Thanks for those! I always enjoy reading a good interview.
BTW in the Jens interview I found one pretty interesting sentence: "He (Jens) speaks with a beautiful Finnish accent which is very easy to listen to over the phone, but couple that with the mild midwest accent of the interviewer, word association became a little interesting."
Since when did JJ have a finnish accent?
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-Sir Richard Francis Burton
shaz wrote:Thanks for those! I always enjoy reading a good interview.
BTW in the Jens interview I found one pretty interesting sentence: "He (Jens) speaks with a beautiful Finnish accent which is very easy to listen to over the phone, but couple that with the mild midwest accent of the interviewer, word association became a little interesting."
Since when did JJ have a finnish accent?
I noticed that "slip" too!
Jens is SWEDISH!
When I have time I will add a few more interviews. I'll try to find some that are rare¬ listed on the StratoWebpage list.
I enjoy good interviews, also.
Those last 3 TT did on that list almost blew me away! I had never seen those particular interviews before&they showed TT very intimately, I thought. He really expressed an inner side to him which was controversial, but very intriguing/interesting!
"Your life is yours, and yours alone. Rise up and live it!"
Bob: I don't believe in God.
Archangel Michael: That's OK, Bob, because He doesn't believe in you, either!~Legion~
I can't seem to find any interviews BEFORE Dreamspace---but there has to be some, so I'll continue searching tomorrow.I'll put up a couple new links if possible. I know of a Jens interview I think is in my saved files.
I bet iron_thunder has some great nterviews!
"Your life is yours, and yours alone. Rise up and live it!"
Bob: I don't believe in God.
Archangel Michael: That's OK, Bob, because He doesn't believe in you, either!~Legion~
RETURN OF THE KINGS I like that title---very appropriate right now!
You are welcome--I enjoyed looking for them&reading them myself!
I'd like to find some older one at the beginning of the band's creation, but I have not been successful as yet.
Maybe tomorrow I can search some more--I'd like to put up a few more before the topic dies.....
"Your life is yours, and yours alone. Rise up and live it!"
Bob: I don't believe in God.
Archangel Michael: That's OK, Bob, because He doesn't believe in you, either!~Legion~
That one was actually "mine" (I think my full name is mentionned below the page)
A really old interview. Kotipelto wasn't in the band yet. I still have the original paper. Great interview. Tolkki already had the reputation to be a "dictator"
There is one great interview with Kotipelto that I did myself in 1997.
The french translation can be read in www.kotipelto.net, but I dunno where to find the english original version (perhaps in my archives, i should check...)
That one was actually "mine" (I think my full name is mentionned below the page)
A really old interview. Kotipelto wasn't in the band yet. I still have the original paper. Great interview. Tolkki already had the reputation to be a "dictator"
There is one great interview with Kotipelto that I did myself in 1997.
The french translation can be read in www.kotipelto.net, but I dunno where to find the english original version (perhaps in my archives, i should check...)
You should be proud of that interviw, Cliff--it was great! It ranks as one of the better ones, IMO!
"Your life is yours, and yours alone. Rise up and live it!"
Bob: I don't believe in God.
Archangel Michael: That's OK, Bob, because He doesn't believe in you, either!~Legion~
THANK YOU SHERRY!! I always love reading interviews, especially Strato ones, when i have the time ill read them all!
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stratoplayer wrote:THANK YOU SHERRY!! I always love reading interviews, especially Strato ones, when i have the time ill read them all!
Thanks! I enjoyed reading&finding them, too! I'm sure there are probably hundreds more out there---maybe one day when I have time I'll search for more! I'd like to find more of the very early interviews&reviews, but I bet they are kind of rare indeed!!!!
"Your life is yours, and yours alone. Rise up and live it!"
Bob: I don't believe in God.
Archangel Michael: That's OK, Bob, because He doesn't believe in you, either!~Legion~
(Interview from Metal Hammer No.12 Vol.4 June 26th 1989)
Finland is more likely to conjure up visual images of hot 'n' sweaty saunas than hot 'n' heavy metal bands. There are exceptions, like the infamous sleaze bags Hanoi Rocks, but even these Nordic glamsters moved South as soon as they could blag the air fare. A further exception, and looking set to change the face of Finnish rock music, is the arrival of three young and talented musicians: Timo Tolkki(guitar and vocals), Tuomo Lassila (drums and backing vocals) and Jyrki Lentonen (bass) call themselves Stratovarius and have just released their debut album "Fright Night" on CBS.
The name Stratovarius is a combination of the words Stratocaster and Stradivarius: as classical music buffs amongst you might know, a Stradivarius is an extremely famous, expensive and beautiful sounding violin, named after it's Italian builder Signore Stradivari. These young Finns are into an earload of the old classical muzak themselves. Drummer Tuomo is a student at the Helsinki Conservatory Of Music and in his "spare" time he plays for the conservatories very own symphony orchestra! He told us recently: "I'm really into combining classical influences with rock music. We're not exactly a headbanging band - I listen to a lot of heavy, progressive rock music. Believe it or not, our songs are getting longer and more and more classically influenced from day to day... I'm also a big Ozzy fan and I listen to a lot of Rush and progressive rock bands like Yes and Pink Floyd as well." This blend of classical influences and prog-rock are mixed with a mega dosage of raw power and rounded off with powerful lyrics. Timo wrote the music on "Fright Night", and Tuomo and Timo conjured up the gloomy lyrics, embracing subjects like darkness and fear. "We write about ourselves and our lives." Tuomo added. "So our lyrics contain references to changing the world and the future." The three guys arranged and produced the album on their own, helped only by engineer Make Torronen. But even before recording the album, Stratovarius had frequently played to live audiences in their native Finland. Despite still in their early twenties themselves, Tuomo told us: "Our audiences at home are 'oldish' HM audiences, they're nearly always over eighteen. A lot of the younger Finnish kids are into manic thrash - it's the older crowd who like our brand of progressive rock." You have to ask yourself whether the spoilt and overfed rock audiences in the rest of the world will pay a Finnish pomp-rock band much notice, but Tuomo knows the score: "We're really aware that it's going to be difficult for us to make the break in the rest of Europe. I've never actually been to England yet, but we're not desperate to move away from Finland anyway, we really like living here." And he added: "The Finnish rock scene was quiet for the last three years, but there's loads happening at the moment. There are some really great bands and they're just going to burst on the scene soon! It's really exciting.
I specially like the interviews I can listen.
I have an interview from Visions era, 1997, from a spanish rock magazing called Kerrang, but I'd have to translate it cause it's in spanish. Mmm, I have to see if I have the time...
Stratolily wrote:Thanks so much for the links, Browneyedgirl!
I specially like the interviews I can listen.
I have an interview from Visions era, 1997, from a spanish rock magazing called Kerrang, but I'd have to translate it cause it's in spanish. Mmm, I have to see if I have the time...
Hey Stratolily, if you want me to help you translating, just send me the archive and I can try to do it. What du think?
TerrinePotter wrote:
Hey Stratolily, if you want me to help you translating, just send me the archive and I can try to do it. What du think?
I apreciate so much your help, but it's impossible!
I said it's a magazine, you know, a paper one and I can't scan it.
When I'm in the mood I'm going to translate it, ok?, it's just that I'm not ok now. Something happend to me yestarday and I feel like shit so I don't feel like doing anything...
Do you know something I don't!? 
