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| Country: |  Finland |
| Last Login: | Apr 3, 2008 (242 days back) |
About Me |
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| Stratovarius was founded in 1982 in Finland under the name Black Water. They went through a number of personnel changes and changes in style before the band found its own voice. The founding members were Tuomo Lassila, Staffan Stråhlman, and John Vihervä. By 1984, Timo Tolkki entered the band, replacing Stråhlman on guitar, changed the name to Stratovarius (a portmanteau of Stratocaster and Stradivarius) and taking up vocal duties as well. Tolkki became the driving force and mastermind of the band, assuming relatively complete control of the song-writing. He brought along not only strong rock influences, but also a neo-classical tinge. The band released a demo to various record companies by 1987, finally being picked up by CBS Finland. In 1989, their debut album Fright Night was released, following two singles.
After being dropped by CBS, the band went through several member changes, but they managed to release an album on another label and they also toured a bit. In 1994 they released their third album, Dreamspace, featuring new bass player Jari Kainulainen, (who joined the band as 70% of the new material was already recorded) which was a great success. Tolkki decided to stop singing for the band, and they hired a full-time singer: Timo Kotipelto. The release of Fourth Dimension in 1995 was a great success, but internal differences in the band, particularly of the style the band was going for, prompted the departure of long-time drummer Tuomo Lassila and keyboardist Antti Ikonen. Two new non-Finnish members were recruited: Swedish keyboardist Jens Johansson, of Yngwie Malmsteen fame; and German drummer Jörg Michael. With the fifth release Episode, Stratovarius had finally found its sound and had a strong, diverse line-up. Episode was a grand project, featuring a large choir and a string orchestra. It spawned some of the all-time greatest Stratovarius hits, such as "Father Time" and "Will The Sun Rise". This line-up released three hugely successful albums over the years: Visions in 1997, Destiny in 1999, and Infinite in 2000. With every album, their fame and fan-base expanded, and they started gaining a stronger following outside Scandinavia, particularly in Japan. In 2003, the band released its most epic project yet, the two album suite named Elements. With these albums, they reached a peak in their progressive and symphonic style of power-metal. The first album, Elements, Pt. 1, was released in early 2003, followed by a world tour. Elements, Pt. 1 was followed by Elements, Pt. 2, also released on Nuclear Blast records in the same year with the hit single "I Walk To My Own Song". In late 2003, the band broke up, with Timo Kotipelto and Jörg Michael leaving after a very vaguely explained conflict. Tolkki hired a new singer, Katriina "Miss K" Wiiala, and Anders Johansson of Hammerfall (Jens' brother) temporarily on drums. The rest of 2004 saw virtually complete silence from the band. In January 2005, an announcement was released that Stratovarius had reunited with the old line-up. Timo Tolkki seemed to have recovered from his illness. In June 2005, Tolkki announced that the band's bassist, Jari Kainulainen, had left the band due to personal reasons. He was since replaced by Lauri Porra. Stratovarius then released the self-titled album Stratovarius in September 2005, featuring the popular single "Maniac Dance". During this time, Stratovarius began a world tour, started in Argentina, which included a North American leg, where they toured the United States and Canada for the first time in the band's history. They played at such events as Atlanta's "Prog Power", and in well known venues such as "B.B. King's House Of Blues" in New York and Philadelphia's "Trocadero Theatre". The tour also included a long European tour, and a handful of Japanese and Chinese cities. Later on in 2006 Stratovarius played summer festivals in Europe and completed a two week tour of North and South America. The band is now in pre-production for a new record, with the working title "R R". |
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Music:Member Since: 9/27/2006Band Website: stratovarius.com Band Members: Timo "El Tolkki" Tolkki - Guitar Timo "Serenity" Kotipelto - Vocals Jens "Fjällräven Känken" Johansson - Keyboards Jörg "Vegetarian" Michael - Drums Lauri "Beat Detective" Porra - Bass We used the address lauri@jens.org to register this account. In case anyone wants to search their friends lists or something. Sounds Like: Music Record Label: Sranctuary Type of Label: Major |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Metal / Classical / Progressive) |
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My Blog |
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STUDIO REPORT PART 1 |
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| Sorry, we didnt manage to put the webcam. Too many technical problems. But here is the first part of the many studio reports to come to keep you updated. You will find these also in stratovarius.com Posted by Stratovarius on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:10:00 PST |
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LOOKING FOR A NEW WEBMASTER |
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| We are looking for a dedicated person with webpage designing skills. You must have time to update the page regularily. Contact is: goldenworks@elisanet.fi Posted by Stratovarius on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:20:00 PST |
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RECORDINGS START |
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| In 2 days we are entering Sonic Pump Studios to record our 12th album. Jörg is flying in tomorrow Saturday. We are keeping you updated with blogs and podcasts and we try to set up the webcam for you b... Posted by Stratovarius on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:18:00 PST |
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STUDIO AND HAPPY 2007 |
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| We are entering Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki on 25.2 to start the recordings for our 12th studio album entitled "R.... R.....". We will keep you updated with studioblogs and hopefully a webcam place... Posted by Stratovarius on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:57:00 PST |
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STRATOVARIUS ANTHOLOGY |
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| This album has been shelved for now for the undetermined time.We were never supporting this idea of Sanctuary and finally afterlong discussions, they are not releasing it, at least for now.We just did... Posted by Stratovarius on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:36:00 PST |
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DRUMS RECORDED |
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| Just got back from Germany and we recorded the drums for 11 songs in a demo studio close to Jörg´s rehearsal room. I think it was called Sounds of Steel, although I don´t know how the steel sounds act... Posted by Stratovarius on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:02:00 PST |
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NEW STRATOVARIUS PRODUCTION |
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| Since I get many questions reqarding this, the situation is as follows:I have written 11 new songs and we are first going to demo them. This will be completedby the end of the year and we will enter t... Posted by Stratovarius on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:45:00 PST |
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END OF TOUR OF THE AMERICAS |
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| I am typing this in a plane on the way from Miami to Frankfurt. I cannot believe they have internet even in the planes these days. I just connected my laptop and I am online.Wow!We finished the tour o... Posted by Stratovarius on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 06:26:00 PST |
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GREETINGS FROM EL SALVADOR! |
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| Yesterday we played here in El Salvador for the first time in somekind of a sports hall.I guess there were something like 4000 people and they were some loudpeople:) It was really magical. We knew its... Posted by Stratovarius on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 08:02:00 PST |
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WELCOME AND THANK YOU |
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| So here it finally is, our official myspace page, after some struggling with a couple of fake sites. I am typing this in our bus on a parking lot in Springfield and it´s 2 hours to the showtime.We hav... Posted by Stratovarius on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:24:00 PST |
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