The album was recorded in Lahti by Pekka Nurmi at Microvox studio, which was a cheap, seedy, and not very classy basement studio.

They were very popular in Finland, Sweden and Estonia in the 1970s and early 1980s, as well as a popular live act in Sweden during this time.

Their classic line-up consisted of Remu Aaltonen, Albert Jrvinen, and Cisse Hkkinen.

The misspelling of the name (Hurriganes with a g) is intentional.

Their style of music is very much of a nostalgic, pre- Beatles, roots rocknroll orientation.

During their classic period, the bands output consisted largely of revved-up cover versions of well-known 1950s rock n roll songs, in addition to their own original material.

In this sense, Hurriganes can be viewed as Finlands answer to British pub rock performers of the 1970s like Dave Edmunds and Dr.

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Kallio temporarily quit the band in the spring of 1972, being replaced by guitarist Pekka Albert Jrvinen who was part of the bands most famous line-up.

Influenced by the name of the North American band Johnny And The Hurricanes, Remu Aaltonen devised the name for his own band.

The albums A-side was recorded in a concert in Klaukkala, as was the first song of the B-side, but the rest was recorded in the studio.

The album included the bands most famous song Get On, which won the International European Pop Jury competition.

Roadrunner was recorded in Stockholm at Marcus Music Studios, and the album was also mastered in Stockholm.

Roadrunner is still considered one of Finnish rock musics most important albums, and it is Finlands seventh-best-selling album of all time.

The albums cover art (by Risto Vuorimies) was the only Finnish album cover in a 1977 book Album Cover Album (Dragons, World Book) which was compiled by Hipgnosis and Roger Dean.

The covers stylish motif was chosen by Hurriganes bassist Cisse Hkkinen, who owned a light blue 1954 Cadillac Series 62 sedan.

The cover shows Remu Aaltonen, Cisse Hkkinen and Albert Jrvinen sitting on the back seat of the Cadillac.

In 2007, Roadrunner was re-released as a SACD mixed to a 5.1 format.

In the neighboring country of Sweden, the band was a popular live performer well into the 1980s, and broke the concert venue Folkparks record in audience numbers several times.

The same in 1975, when Hurriganes released the album Crazy Days, which reached diamond disc status quickly, but never did beat the Roadrunner album in terms of sales.

Crazy Days contained one major hit, originally released by Jim The Beatmakers in 1964: My Only One, which had long been on Hurriganess concert repertoire, a song sung by Cisse in a bravura performance until the end.

The album also covered the Lennon-McCartney composition Bad to Me.

This album differs from its predecessors in that it contains only Remus and Cisses names in the writing credits of the bands own songs.

Ile also took part in the songwriting but Remu deliberately left his name out of the credits.

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