Yea, the pic here at the top at opaquebuff.com had gotten a bit old by now. Here’s a new one, and it’s huge! Photo by Michaela Bäckman, many thanks! Logo by Martin Huldin/Alternatur, it’s the one we will be using from now in. We do however have a very limited amount of sleeve patches with the old logo on it for sale.

This website will be updated quite soon. Let us know if there’s something special you’d like to see on it!

Work with music vid & single is proceeding well! Me and Magnus went to Chartmakers to follow the mastering of the single, done by Svante Forsbäck. He recently did the mastering to Rammsteins new album, among many other really nice stuff!

Follow us on facebook.com/opaquebuff and @opaquebuff at twitter, that’s where you’ll get the most recent gossip

Keep on having a really nice winter! Helsinki’s waiting for the snow to melt away, might still have some waiting to do. And we see the sun, for the first time in three weeks i think! Niiice.

/Julius UK & Opaque Buff

Would you like to appear in Opaque Buff’s upcoming music video?

We’re shooting a scene for a music video on Wednesday 4.1, 9.30-14, in Helsinki. We’re looking for a gorgeous and glam/sleazy crowd who Opaque Buff is performing to in the video.

We’d appreciate it A LOT if you could make it to the film shoot, answer this thread or e-mail opaquebuff (at) opaquebuff.com for details (and an invite to the FB-event) if you’re interested.

Earn our never-forgetting gratitude and your name in the credits by joining us in the film shoot! We’d really appreciate it A LOT!

Peace, love and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
/Opaque Buff

(yep, a music video and a new studio single is coming up in 2012!)

We’ve reached the end of this series. Enjoy the final video by the sleaziest band in Helsinki, One Day at a Time! Video featuring our friend and support, Olavi.

It’s a song by Johnny Scum. Lyrics to the verses we’re co-written by the whole band, something we haven’t done with any other songs. The song is about… well, you get the point.

Now it’s time for final preparations for the music video shoots in January! Released in early spring.

Merry X-MAS and a very dirty NEW YEAR 2012!

/Opaque Buff

P.S.
F.A.Q:What’s up with the painting in the video at the left?
It’s a work by Kari Riipinen Julius UK found at a flea market.

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ONE DAY AT A TIME
One day at the time!
Wide awake though it feels like I’ve been dreaming
Good company by Jack and Jim
The silence creeps on me, I’m screaming
And it crawls under my skin

Oh, where do we go?
Oh, what do we do?
I want to know!

Dallas’ masterpiece, Scarlet Starlight, voilá!

This one was written in early 2011 (late 2010), with some co-writing by Julius UK. I guess its a song about religion. Hope you like it. we like it a lot

There’s still one video coming up in a week, stay tuned!

… and here’s the LYRICS (lyrics added to the previous songs a s well!):

SCARLET STARLIGHT

Heaven denies, but another baby cries
A crescent moon, beneath indifferent skies
Wouldn’t you take my heathen trust
Before a twist of fate – and simply trying to push your luck?

Scarlet starlight, closing in again
Oh no!

There you go my friends, video number two, Rock ‘n’ roll virgin!

It’s an ooold song by Johnny Scum, from our first demo Party tight in the night with Opaque Buff (there was actually a long forgotten music video made to it). We haven’t played it a lot lately, but a lot of requests have been made, so here you go!

Happy x-mas -waiting times! It’s so damn dark (at least in Helsinki) right now we all need some rock n roll!

/Julius UK

Lyrics:

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL VIRGIN

My religion is rock ‘n’ roll
When I ask yours you say – I don’t know
There’s a thing or two baby that you’ve got to learn
The way of rock ‘n’ roll is gonna make your head turn

She’s ain’t gonna give in – She’s a rock ‘n’ roll virgin
She doesn’t know it’s a sin – She’s a rock ‘n’ roll virgin
Rock ‘n’ roll virgin!

Do like Doreen in the US did, order a Opaque Buff t-shirt! (Thanks for the pic, Doreen!)

Okay, I heard someone requesting some merchandise? Get these things at our gigs, next one 2.11 in Helsinki! We take orders too, ask for them at opaquebuff [ a t ] opaquebuff dot com. We’d really appreciate you buying these things, as we’re out of money…

Here you have it!

• Old style logo sleeve patches. 3€



• T-shirts with brand new logo. Normal fit sizes.  12€

New logo by Martin Huldin/Alternatur.

Hi!

We’ve been thinking a lot of what we really are doing and what should be coming up next. Right now we’re really glad to tell you that we’ve met some inspiring people who have got the drive and interest to work with us for some new video material. This also lead us to visit a recording studio (even though we’re compeltely broke):

Its also been a while since we’ve let you hear some of our new songs, so…. – some suprises are coming up still this year! Stay tuned (and stay tuned for gigs too, working on that! Next one is at Club between storeys). We also have some new merchandise, finally, more on that really soon.

Peace & love,
Julius UK & Opaque Buff

Hi!

In the last two years there has not been a period with no upcoming gigs for Opaque Buff – until now since we came back from Berlin.

Do not fear, plans are being made and things are bubbling under right now. Waiting to let you know of some new things about what’s going on, soon

Thanks to everyone who saw our gigs during last week – three cities (H:ki, Sthlm & punk capital Karjaa), four gigs, one week. It was a delight, everyone of us enjoyed it a lot – very exhausting though.

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