Jonne Aaron

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Jonne Aaron Liimatainen (pronounced /jon-ne a:-ron li:-ma-tai-nen/ in ASCII-IPA, born August 30, 1983 in Tampere) is a Finnish singer and frontman of Negative.

[edit] Early Life

Jonne was born in Tampere, Finland as Jonne Aaron Liimatainen, but as his last name is difficult to pronounce for non-Finnish speakers, he has substituted his middle name for his last.

Jonne is 178 cm or 5’8” tall, and weighs 59 kg (about 130 lbs.) He has blue eyes, and his August birth makes him a Virgo. Jonne was brought up in foster care due to an alcoholic mother. He is currently the lead singer and lyricist of the Finnish glam rock band Negative. He has two brothers, Tommi, also his manager, and younger brother, Ville, who is also a musician, he is the lead singer of Flinch. (www.answers.com)

Jonne is known for being very, very shy. He can play guitar and sometimes will play acoustic during concerts. He can also play a little bit of piano, drums, and bass. He plays the harmonica solo in the Negative song Until You're Mine. He has also mentioned in past interviews that Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, and Guns 'N' Roses inspired him to begin a musical career.

In his teens, Jonne formed Negative with his friends, Antti, Kristian (Sir Christus), Jay and Lauri (Larry Love).

[edit] Negative

Negative were formed late 1997 and all the songs on their first album War of Love were written over a 6 year time span. War of Love has gone gold in Finland, and is very close to platinum.

In 2004, under the overseeing eye of producer TT Oksala (HIM, The 69 eyes, Lordi) Negative produced their second album, Sweet & Deceitful with new keyboardist Snack.

With the release of the new album Anoretic in late 2006 Negative is ready to take it to the next level. (www.gbfan.com)