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What is your musical background? Have we already heard Du sing in other bands?

I was born and raised in a musical family. I have been Singen since childhood and was forced Von my mum to play the oboe for 8 years! I was with mum on tour with her band and sang with them now and then. I then competed in several talent shows from 13 years of age.

My first band was a cover band, named Take Cover, with older guys when I was 17, then I got into a band called Alyson Avenue, first just as a studio singer, then took lead role and we have released 2 albums since 2000. At age 21 I had a lead role in a rock...

The Band - Biography
The history of Nightwish


The idea of Nightwish was "born" in July 1996 at midnight when Tuomas was spending a night with his Friends around a campfire. The first three songs, which were acoustic mood music, were recorded between October and December 1996. At that time, the band had three members: Tuomas, Tarja and Emppu.



The band wanted to see what the Musik would sound like if drums were added (Jukka joined the band). Also at this time, the acoustic gitarre was replaced with an electric. After a couple of weeks of training, the band went to the studio this was in April...