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| Name |
Instrument |
Member from |
| Kyyria |
Bass |
1990 - 1998 |
Biography
Character: Easy going but strongly aware of the darker side of human nature
Gear: G&L L-2000 Bass black, Fender Precision '74 Natural, Seymour Duncan pickups, Ampeg SVT II, Ampeg 810 speaker, T-rex Squeezer compressor, T-rex Bass Juice Distortion, T-rex Fuel Tank power supply, Boss TU-2 tuner, Sans Amp Bass DI, Digitech BassSynthWah
Idols/musical influences: Jimi Hendrix
All-time favourite song: AC/DC: It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock'n'Roll)
All-time favourite albums: Slayer: Reign In Blood, AC/DC: High Voltage
Best gig ever seen: Metallica '88
Favourite Amorphis songs: Rusty Moon, Elegy, The Smoke
Least favourite Amorphis songs: God Of Deception, Captured State
Funniest tour memory: A guy in St. Petersburg sat quietly next to me for 30 min, then he informed me that he was only into satanic, brutal death and left. Maybe he came to the wrong show.
Most memorable studio session: Eclipse, it's the latest one so quite easy to remember. I had a great time in the studio without any complications.
Motto/philosphy of life: Don't look back 'coz it's gone already.
Sources of musical inspiration: Things that happen around me might trigger a huge inspiration to write music, likewise they might kill all the inspiration.
Other bands/side projects: Verenpisara, To Separate The Flesh From The Bones
First instrument: Hagström Classic guitar
First album ever bought: Deep Purple: Machine Head
Favourite...
Kalevala character: Kullervo
songwriter: Mark Sandman
classical composer: Jean Sibelius
author/poet: Veikko Huovinen
visual artist: Salvador Dali
movie director: Francis Ford Coppola
actor/actress: Dennis Hopper
magazine: National Geographic
cartoon: South Park
concert venue: Z7, Pratteln/Switzerland
sport: Hockey
game: GTA: San Andreas
holiday destination: Anywhere warm in the winter, no need to go anywhere in the summer
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