Pasi Rantanen

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Pasi Rantanen
Born	(1969-10-30) October 30, 1969 Helsinki, Finland
Genres	Power metal, Progressive metal, Neo-classical metal, Symphonic metal
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Vocals
Associated acts	Thunderstone, Revolution Renaissance Strike (1985-1991, 2011- )

Pasi Rantanen (born October 30, 1969 Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish singer. Best known for his power metal band Thunderstone, of which he was a member from the band's creation in 2000^[1] until 2007.

Rantanen also served as a background singer on, amongst other things, Stratovarius, Kotipelto and Ari Koivunen albums. In addition, the album Raskasta Joulua featured his talents on a version of "White Christmas". Rantanen also appeared at the Eurovision 2006 performance by Lordi as a background singer wearing a mask of Gene Simmons from Kiss. He is currently performing in a band called Joe Doakes, a Finnish cover band and STRIKE, a melodic rock band that he co-founded in 1985.

Discography

Stratovarius

Infinite 2000
Intermission 2001
Stratovarius 2005

Thunderstone

Various Artists

Heavy Christmas 2004

Kotipelto

Serenity 2007

Monster Vision Freak Show

Welcome to Hellsinki 2007

Ari Koivunen

Fuel for the Fire 2007

Revolution Renaissance

New Era 2008

Warmen

Japanese Hospitality 2009

References

↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Biography: Thunderstone". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 June 2010.

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Timo Tolkki Gus Monsanto Bruno Agra Magnus Rosén Bob Katsionis Mike Khalilov Justin Biggs

Guest musicians	Michael Kiske Tobias Sammet Pasi Rantanen Pasi Heikkilä Joonas Puolakka Mirka Rantanen

Studio albums	New Era Age of Aquarius Trinity

Related bands	Stratovarius Aquaria Adagio Firewind HammerFall

Persondata
Name	Rantanen, Pasi
Alternative names
Short description	Finnish singer
Date of birth	30 October 1969
Place of birth	Helsinki, Finland
Date of death
Place of death

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