Poko Rekords

Rekords released records by many successful Finnish artists and bands. Among others, Eppu Normaali, Popeda, Hassisen Kone, Sielun Veljet, J. Karjalainen, Yö, Ismo Alanko, Petri Nygård, The 69 Eyes and Diablo were at Poko Rekords. To expand the selection, Epe Helenius, who founded the record company, founded Poko International in the early 1980s, when Poko was able to start distributing records by international artists in Finland; for example, Metallica's first three records in the 1980s were distributed by Poko International. The company's sub-brands included Northern Swing, Gaga Goodies and Seal on Velvet. In 2001, Epe Helenius sold Poko Rekords to the multinational record company EMI. However, Poko Rekords continued to operate as an independent unit and the company still had an office in Tampere. In the spring of 2009, Poko Rekords was merged with EMI Finland. At the same time, Epe Helenius founded the new Sound Of Finland company, to which some of Poko's younger artists and a large part of Poko Rekords' staff were transferred. After that, no new artists were added to Poko Rekords. Since 2013, the company's catalog has been owned by Universal Music Finland. The most successful release has been Eppu Normaali's collection Repullinen hittejä ("A Bagful of Hits"), which has sold over 250,000 copies.

It is associated with Finland. The record gives 1977 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Activity is recorded as ending in 2009. Recorded genres are heavy metal music and punk rock. Its recorded founders are Epe Helenius. Its recorded seat is Tampere.

• Founded — 1977 • Defunct — 2009 • Founder — Epe Helenius • Genre — Punk rock, Rockabilly, Heavy metal, Suomirock • Location — Tampere • Country — Finland