Helsinki (AP) - Fans of Finnish metal band Nightwish can breathe a sigh of relief. After many months of turmoil, the search for a new singer is over.
"After the break-up with [singer] Tarja [Turunen], we decided Nightwish needed a new direction," says band leader and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen. "It became clear to us from the very start that the singer had to be a diva. And when I say diva, I mean a real whiny bitch. Michael Kiske was the obvious choice."
For Kiske, who currently lives on a park bench somewhere in downtown Hamburg, it was an easy decision to accept the job offer.
"I fucking hate metal. It fucking sucks. My God, I will never work on another metal album," says Kiske. "Avantasia? What does that even mean?"
Kiske continues, "Nightwish? Yeah, I needed the money."
Reactions to replacing Turunen, a classically trained female opera singer, with the apparently male Kiske, were mixed, but sales on Nightwish bath robes, Nightwish mugs, Nightwish flags, Nightwish condoms, Nightwish suppositories and Nightwish whatnots remained as brisk as always.
"Pink Bubbles Go Ape? What the fuck was I thinking?", concludes Kiske.
BREAKING NEWS: Nightwish announces new vocalist
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April joke...
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If it starts with blabbermouth...
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Re: BREAKING NEWS: Nightwish announces new vocalist
It was obvious that it was a joke even before clicking on the thread.
If irony were made of strawberries, we'd all be drinking a lot of smoothies right now.
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I thought he was going to say Miss K!
I forgot it was April 1st---I've had a very hectic day!
Good one, btw!
OTOH, What's wrong with Nightwish having a Male singer?
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But still, having Kiske as their singer would have rocked.
Re: BREAKING NEWS: Nightwish announces new vocalist
Every news published in Blabbermouth is a April's fool joke anyway !
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Ha, that's nice. My first thought was: oh, once again news from Nightwish...
How many topics do we have here about "new voice of nightwish" ?
How many topics do we have here about "new voice of nightwish" ?
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Toutes choses étant égales, par ailleurs, la solution la plus simple est toujours la meilleure.
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I can just imagine how it is on the Nightwish forums!
*Anyone want to fill us in?
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I guess that's the reason why they have deleted those news again..browneyedgirl wrote:
I can just imagine how it is on the Nightwish forums!
*Anyone want to fill us in?
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but couldn't Blabbermouth be sued because of that? Just wondering, because it's so easy to sue people nowadays, at least in the USA. I don't think even Nightwish likes that kind of publicity.
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I actually thought that those news have never really been on Blabbermouth and NordicStorm just came up with that on his own. If that shouldn't be correct, maybe Blabbermouth really got problems, and as you can see, you can't find these news on Blabbermouth now anymore..
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Oh, damn! I thought it was true for one minute.
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Alot of what happens on Blabbermouth is just rumors,and gossip. And some of the people who post there can be quite malicious.
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Hmm, that's not my opinion as all the new Guns'n'Roses and Iron Maiden news were said previously on there before being confirmed on the official websites...browneyedgirl wrote:Alot of what happens on Blabbermouth is just rumors,and gossip.
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But yes, a lot of gossip. I remember one particularly funny incident between Nile and Monolith Deathcult that was actually nothing, blabbermouth just hyped it.
I do not regard it a reliable source of metal news.
I do not regard it a reliable source of metal news.
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Kiske living in a park bench in Hamburg!!!
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I thought the same too. Let's sue Nordic! (South Park again )Dave wrote:I actually thought that those news have never really been on Blabbermouth and NordicStorm just came up with that on his own.
BTW, Nightwish already has a male singer, so why another one?
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Maybe because the frontwoman was considered a bit like the spirit of Nightwish (without forgetting the others though) not only an image but also a voice..Beast_Pete wrote:BTW, Nightwish already has a male singer, so why another one?
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Exactly! Tarja was like Tuomas' mascot, as Dickinson is Harris' one. Nobody could imagine Maiden without the Air Raid Siren...nor NW without Tarja. But, that happened and that's a sort of great occasion for people to try their chance with Tuomas & Co.Patricia wrote:Maybe because the frontwoman was considered a bit like the spirit of Nightwish (without forgetting the others though) not only an image but also a voice..Beast_Pete wrote:BTW, Nightwish already has a male singer, so why another one?
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I wouldn't go so far as to call Bruce Steve Harris' 'mascot'. He's written a lot of songs for Maiden, and many many lyrics. Poor analogy.MetalAngel wrote:Exactly! Tarja was like Tuomas' mascot, as Dickinson is Harris' one. Nobody could imagine Maiden without the Air Raid Siren...nor NW without Tarja. But, that happened and that's a sort of great occasion for people to try their chance with Tuomas & Co.Patricia wrote:Maybe because the frontwoman was considered a bit like the spirit of Nightwish (without forgetting the others though) not only an image but also a voice..Beast_Pete wrote:BTW, Nightwish already has a male singer, so why another one?
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Well, that wasn't said in a bad way. I wanted to say that Dickinson is like the oil which makes the Maiden machine to work...Do you see what I'm trying to say?NeonVomit wrote:I wouldn't go so far as to call Bruce Steve Harris' 'mascot'. He's written a lot of songs for Maiden, and many many lyrics. Poor analogy.MetalAngel wrote:Exactly! Tarja was like Tuomas' mascot, as Dickinson is Harris' one. Nobody could imagine Maiden without the Air Raid Siren...nor NW without Tarja. But, that happened and that's a sort of great occasion for people to try their chance with Tuomas & Co.Patricia wrote:Maybe because the frontwoman was considered a bit like the spirit of Nightwish (without forgetting the others though) not only an image but also a voice..Beast_Pete wrote:BTW, Nightwish already has a male singer, so why another one?
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wish it was Cristina Scabbia.
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that my friend, is not so unbelievable , Kiske is the living icon for the word frustrationstratoplayer wrote:Kiske living in a park bench in Hamburg!!!
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