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This Months Featured Artist is.....
Nightwish The idea of Nightwish was "born" in July 1996 at midnight when Tuomas was spending a night with his friends around a campfire.
The first three songs, which were acoustic mood music, were recorded between October and December 1996.
At that time the band had three members: Tuomas, Tarja and Emppu. We wanted to try what the music would sound like if drums were added (Jukka came to the band) and an electric guitar was used
instead of an acoustic one. After a couple of weeks of training we went to studio in April 1997. At that time we recorded seven songs
which can be found on the limited edition of the album Angels Fall First.
In May 1997 Nightwish signed a recording contract with Spinefarm for two records. In August Nightwish went to the studio and
recorded four new songs. Before the release of Angels Fall First, a single called The Carpenter was released and at its best it was
number eight on the official singles chart in Finland. Angels fall first was released in early November and it was at its best number 31
on the official album chart in Finland.
Nightwish played their first gig in Kitee on the 31st December 1997. After that Nightwish played only seven gigs in the following winter
because Jukka and Emppu were in the army and Tarja was busy with her studies. Nightwish and Spinefarm extended the contract to
include three records instead of two.
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In April 1998 the filming of the first video, The Carpenter, started. It was ready in early
May and was played in Jyrki. Tuomas and Tarja were also interviewed in that show
(this happened in late May).In the following summer the bassist Sami Vänskä joined the band. In March 2001, Nightwish went into the studio again to record a version of 'Over The Hills And Far Away' by Gary Moore, with 2 other songs and a remake of 'Astral Romance' from Angels Fall First. This EP was released in Finland in June 2001, and the other version of this includes 6 live songs as well as the other four tracks. Early in 2002, Marco (Hietala) joined and replaced Sami on bass. Tuomas didn't get on well with Sami, and invited Marco to join them. In the beginning of 2002 recording for another album began, Century Child, which was released soon after the recording had finished. Nightwish are now recording another album, due for release in June 2004. The band will also be touring extensively during the summer.
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Nightwish This is one of there pictures from there new album Once.
It's one of my our fave pic! |
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Tarja Turunen
Date of birth: 17th of August 1977 Place of residence: Helsinki, Finland Hobbies: Music is both my work and my hobby.
Musical background: I started singing with the help of my teacher and took private piano lessons when I was in lower grades of the basic school. When I was in the upper grades of the basic school I started playing flute in a music college. After the upper grades I started music high school in Savonlinna with classical singing and music theater as my major. Then I went to Sibelius Academy to study church music. At the moment I am specializing in classical singing.
Favorite...
Food: Chicken
Drink: Dry, gentle red wine
Movie: The Gladiator
Music: All kind of music from classical to hard rock
Director: Ridley Scott
TV-program: I don't watch TV a lot, but I watch the news and best movies on the weekend
Actor/Actress: Russell Crowe
Book: RT
Author: Mika Waltari
Band: It's hard to name the best one. There's a lot of good bands.
Album: Gladiator soundtrack
Song: Von ewiger Liebe by Brahms
Season: Spring
Worst nightmare: That I wake up in the morning being mute!
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Jukka Nevalainen Date of birth: 21st of April 1978
Place of residence: Joensuu, Finland
Hobbies: Swimming, badminton, jogging and music
Musical background: I started playing drums when I was in fifth grade but for the first five years I was able to practise only half an hour per week because I didn’t have any place to play in. I’ve played in various bands which have been from different genres.
Favorite...
Food: Vegetable gratin
Drink: With food I drink milk and when I´m not eating I drink Vodka with light lemonades
Movies: Gladiator
Director: Ridley Scott
TV-program: The Simpsons and Men Behaving Badly
Actor/Actress: Russell Crowe
Book: Dragons Of Autumn Twilight
Author: Margaret Weis and David Eddings
Band: Dream Theater, Stratovarius
Album: Gladiator -soundtrack, Dream Theater: Images & Words
Song: Whole Gladiator -soundtrack, Black Diamond by Stratovarius, Eden by Sarah Brightman
Season: Summer
Worst nightmare: Basic-pattern made Hip-Hop/Rap/Soul-music
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Erno (Emppu) Vuorinen
Date of birth: 24th of June 1978 Place of residence: Kerava, Finland
Hobbies: Just hanging around
Musical background: I started playing guitar when I was 12 as a private study. Since then I’ve played in various bands.
Favorite...
Food: Beef in a cognac sauce
Drink: Beer
Movie: The Enemy of the State was pretty good.
Director: I have no favourite director.
TV-program: I don't watch any TV show regularly.
Actor/Actress: Sandra "Bulldog"
Book: 1001 positions
Author: I don't read much. Actually I don't read at all.
Band: Yölintu. Heh.. there are many.
Album: There's a lot of good ones. It's hard to name the best one.
Song: There are many, but I just listened to I want out by Helloween and it is always really good.
Season: Late summer/early fall
Worst nightmare: A duet with Tuomas in front of thousands of people
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Marco Hietala Date of birth: 14th of January 1966
Place of residence: Helsinki, Finland
Hobbies: Scifi, fantasy & horrorbooks, computergames & movies
Musical background: Bass & guitar about 20 years. I've been a songwriter for all that time also (music & lyrics). I've studied musical theory, singing & classical guitar for about 4 years. Bands: Tarot, Sinergy, Metal Gods (covergroup), Conquest. I also have 5 years of experience in studio engineering.
Favorite...
Food: Finnish sausage called "lenkki"
Drink: Finnish beer called "karhu"
Movie: The whole Star Wars series. I hope that the lord of the rings will take the first place soon.
Director: Too many for me to decide
TV-program: Babylon 5
Actor/Actress: Don't have one
Book: I have thousands of books, so this is a hard desicion. The lord of the rings again.
Author: Obviously Tolkien. I'm actually more of a scifi guy and at that side I'm really into works of David Brin, Larry Niven, Vernor Vinge and Greg Bear just to name a few.
Band: Way, way too many good ones. From early Sabbath, Purple, Rainbow stuff to Pantera, Soundgarden and an occasional soft spot for Kate Bush and Tori Amos.
Album: It changes from time to time. I've been listening Thin Lizzy's Live'n'dangerous a lot lately.
Song: Maybe... Gates of Babylon from Rainbow
Season: Summer! There's nothing romantic being a frost covered viking in scandinavia. IT'S COLD!
Worst nightmare: Losing my creativity.
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Tuomas Holopainen
Date of birth: 25th of December 1976 Place of residence: Kitee, Finland
Hobbies: Music, movies, hiking, travelling
Musical background: I started playing piano when I was eight. At the age of nine I started playing clarinet and to study music theory in college of music from where I also got a diploma. I’ve played saxophone in a jazz band and a clarinet in a brass band. Keyboards have been my instrument since the age of 16 and I have played in various bands, for example Nattvindens Gråt.
Favorite...
Food: Mexican, Sushi
Drink: Coffee
Movies: Braveheart, Sleepy Hollow, Gladiator
Director: James Cameron
TV-program: MacGyver
Actor/Actress: Morgan Freeman
Book: Lord Of The Rings
Author: J.R.R Tolkien, Stephen King
Music: Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, Sonata Arctica, Vangelis, Rhapsody, Pantera, Children Of Bodom
Album: Gladiator soundtrack
Song: Walking In The Air by Howard Blake
Season: Winter
Worst nightmare: Spiders
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