everything2.net - yes *THE* information "source" you can think of! Yeah, right!
What a crapload of hokum. First, this article is aeons old - it's from 2000!
Second, ex-Tiktak Petra Mauria is actually a very skilled live singer (who in contrary to others can also sing properly without studio trickery)...third the band is disbanded since 2007. Last album was "Myrskyn Edellä" (=After The Storm) in about 2005, last single released shortly before they went their own ways.
@lilalurl VERY nice detective work - ever thought to change job and work as a private investigator henceforth?
The "watermelon" pun could indeed a huge part of the story (or could not)
I knew the story behind the arabuusi-thing very well (and no, it was NOT Toni who told me
) but I pondered about keeping it to myself better, at least in public...otherwise it would probably have been unveiled ON the web site.