by Ted Ollikkala | Mar 3, 2019 | guestbio_2017
HASSE FRÖBERG (Vocals) “For most people it’s obvious the planet is in a desperate state right now and it has in fact been for quite a while. Therefore I didn’t need to think twice before I said yes to join ‘United Progressive Fraternity and the...
by Ted Ollikkala | Mar 3, 2019 | guestbio_2017
MICHELLE YOUNG (Vocals) “Since Adam and Eve were charged with tending the Garden of Eden, man has had the responsibility of caring for our world. Many cultures have revered and honored the land for its beauty and the sustenance it supplies, but in the age of...
by Ted Ollikkala | Mar 2, 2019 | guestbio_2017
VALENTINE HALEMBAKOV (VAL HAL) (Guitars on ‘Forgive Me, My Son’) “I joined UPF because of this powerful community of fellow musicians, that is very rare nowadays. Everything and everyone seems distanced from each other, using their smart devices and...
by Ted Ollikkala | Mar 2, 2019 | guestbio_2017
ALEX GRATA (Vocals, Piano, Synthesizers, Loops, Electric and Acoustic Guitars) “Progress? What the fuck’s progress that destroys our living planet? And the fact that Planet Earth is alive, I think that no one has any doubt about this. Can a human being be...
by Ted Ollikkala | Mar 2, 2019 | management_2017
JULIA BRADSHAW (UPF Advisor) “I am pleased to say I had a hand in the naming of this remarkable album. Mark and I coincidentally came up with the title Planetary Overload when we were thinking of what to call it, only to find there was a book by the same name. We...