Matti Inkinen of SIG (1958 - 2009)

SIG: 'Leijailen' (1985)


SIG: 'Hyvää syntymäpäivää'


SIG: 'Sadan vuoden yksinäisyys' (1984)

SIG: 'Vuosisadan rakkaustarina' (audio only)

Matti Inkinen, the vocalist of Finnish electropop band SIG, was found drowned on Monday 25 May, after having disappeared from his home on 29 April 2009. Inkinen, 50, had been recovering from a brain surgery where a tumour was removed, and was allegedly suffering from depression. SIG was at the peak of its popularity in the early 1980s, known for such tunes as 'Tiina menee naimisiin' ("Tiina gets married"), 'Hyvää syntymäpäivää' ("Happy birthday"), 'Sadan vuoden yksinäisyys' ("One hundred years of solitude") and 'Vuosisadan rakkaustarina' ("The love story of the century").

Links in Finnish:

SIG videos @ Yle Elävä Arkisto

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