Tõnu Aare (deceased) Aleksander Vilipere (deceased) Harry Kõrvits Gunnar Kriik Ivo Linna Mati Nuude (deceased) Jaan Arder (deceased)
Apelsin (Estonian for orange) was an Estonian band created in 1974. Their lyrics are in Estonian and Russian. During the Soviet era, their LP albums were issued by the Soviet music monopoly Melodiya. The Russian name of the band was Апельсин. In both Estonian and Russian, the band's name means orange. Many songs and much of the music of the band are satirical. The band's combining music with humor (both onstage and offstage) was one of the reasons the band had become one of the most popular Estonian bands of all time.
In 2016, a book about the band, Tsepeliini triumf: Eesti rock 1970. aastatel (Zeppelin's Triumph: Estonian Rock in the 1970s), was published.
Members
The original lineup consisted of Tõnu Aare, Ants Nuut, Harry Kõrvits and Jaan Arder. In 1975, Gunnar Kriik, Ivo Linna and Mati Nuude joined. During 1989–1999 the band was at its smallest, and three of the founding members, Tõnu, Ants, and Jaan, rarely played together. Jaan had joined the historical music band, Hortus Musicus and Ivo and Harry had joined the band, Rock Hotel.
A Swedish manufacturer of juice, Brämhults Juice[sv], launched an advertising campaign in November 2009 called "Apelsin to Jos", which means literally "Orange to Juice" in Swedish. The slogan is a pun, and the campaign consists of the stunt of sending the band to a Nigerian town called Jos.
Discography
The band released 4 LPs and several CDs.
Apelsin XX, a 1994 CD released for the 20th anniversary of the band.
Apelsin Boogie, a 1999 CD released for the 25th anniversary of the band.
Apelsin № 1, a 2003 CD of 1974 songs. Label: Opus Est
