Santeri Kallio
Last updated: June 22, 2011
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Character: Sikanauta Gear: Nord Wave, Hughes&Kettner Rotosphere, some hammond clone Nord Electro / Roland VK7 or Hammond etc Personal MySpace profile Personal photo page |
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| Idols/musical influences: | Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, Mike Oldfield, David Bowie, Motörhead, Led Zeppelin, Dio, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Michael Jackson, Ozric Tentacles, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, Queen, Pet Shop Boys, Giorgio Moroder, OMD, Jan Hammer, Faith No More, TOOL, Rammstein, Depeche Mode, 80s POP & 90s Techno music.
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| Sources of musical inspiration: | Rock’n roll lifestyle; sex & drugs & rock’n roll
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| All-time favourite songs: | David Bowie: Space Oddity Led Zeppelin: Immigrant Song Iron Maiden: Run to the hills Nuclear Assault: Hang the pope Europe: Final Countdown Motörhead: Overkill Ray Charles: Hit the road Jack Deep Purple: Burn & Child in time Ozric Tentacles: Sploosh Eagles: Hotel California Billy Idol: White wedding Dire Straits: Brothers in arms Radiohead: Creep REM: Losing my religion Aerosmith: Dream On Graham Central Station: The Jam + several disco & techno songs… just too many to name a few. … |
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| All-time favourite albums: | Led Zeppelin: III Vesa-Matti Loiri: Eino Leino 1 Ozric Tentacles: Strangetude Iron Maiden: Number Of The Beast AC/DC: High Voltage / Back in Black Bob Marley: Legend Motörhead: Iron Fist Rainbow: Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow / Difficult to cure Kiss: Animalize / Creatures Of The Night Bon Jovi: Bon Jovi Dio: Last in line Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced Helloween: Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II Eric Clapton: Backtracking Vangelis: Blade Runner Giorgio Moroder: Midnight Express Bruce Springsteen: Born In The USA Queen: The Works ZZ Top: Eliminator Liekki: Korppi Black Sabbath: Heaven And Hell Piirpauke: Metamorphosis Atomic Swing: In To The Blue Metallica: Kill Em All David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust / Low Wigwam: Nuclear Nightclub Kingston Wall: III Kate Bush: Hounds Of Love Red Hot Chili Peppers: Mother’s Milk Aerosmith: Permanent Vacation Faith no More: The Real Thing Deep Purple: Perfect Strangers / Live in Japan Dire Straits: Brothers In Arms Michael Jackson: Thriller Public Enemy: Fear Of The Black Planet U2: Joshua Tree Simon & Garfunkel: The Best Of Oasis: Morning Glory Van Halen: 1984 Living Color: Vivid Yngie Malmsteen: Marching Out … |
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| Best keyboard solo ever: | Jan Hammer – Led Boots (Jeff Beck: Wired) | |
| Best gig ever seen: | Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson’s comeback show in Helsinki | |
| Current favourite album: | Dire Straits: Making Movies | |
| Song that would be fun to cover: | Klamydia: Perseeseen | |
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| Favourite Amorphis songs: | Black River, Mermaid, Drowned Maid, Reformation | |
| Least favourite Amorphis songs: | Planetary Misfortune, White Swan, Withered | |
| Personal highlight with Amorphis: | Beginning Of Times reached German Top 20 | |
| Best Amorphis gig so far: | We just have not had that yet, Louhela Jam 05 was pretty cool though. | |
| Funniest tour memory: | Esa sang Juice Leskinen’s “Sika” in karaoke @Nummirock ’03 | |
| Worst moment on stage: | The band totally blew it @March Metal Meltdown 2001 | |
| Recipe against boredom on tour: | Drugging & jogging | |
| Most memorable studio session: | Pasi did demo vocals dozens of days in my studio for Eclipse demos, totally wasted all days long, totally wasted studio times. These melodies were never published. | |
| Other bands/side projects: | Verenpisara, Toxic Triangle, Hero Cult, Serpent Holder | |
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| Motto/philosphy of life: | DON’T GO WITH THE FLOW | |
| Hobbies/interests: | Music technology, WAR, War history, Computer programming, Quality management and organization improvement (…of basically anything), Problem solving, Humour, Alcohol drinking and Partying like a madman. | |
| Good & bad habits: | Optimist and reliable, sometimes too truculent to discuss with. | |
| First instrument: | Piano @4 years, leather fagotto few years later | |
| First album ever bought: | Kiss: Unmasked | |
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| Favourite… | ||
| …Kalevala character: | Pekka Kainulainen | |
| …songwriter: | Vangelis | |
| …classical composer: | Chopin | |
| …historical entity: | Temple of Mitra, Rome | |
| …author/poet: | Arto Melleri | |
| …visual artist: | James Cameron | |
| …movie director: | Stanley Kubrick | |
| …movies: | Dr Strangelove, Conan Barbarian, Platoon, Come and see, African Queen, Blade Runner, Aliens 2, Me myself and irene, Pet detective 1 & 2, Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind | |
| …actress: | Mo´Nique (Precious) | |
| …book: | Poltava (Peter Enlund) | |
| …magazine: | Musictech (sound engineer’s porn mag) | |
| …cartoon: | Moebius | |
| …concert venue: | Atlanta Center Stage (USA) | |
| …festival: | Iisalmi Oluset (FIN) | |
| …backstage: | Club backstage @ Teatria, Oulu (FIN) | |
| …landscape: | Lake view from sauna terrace | |
| …holiday destination: | Czech Republic in the summer | |
| …food & drink: | Tofu / Ouzo with icy water | |
| …animal: | Hare | |
| …sport: | Jogging | |
| …game: | Chess, Fußball | |
| …TV show: | OZ | |
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