Stratovarius
(New page: == Introduction == Stratovarius is a Power metal band from Finland and was founded in year 1984. Today they have sold more than 2.5 million records worlwide.) |
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| + | As said before Stratovarius (Or Black water as the called themselves) was founded 1984 in Finland. The bandmembers was Tuomo Lassila, (Drums and Vocals) Staffan Stråhlman (Guitar) and John Vihervä (Bass gutar). | ||
| + | Only a Year after they was founded the changed their name to Stratovarius. | ||
| + | The name is a mix from the fender guitar "Stratocaster" and "Stradivarius". | ||
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| + | In year 1985 the first switch of members took place. Staffan Stråhlman quit the band and Timo Tolkki took his place on guitar and vocals. He also changed the style of the music to more neo-classical. | ||
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| + | The fist demo was produced 1987 and was picked up by CBS Finland and one year later they relesed their first two singles, "Future Shock" and "Black Night". | ||
| + | The first album "Friday night" was relesed 1989. | ||
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| + | 1990 Stratovarius was dropped by CBS and the band gone through a couple of band changes. | ||
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| + | On the third album "Dreamspace", 1994 the new bass player Jari Kainulainen was introduced. | ||
| + | On this album they had a session drummer, Sami Kuoppamäki because Lassila had an arm injury. | ||
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| + | After a huge success from the fourth album "Fourth Dimension" the drummer Tuomo Lassila and the new keyboardist Antti Ikonen quit and was replaced by the swedish keybordist Jens Johansson and the german drummer Jörg Michael. | ||
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| + | In year 1996 they had finally found their own sound and had a very strong line up. | ||
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| + | When the album "infinite" was released 2000 their fame spread all over the world. So they was getting on a tour with Sonata Arcrica and Rhapsody of fire. | ||
Revision as of 17:19, 8 September 2009
Introduction
Stratovarius is a Power metal band from Finland and was founded in year 1984.
Today they have sold more than 2.5 million records worlwide.
The Bands history
As said before Stratovarius (Or Black water as the called themselves) was founded 1984 in Finland. The bandmembers was Tuomo Lassila, (Drums and Vocals) Staffan Stråhlman (Guitar) and John Vihervä (Bass gutar). Only a Year after they was founded the changed their name to Stratovarius. The name is a mix from the fender guitar "Stratocaster" and "Stradivarius".
In year 1985 the first switch of members took place. Staffan Stråhlman quit the band and Timo Tolkki took his place on guitar and vocals. He also changed the style of the music to more neo-classical.
The fist demo was produced 1987 and was picked up by CBS Finland and one year later they relesed their first two singles, "Future Shock" and "Black Night". The first album "Friday night" was relesed 1989.
1990 Stratovarius was dropped by CBS and the band gone through a couple of band changes.
On the third album "Dreamspace", 1994 the new bass player Jari Kainulainen was introduced. On this album they had a session drummer, Sami Kuoppamäki because Lassila had an arm injury.
After a huge success from the fourth album "Fourth Dimension" the drummer Tuomo Lassila and the new keyboardist Antti Ikonen quit and was replaced by the swedish keybordist Jens Johansson and the german drummer Jörg Michael.
In year 1996 they had finally found their own sound and had a very strong line up.
When the album "infinite" was released 2000 their fame spread all over the world. So they was getting on a tour with Sonata Arcrica and Rhapsody of fire.
