Leena Peisa

Leena Peisa
Awa on stage
Background information
Birth name Leena Maria Peisa
Also known as Lady Awa, Lady Awa De Paysant, Lende Mielihyva
Born (1979-03-16) 16 March 1979
Origin Vantaa, Finland
Genres Hard rock, heavy metal, power metal
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter
Instruments Keyboard, turntable, vocals
Years active 1994–2012, 2018–present
Associated acts Lordi
Dolchamar
Punaiset Messiaat
Sampsa Astala ja Qma
Dingo

Leena Maria "Awa" Peisa (born 16 March 1979 in Vantaa, Finland) is a keyboard player. Peisa's former bands include Lordi, Punaiset Messiaat and Dolchamar. Currently she plays in Lordi's ex-drummer's Kita's band "Sampsa Astala & Qma"[1].

Biography

Leena Maria Peisa was born in Vantaa although she spent her teenage years in Porvoo. She has been playing the piano since she was six years old. She took to playing the synthesizer in her teens. Her first band was Punaiset Messiaat which she joined in autumn 1994. While in Punaiset Messiaat she used the stage name "Lende Mielihyvä". Mielihyvä is the Finnish word for pleasure. After Punaiset Messiaat disbanded in 1998, Peisa concentrated on her education and studied Social Studies at the University of Helsinki.

In 2003, she joined the Esperanto band Dolchamar, and in 2005 was invited to join Lordi by drummer Kita to replace the keyboardist Enary.[2] In Lordi, she takes on the persona of an unearthly Vampire Countess. The name Awa comes from Be Aware. On the band's website she is said to have many other names.[3] The British newspaper the Daily Mail wrongly credited a photo of a woman without make-up as being Awa. Dolchamar removed all Peisa's photos from their website; it is unknown whether this is a coincidence, or whether it's to play along with her monster image. Some Greek television channels claim to have videos and photos of the band without stage make-up.[4] On 25 July it was announced through the band's website that she is leaving the band after their concert on 11 August 2012.

In February 2018, Leena joined the Finnish rock band Dingo, replacing former keyboardist Pete Nuotio.

Discography

With Punaiset Messiaat

Albums

  • Back In Bu$ine$$ (1995)
  • Lemmentykki ('Cannon of Love') (1996) Highest position #26 in the Finnish Official Top 40.
  • Älä osta; varasta ('Don't buy; steal') (1997)

EPs

"Punainen Iktivisto" (1992)

  • Punk on pop ('Punk Is Hip') (1996)
  • Tuu mun luo ('Come to Me') (1996)
  • Hornan hovin häät ('A Wedding at the Abode of Evil Spirits') (1997; includes a horror comic book.)

Singles

  • Onko tää rakkautta?! ('Is This Love?!') (1996)
  • Oma rotta ('My Own Rat') (1996) A gold-selling single record in 1997.

With Dolchamar

Albums

  • Rebela Sono (The Rebel Sound) (2005)

With Lordi

Albums

Singles and EPs

With Dingo

Singles

  • Tähtenä taivaalla (2018)

References

  1. ↑ "Sampsa Astala". www.sampsaastala.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  2. ↑ Bmgfinland.com
  3. ↑ Official Lordi Site
  4. ↑ Eurovisionclub.com
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Greece Elena Paparizou
with "My Number One"		 Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest
2006
(as par of Lordi)		 Succeeded by
Serbia Marija Šerifović
with "Molitva"
Preceded by
Geir Rönning
with "Why?"		 Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
2006
(as par of Lordi)		 Succeeded by
Hanna Pakarinen
with "Leave Me Alone"
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