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Timo Tolkki
12+ albums
Power metalmelodic metalguitar virtuosometalheavy metal
about
A Finnish Grammy nominated record producer, songwriter and musician, Timo Tolkki has sold over 3 million records during his 25 year career. He has played over 1500 shows in every continent across the globe and produced around 50 albums. He has released 13 albums with Stratovarius and 2 solo albums. Timo started playing guitar when he was 7 years old. His early influences were ABBA, The Beatles and The Shadows. Very quickly he progressed to the point where he wanted an electric guitar. After hearing “Smoke on the Water” on the radio the rest was history. As a young teenager, Tolkki practically slept with his guitar and it was not uncommon for him to practice 8 hours a day. He was also playing in some local bands but in 1984 got a phonecall from the Stratovarius camp asking him to join the band. Stratovarius soared to great heights becoming the leading pioneers in progressive power metal. This monumental achievement included 7 world tours, 3 consecutive gold discs in Finland and selling almost 3 million records. The recent break up of Stratovarius came about because Tolkki felt that the relationships in the band very very badly contaminated and also because everything that was to be said with that band with those members had already been said and to continue would be simply repeating the same form. He also wanted to be able to concentrate on other things, explaining that:“There’s just a time for everything in life and Stratovarius came to the end of a road and there was nowhe
top songs
albums
Hymn To Life
Classical Variations and Themes
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Classical Variations and Theme
Saana - Warrior Of Light pt. 1 - Journey to Crystal Island
Guitar Heroes
Classical Variations & Themes
Saana Warrior Of Light Pt.1
Timo Tolkki - Classical Variations And Themes
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Chaos Magic
Renaissance Acoustica
Saana Warrior Of Light, Part 1
Saana - Warrior of Light, Part 1: Journey to Crystal Island