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Kotipelto

Kotipelto

About Me

Well, I was born in Lappajärvi, Finland. I went through the Finnish school system (college etc). When I was 13 my parents bought me drums which I played until I was sixteen. Then, some of my friends (with whom I played at the time) made me believe that I could sing and play drums at the same time. I was foolish enough to try that. Of course, it didn..t work. It seems that I was an even bigger fool when I quit playing drums and concentrated solely on singing. By accident, I later found myself studying vocals/music. I noticed that I pretty much liked it! That..s how I ended up studying vocals in Helsinki at the pop/jazz conservatory. That was in autumn of 1992. The following summer in 1994, I joined Stratovarius when they were already in the studio recording "Fourth Dimension". Since then some more albums have been released (if you are interested, check out www.stratovarius.com. I don..t want to go through all them now) and we toured a lot. My first solo album Waiting for the Dawn came out in 2002. The second album Coldness was released 2004. At the moment I am working on my third album.
Serenity - video
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Stratovarius

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Member Since: 5/2/2006
Band Website: kotipelto.com
Band Members: Timo Kotipelto - vocals
Lauri Porra - bass
Tuomas Wainölä - guitars
Janne Wirman - keys
Mirka Rantanen - drums

On Waiting for the Dawn album:

Michael Romeo - guitars
Roland Grapow - guitars
Jari Kainulainen - bass
Gas Lipstick - drums
Sami Virtanen - guitar
Mikko Härkin - keys

On Coldness album:

Michael Romeo - guitars
Jari Kainulainen - bass
Juhani Mamlberg - guitars
Antti Wirman - Guitars

Record Label: High and Loud
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

B-day

Hi,thanks to you all cool people who sent me birthday greetings and those who came to see the show last night at Tavastia. I had nice time on the stage.Rock the bdays!Timo...
Posted by Kotipelto on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:39:00 PST

New video

Hi all!I have a new Serenity video out! Just click on the video pic below.When touring in South-America last September I decided to film a couple of gigs.Thanks to my friends Mariano Biasin and Veróni...
Posted by Kotipelto on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:55:00 PST

Hyväntekeväisyys konsertti/Charity concert

Rokkaa lasten hyväksikäyttöä vastaan!!!Olen juontamassa hyväntekeväisyyskonserttia Heta Hyttisen kanssa Nosturissa tammikuun 19. päivä. Tule tukemaan hyvää asiaa ja tsekkaa bändit ja info:http://rokka...
Posted by Kotipelto on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:23:00 PST

Videp blogs on MTV

You can check out some weird/funny/whatever video blogs on MTV Finland's homepage.I've been filming some strange video clips with some of my friends. You might even recognize few of them...Follow this...
Posted by Kotipelto on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:45:00 PST

Live on MTV Finland

Live on Music Television FinlandJanne Wirman and I will play 3 songs on MTV's Headbanger's ball on Sunday23rd at 23.00 (Finnish Time). Replay on wed 26th at 24.00. They were recorded live some days a...
Posted by Kotipelto on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:34:00 PST

Spain

Festival in Spain confirmed!!!Just got the confirmation that Kotipelto will play onAtarfe Vega Rock in Granada, Spain March 7th 2008.We are looking forward to appear on that festivaland Rock the Metal...
Posted by Kotipelto on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:55:00 PST

Ancara - Beyond the Dark

Ancara hit the charts in Finland!Ancara´s new album "Beyond the Dark" was released in Finland Aug 22ndand it went directly to number 9 on the official top 40 charts!Congratulations guys!!!http://www.m...
Posted by Kotipelto on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:58:00 PST

Wanaja Festival line-up

The line up for Wanaja festival will be:Tuomas Wäinölä - guitarsRobert Engstrand - keysMirka Rantanen - drumsPasi Heikkilä - bassTimo Kotipelto - vocsJari Kainulainen cancelled the gig with a short no...
Posted by Kotipelto on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:03:00 PST

High and Loud signs a new band

High and Loud has just signed Finnish hard rockers Ancara!After seeing a couple of gigs by the band and listening to their new material I was convinced: this band has to be signed!Ancara plays honest ...
Posted by Kotipelto on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:19:00 PST

Live lineup - summer gigs in Finland

Hi,The live lineup for this summer is:Tuomas Wäinölä - guitarsLauri Porra - BassRobert Engstrand - keysMirka Rantanen - drumsJari Kainulainen - bass (only on Wanaja Festival)and me on the vocs.Robert ...
Posted by Kotipelto on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:26:00 PST