- Jukka Nevalainen
Infobox musical artist
Name = Jukka Nevalainen
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Jukka Antero Nevalainen
Born = Birth date and age|1978|4|21
Origin =Finland
Instrument = Drums
Genre =Power metal ,symphonic metal
Occupation = Drummer
Associated_acts =Nightwish , Sethian
Notable_instruments =Tama Drums Paiste cymbalsJukka Antero "Julius" Nevalainen (born
April 21 ,1978 ,Finland ) is thedrummer in the Finnish symphonic metal bandNightwish and the Finnishprogressive metal band Sethian.He lives with his wife Satu, daughter Luna (born in 2003) and son Niki (born in December 2005) in
Joensuu , Finland.Biography
He spent his early years in the city of
Kitee . His drumming career started at the age of eleven when his music teacher at school told him that a new educational program for music was opening, and he thought Jukka would fit in well as adrummer . He lacked a suitable place to practice so he made do at his home. His first band was "The Highway" but he joined his first real band at the age of 15-16. The band had a rehearsal place, but was restricted to practice only a couple of days a week. After he left that band, he joined up with Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen and they got a permanent practice place.At the age of 17, Emppu had already been contacted by the songwriter and keyboard-player
Tuomas Holopainen .Tuomas wanted to start an acoustic mood music project that would later become Nightwish and they needed a drummer, at which point Emppu suggested Jukka to Tuomas.After the early years of the band, Jukka got a new, professional
drum kit . He used that kit on the album Wishmaster to the end of theOnce world tour in 2005. He is currently endorsed by Tama drums,Paiste cymbals andPro-Mark sticks. (Previously, he usedDrum Workshop andPremier Percussion drums.) He is famous among Nightwish fans for wearing abandana on his head, even during shows, and for his spinning of his drumsticks. He is also known for being a vegetarian. He has a side-project; Sethian, but this band is almost completely dormant because of band members being busy with other bands.External links
[http://www.nightwish.com Nightwish Official Site]
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