Sami Vänskä
- Nattvindens Gråt
- Nightwish
- Root Remedy
Sami Vänskä (born 26 September 1976) is the former bassist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish.[1]
Background
Vänskä started playing bass when he attended music school when he was nine years old. Rush, Faith No More, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Metallica has been cited as sources of inspiration to his bass playing.[2] He also studied computer science in university.[3]
When Emppu Vuorinen, Holopainen and Jukka Nevalainen, remembered Vänskä who was previously in the band Nattvindens Gråt, they asked if he wanted to play with them. Vänskä first appeared on the second studio album, Oceanborn.[4] He played on the following tour but kept to himself while on tour - often staying at the hotel with Tapio Wilska, who was with the band for the tour.[5] He worked on the band's third studio album Wishmaster and on the tour supporting it. He also played bass on the EP Over the Hills and Far Away. Following the release of the EP and its tour, Holopainen asked the band's manager, Ewo Rytkönen, to tell Vänskä to leave Nightwish, when he felt that the musical differences between the two men were posing a threat to the band.[6]
Vänskä played in the blues band Root Remedy after his dismissal from Nightwish.[3] He recorded three albums with them, Medication Time With, Root Remedy and The Crawler before his departure in 2008. On August 20, 2016, he joined his former bandmates on stage to perform "Stargazers" on bass guitar after being asked by Holopainen in April that year if he wanted to perform a song with them.[7][8]
Discography
Nightwish
Studio albums:
- Oceanborn (1998)
- Wishmaster (2000)
Live albums and EPs:
- From Wishes to Eternity (2001)
- Over the Hills and Far Away (2001)
Nattvindens Gråt
Studio albums:
- A Bard's Tale (1995)
- Chaos Without Theory (1997)
References
- ^ Huey, Steve. "Nightwish". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ Ollila 2007, pp. 71–72.
- ^ a b Ollila 2007, p. 160.
- ^ Ollila 2007, p. 71.
- ^ Ollila 2007, p. 93.
- ^ Ollila 2007, pp. 151–152, 159–160.
- ^ Beebee, Steve (5 November 2016). "Nightwish – The BIG Uber Rock Interview Exclusive". Uber Rock. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ Isoaho 2018, pp. 334–341.
Bibliography
- Ollila, Mape (2007). Once Upon a Nightwish. Deggael Communications. ISBN 978-952-99749-2-4.
- Isoaho, Timo (2018). Nightwish – We Were Here (English ed.). Latvia: Deggael Communications. ISBN 978-952-99749-3-1.
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- Tuomas Holopainen
- Emppu Vuorinen
- Troy Donockley
- Floor Jansen
- Kai Hahto
- Jukka Koskinen
- Sami Vänskä
- Tarja Turunen
- Anette Olzon
- Jukka Nevalainen
- Marko Hietala
- Angels Fall First
- Oceanborn
- Wishmaster
- Century Child
- Once
- Dark Passion Play
- Imaginaerum
- Endless Forms Most Beautiful
- Human. :II: Nature.
- Yesterwynde
- From Wishes to Eternity
- End of an Era
- Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places)
- Showtime, Storytime
- Vehicle of Spirit
- Decades: Live in Buenos Aires
- Over the Hills and Far Away
- Tales from the Elvenpath
- Highest Hopes
- Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads
- Decades
- "The Carpenter"
- "Sacrament of Wilderness"
- "Walking in the Air"
- "Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse)"
- "Deep Silent Complete"
- "Ever Dream"
- "Bless the Child"
- "Nemo"
- "Wish I Had an Angel"
- "Kuolema tekee taiteilijan"
- "The Siren"
- "Sleeping Sun (2005)"
- "Eva"
- "Amaranth"
- "Erämaan viimeinen"
- "Bye Bye Beautiful"
- "The Islander"
- "Storytime"
- "The Crow, the Owl and the Dove"
- "Élan"
- "Endless Forms Most Beautiful"
- "Noise"
- "Perfume of the Timeless"
- "The Day of..."
- "The Phantom of the Opera"
- "Planet Hell"
- "While Your Lips Are Still Red"
- "Last Ride of the Day"
- From Wishes to Eternity
- End of Innocence
- End of an Era
- Showtime, Storytime
- Vehicle of Spirit
- Decades: Live in Buenos Aires
- Once Upon a Tour
- Dark Passion Play World Tour
- Imaginaerum World Tour
- Endless Forms Most Beautiful World Tour
- Decades: World Tour
- Human. :II: Nature. World Tour
- Auri
- Awards and nominations
- Darkwoods My Betrothed
- Discography
- Members
- Once Upon a Nightwish
- Imaginaerum (film)
- Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge
- Mustan sydämen rovio
- Northward
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