Esa Holopainen
Last updated: August 12, 2010
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Date of birth: Sunday, 1st of October Character: Libra Gear: ESP guitars, Bogner amps, Seymour Duncan pickups, DR-strings, Voodoo Lab, HBE, Vox, Line6 & Boss effects. Tanglewood and Larrivée acoustic guitars.    
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| Idols/musical influences: | Ritchie Blackmore, David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Thin Lizzy, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Martin Barre, Jeff Hanneman & Kerry King, Kingston Wall, Ozric Tentacles, Abbath. … |
| Sources of musical inspiration: | Suomi, Sauna and Sibelius. … |
| All-time favourite songs: | Jeff Buckley: Dream Brother Thin Lizzy: Massacre Pink Floyd: One Of These Days Shakti: Joy … |
| All-time favourite albums: | Jeff Buckley: Grace Camel: The Snow Goose Rainbow: Long Live Rock’n’Roll Deep Purple: Perfect Strangers Metallica: Master Of Puppets Led Zeppelin: III … |
| Best guitar solos ever: | David Gilmour’s 2nd lead on Comfortably Numb John Mc Laughlin on Shakti’s Joy … |
| Current favourite albums: | Kimmo Pohjonen: Kluster Mastodon: Crack The Skye Yngwie J Malmsten: Marching Out/Rising Force Riverside: Second Life Syndrome … |
| Best gig ever seen: | Pink Floyd in Lahti – FIN, 1989 |
| Favourite Amorphis songs: | The Smoke, Sky Is Mine, Majestic Beast, Her Alone, Under A SoilAnd Black Stone, Elegy, Alone |
| Least favourite Amorphis songs: | Evil Inside, Follow Me Into The Fire |
| Personal highlight with Amorphis: | Skyforger. |
| Best Amorphis gigs so far: | Wacken 2007, Oulu – Teatria, March 2009. |
| Funniest tour memory: | Playing hardball in Arizona. |
| Worst moment on stage: | When our guitar tech tuned the guitar in a totally weird tuning at the Elegy release show. |
| Recipe against boredom on tour: | Every Apple product + sleeping. |
| Most memorable studio session: | Mixing Elegy at Parr Street Studios, Liverpool. I broke my hand and spent a couple of days in a local hospital. |
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| Hobbies/interests: | Family and laying on Spike Strip. |
| Good & bad habits: | Skiing and Jogging. |
| Motto/philosphy of life: | For every action there’s a reaction. |
| First album ever bought: | Deep Purple: Perfect Strangers. |
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| …Kalevala characters: | At the moment Seppo Ilmarinen. |
| …songwriter: | Roger Waters |
| …classical composers: | Jean Sibelius, Michael Nyman |
| …historical figure: | Spartacus |
| …authors/poets: | Paavo Haavikko, Pekka Kainulainen and William Blake |
| …visual artists: | Akseli Gallen-Kallela and Travis Smith |
| …movie directors: | Luc Besson, Tim Burton |
| …movie: | 300 |
| …actors: | Jean Reno, Vincent Gassel, Robert De Niro, Jukka S. Rasila |
| …book: | La Catedral del Mar by Ildefonso Falcones |
| …magazine: | Hesari (Helsingin Sanomat) |
| …concert venues: | House Of Blues – Chicago & LA, Circus – Khabarovsk |
| …festival: | Roskilde |
| …backstage: | Every House Of Blues backstage |
| …sports: | Muay Thai Boxing & Traditional Boxing |
| …game: | African Star |
| …holiday destination: | Moon |
| …city/landscape: | Tokyo, New York, Helsinki / Ampele and Ulku |
| …TV show: | Lost |
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