978-952-94-8996-1 (ebook)
  • Those 12 Bar Nights London: Mark Webster, 2022. (one of the writers) ISBN 978-1-905912-85-8 (hard cover) / ISBN 978-1-905912-84-1 (soft cover).

Albums

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  • Action Directe – 60 Million Guns (single), Action Directe (2006)
  • Action Directe – Intervention, Action Directe (2006)
  • This is London kokoelma CD (bands Spider's Sideshow, Ratbags and Condition: Dead), Media Controller (2010)
  • Condition: Dead – Famous For Fuck All. CD. Active Distribution (2013)
  • Lost Cherrees / 22 Chillies – Make Us Different (Don't Just Cry) 12" guitars on side A. Antisociety (2013)
  • Defcon Zero – Music For Gluesniffers, Terrorists & The Mentally Ill. thanks. Urinal Vinyl Records (2017)
  • Action Directe – Wakefield's Burning – Live '06. "Recorded live at the Snooty Fox, Wakefield on 28th September 2006". Action Directe (2020).
  • Anzi Destruction – Bully Dodger (single), backing vocals. Rolling Records (2023)
  • Anzi Destruction – Face of the Crow (single), backing vocals. Rolling Records (2023)

Film music

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  • Autumn of Route 66 director Ester Brym, publisher Brym Productions (2013)
  • Trippin' director Devi Snively, publisher Camp Motion Pictures LLC (2012)
  • T is for Torture director Elisabeth Fies, publisher Drafthous Films (2011).

References

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  1. ↑ "Työ Seiska-lehdessä vahvisti uskoa kirjoittajana – Jyrki "Spider" Hämäläinen julkaisi ensimmäisen kirjan". www.itavayla.fi (in Finnish). 2021-03-03. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
  2. ↑ Chance, Tom (December 2020). "The Business - Books: Killing Joke: Are You Receiving?". Vive le Rock (78). Big Cheese Publishing: 100. ISSN 1365-358X.
  3. ↑ Needs, Kriss (February 2021). "The Hards Stuff - Killing Joke: Are You Receiving?"". Classic Rock. Future PLC. p. 94. ISSN 1464-7834.
  4. ↑ Atwell, Ian. "Killing Joke". Music Glue.
  5. ↑ Nissinen, Mikko (October 2021). "'Are You Still Receiving?' – An interview with Jyrki 'Spider' Hämäläinen, the author of the Killing Joke – biography". Kaaos Digital Group.
  6. ↑ Barnet, Mark (2022). Those 12 Bar Nights. ISBN 978-1-905912-85-8.
  7. ↑ Hämäläinen, Jyrki (15 June 2019). "Yöllinen poliisijahti! Tuntematon mies nukkui kansanedustaja Antti Lindtmanin sohvalla!". Aller Media.
  8. ↑ Hämäläinen, Jyrki "Spider". "Revelations 2012". Vive le Rock. No. 7. Big Cheese Publishing. pp. 80–89. ISSN 1365-358X.
  9. ↑ Nuopponen, Aki. "Useita totuuksia Killing Jokesta". Inferno (in Finnish). February 2021. Pop Media Oy: 74. ISSN 1796-7600.
  10. ↑ Hämäläinen, Jyrki (22 April 2005). "Buzzcocks". Rumba (in Finnish). 08 (5). Helsinki, Finland: Rumbapress Oy (published 22.4.2005): 34. ISSN 0781-0326. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |publication-date= (help)
  11. ↑ Linden, Annika (30.10.2020). "Jyrki "Spider" Hämäläinens biografu om punkrockbandet Killing Joke utkommer nästa vecka". Östnyland (in Swedish). No. 86. Östnyland. pp. 3, 20. ISSN 2342-7728. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ↑ "News of the week – LOP vol. 3 (Varukers)… – LostDataProductions.uk". Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  13. ↑ Glasper, Ian (2020). The Scene That Would Not Die. Ticehurst, UK: Earth Island Books. pp. 210–213. ISBN 978-1-9997581-5-8.
  14. ↑ Mörat (16 August 2016). "The 10 most underrated UK punk albums of all time". Metal Hammer. Future Publishing.
  15. ↑ Snively, Devi. "Notes from the Underground: My Accidental Success as a Horror Directrix". Fangoria (312). The Brooklyn Company Inc: 52–54.
  16. ↑ "Action Directe". Alternation.
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