TIMO TOLKKI: Videointerview part 2 online. Stratovarius era 1996-2008.

TIMO TOLKKI (REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE, Ex-Stratovarius) has released the second part of his 3-part interview trilogy in www.revolution-renaissance.com.

On this lengthy interview which lasts almost an hour, Timo Tolkki talks about the era of Stratovarius from the times 1996-2008.

Timo Tolkki talks about the difficulties behind becoming a very succesful with Stratovarius in relatively short period of time, doing world tours, selling out 7000 seat arenas etc.

But he also talks about the publicity stunt Stratovarius as a band made in the early parts of this decade. Kicking out Timo Kotipelto, hiring MissK, his turning into Kabbala and of course the stabbing that took place in Madrid, Spain. According to Timo, the whole publicity stunt was organized very professionally with a script how things would proceed and the whole band, management and even the record company was in it.

Since the interview is very long, it has been separated in two parts. You can watch them by clicking the links below:

TIMO TOLKKI INTERVIEW PART 2.1
TIMO TOLKKI INTERVIEW PART 2.2

Older interviews by REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE can be viewed from the below links:

TIMO TOLKKI INTERVIEW PART 1
GUS MONSANTO (Vocals) INTERVIEW
BRUNO AGRA (Drums) INTERVIEW
JUSTIN BIGGS (Bass) INTERVIEW
MIKE KHALILOV (Keyboards) INTERVIEW