Name/Instrument:
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Jaani/Guitar |
Date & Place Of Birth:
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120975 – Nastola, Finland |
Character:
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Loyal and friendly but short-tempered, stubborn |
Equipment:
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Guitars: G&L Legacy Special, ESP Ltd EC 400, Yamaha FG-365 E (acoustic), Amps: Mesa/Boogie Single Rectifier, Mesa/Boogie 4x12 Recto Standard |
Vices and Virtues:
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vices: Biting fingernails, cigarettes, alcohol. Virtues: politeness, cooperation, respect |
Musical influences:
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Stevie Ray Vaughan, Slash, Jerry Cantrell, Keith Richards, Zakk Wylde, just to name a few. Although I’m not a singer I believe a lot of singers have influenced my playing and musicality as well; e.g. Jeff Martin, Glenn Hughes, Layne Staley, Ian Astbury, Jonny Lang, Paul Stanley. |
Coolest musician ever:
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Slash |
Favorite albums top-5:
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1. The Tea Party: Seven Circles, 2. Alice in Chains: Dirt, 3. Jonny Lang: Long Time Coming 4. Velvet Revolver: Contraband 5. Pantera: Vulgar Display Of Power |
Favorite food:
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There’s too much good food in the world to name just one favourite. In general I enjoy eating a lot. |
Favorite drink:
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Different juices, beer, red wine |
Favorite movies/books:
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There are lots, but my favorite directors are David Lynch, Quentin Tarantino and Pedro Almodovar, favorite authors are Charles Bukowski and Dan Brown |
Favorite Entwine song:
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Curtained Life, Insomniac |
The most embarrassing CD I own:
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Bassment Blues Band: Red House |
I’m addicted to:
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music, alcohol |
Best place on earth:
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Anfi at G.C |
Best gig I’ve seen:
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Alice in Chains in Provinssirock 2006 |
Funniest tour memory:
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| I don’t know if it’s the funniest but it sure was funny then. In 2004 we went to Russia to play one gig in Moscow. It was our first trip with our new “front of house”-guy. We travelled by train and as soon as we’d left the station we naturally started drinking. Well our new sound guy, who we hardly knew, started with vodka of course. It didn’t take him long to get quite drunk Soon he started to get undressed and after a while he was completely naked like a stinking fuckin’ jailbird. Well we were all under the influence of alcohol but it was still quite absurd and funny. Naturally the ice was broken. Btw, he’s still working with us. |
Describe shortly the other members of Entwine:
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Aksu: (too) Hard working motherfucker. Joni: Very “engineering”, good company for having a few beers. Tom: Talented musician, nice dude and has an unbelievable knowledge of history. Mika: After knowing him for over twenty years; love/hate/love. The other half of the “legendary leather pants of Nastola”. |
10 years from now I’ll be...:
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10 years older :) seriously, hopefully wiser and not fat. A better musician. Filthy rich!! |
Motto:
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Big machines warm up slowly. |