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Despite their Swedish origin, ''[[perkele]]''—the noun used for the band's name—is, in fact, a [[Finnish language|Finnish]] profanity. In a 2003 interview, lead vocalist and founding member Ron Halinoja cited his "roots in [[Finland]]" and the word's expressively vulgar nature as the main reasons behind choosing this for the band's name.<ref name="pollard"/> Perkele claim to be strongly against all kinds of racism, nationalism, fascism, sexism, and homophobia as well as being opposed to hate, war, and environmental pollution.<ref name="fb1"/> Despite this, in the past their appearance at traditionally left-wing events has caused controversy due to some of their songs featuring lyrical themes of Swedish and Finnish nationalist sentiments.<ref name="PiD"/> Due to the background of their bassist Chris as an adoptee originally from [[Sri Lanka]], the band have at one point experienced racist abuse from the audience at a concert in [[Belgium]].<ref name="skrutt">{{cite web|url=http://www.skruttmagazine.se/perkeleeng.htm|title=Perkele interview from 2005|work=Skrutt Magazine|date=August 2005|accessdate=October 5, 2019}}</ref>
In late October 2019, in coordination with the event organisers Perkele cancelled their scheduled performance in [[Warsaw]] with over two weeks' notice, citing "low ticket sales" as the primary reason.<ref name="ig1">{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Pdbn0j4xg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/perkele_official/2166079387320945760 |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Warsaw
==Band members==
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