Maukka Perusjätkä

Maukka Perusjätkä (born in Helsinki, Finland, 22 July 1961) is the stage name of Mauri Airta, a Finnish new wave and punk rocker during the 1970s and 1980s. He is especially known for his 1979 song Säpinää ("Breaking Away"), which included chainsaw sounds. Chainsaws became one of his trademarks.

In the 1970s Perusjätkä (literally "Ordinary guy") worked with the most notable figures in the Finnish… More