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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jaska Ilmari Raatikainen |
| Born | July 18, 1979 |
| Origin | Espoo, Finland |
| Genre(s) | Melodic death metal |
| Occupation(s) | Drummer |
| Instrument(s) | Drums |
| Years active | 1993 - Present |
| Label(s) | Nuclear Blast Spinefarm Records Century Media |
| Associated acts | Children of Bodom Gashouse Garden |
| Website | http://www.COBHC.com/ |
Jaska Ilmari Raatikainen or Jaska W. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Espoo (ˈespoː Esbo ( in Swedish) is the second largest city of Finland, with a population of approximately 240000 Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath) is a Subgenre of Death metal which combines the melody of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Nuclear blast may refer to Nuclear explosion Nuclear Blast, a record label Spinefarm Records is a Finland -based Record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists Century Media Records (CMR is an independent rock Record label with offices in the United States, Brazil, Germany, Children of Bodom is a Finnish Melodic death metal band from Espoo, Finland formed in 1993 Gashouse Garden was founded in 2003 by Kristian Ranta of Norther and Jaska Raatikainen of Children of Bodom. Raatikainen (born July 18, 1979) is the drummer of the band Children of Bodom. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Children of Bodom is a Finnish Melodic death metal band from Espoo, Finland formed in 1993
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Biography
Jaska Raatikainen was born in the town of Espoo, in Finland. Espoo (ˈespoː Esbo ( in Swedish) is the second largest city of Finland, with a population of approximately 240000 Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. His first instrument was the piano, and during most of his childhood also played the French horn in a big band - a fact which later led him to be introduced to Alexander Kuoppala. Alexander Kuoppala (born April 11 1974) was the rhythm guitarist from the band Children of Bodom from 1995 to 2003 It was only at the age of 12 that he began playing drums, inspired by musicians such as Scott Travis (from Judas Priest) and Mikkey Dee (from Motörhead). Scott Travis (born September 6, 1961, Norfolk Virginia, US) is the Drummer for legendary British heavy metal band Judas Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in 1970 in Birmingham. Michael Kiriakos Delaouglou, better known as Mikkey Dee (born 31 October 1963 in Gothenburg Sweden, is a half- Greek half- Swedish
When Jaska met Alexi Laiho at school in the year of 1993, they realised that they had similar ideas and musical taste. Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho (Markku Uula Aleksi Laiho (Born April 8 1979 is the composer and lead Guitarist for the bands Children of Bodom (where he Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Thus, they began playing together and idealizing the band which would one day become Children of Bodom. Jaska played a vital role in the formation of the band, since he was the one who brought both Alexander Kuoppala and Janne Wirman to their line-up. Alexander Kuoppala (born April 11 1974) was the rhythm guitarist from the band Children of Bodom from 1995 to 2003 Janne Viljami "Warman" Wirman (born April 26 1979) is a Finnish Musician; he is the Keyboardist for the bands
He is a quiet and reserved person who spends a lot of time by himself. Most of the time, he stays in single rooms in hotels and generally picks the beds on upper corners while travelling on tour busses. Interviews with him are rare, and despite being one of the founding members, he lets Alexi and Henkka Seppälä do most of the talking. Henri Samuli Seppälä (Born June 7, 1980) better known as Henkka T
Up to the recording of the album Hatebreeder, Jaska was endorsed by Sonor drums and by Sabian cymbals. Hatebreeder is the second album from the Finnish metal band Children of Bodom. Sabian is a Canadian Cymbal designer and manufacturer It is one of the largest in the world along with Zildjian, Paiste and Meinl. He eventually lost the deal with Sonor and for some time played with different drumsets, until settling with Pearl drums in 2003. The is a Multinational Corporation based in Japan with a wide range of products predominately Percussion instruments and Flutes Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. His drumsticks are custom Millennium II sticks from Pro Mark with his name engraved on them.
Jaska has had some side projects, some of them unrelated to music. In the year of 2000 he was asked by the director of a popular Finnish soap opera (Siamin Tytöt) to play a special part on it. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. He played a character named Rauli for three episodes, until the character's tragic death. He did have the chance to show some of his drumwork before that happened, though. According to Jaska, he had always dreamed of acting, but doesn't plan to take his career further.
He has also helped quite a few bands when they needed a competent drummer. During Sinergy's 2000 European tour, he replaced Tommi Lillman, who had injured his leg. Sinergy is a Finnish Power metal cover supergroup formed in an effort to present a "balls-out female-fronted metal band" to the world by American 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The problem, however, was that this happened three days before the start of the tour, which meant that Jaska had to quickly learn how to play ten of Sinergy's songs. Despite the high degree of difficulty, he managed to perform very well, and fans of both bands enjoyed seeing both Jaska and Alexi on stage together with Sinergy. On the Suicide By My Side album's booklet, the band wrote a dedicatory to Jaska for, on to their own words: "saving our tour". Suicide By My Side is the third album by the Power metal band Sinergy, released in 2002
Jaska has also played in Virtuocity and Evemaster albums, but since those are both studio bands, he doesn't have to worry greatly about Children of Bodom's tour schedule, which already has to be calculated ahead to some extent, due to Alexi's active participation in Sinergy.
On the 2002 tribute to Chuck Schuldiner - mastermind of one of the most notable death metal bands of all time, Death - Jaska, who is a fan of the band's, played a couple of cover songs with Norther. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Michael "Chuck" Schuldiner ( May 13 1967, Long Island, New York &ndash December 13 2001) was an Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs fast tempos heavily distorted guitars deep growling vocals morbid lyrics Death was an influential American Death metal band founded in 1983 by guitarist and vocalist Chuck Schuldiner, considered a "pioneering death Norther is a Melodic death metal band from Espoo and Helsinki, Finland whose style incorporates elements of heavy metal and Power
Since 2003 Jaska has a side project entitled Gashouse Garden, which has not yet been signed to any recording label. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Gashouse Garden was founded in 2003 by Kristian Ranta of Norther and Jaska Raatikainen of Children of Bodom.
Technical
Jaska's Pearl drumset
Pearl MRX Masters Custom Extra #122 Black Mist w/Black Hardware ("Black-on-Black")
MRX 8"x8" TT
MRX 10"x8" TT
MRX 12"x9" TT
MRX 14"x12" TT
MRX 16"x16" FT
MRX 22"x18" BD
Pearl UltraCast 14"x5"
Cymbals
14" Meinl Byzance Traditional Heavy Hi-Hat x2 (both sides)
20" Meinl Mb20 Heavy Ride (left)
8" Meinl Byzance Traditional Splash x2
18" Byzance Brilliant Medium Thin Crash x2
20" Meinl Byzance Traditional Heavy Ride (right)
20" Byzance Brilliant Medium Crash
18" Byzance Brilliant China
Pearl Hardware
DR-503 Icon Rack + PC-50 Pipe Clamps (x12)
H-2000 Eliminator Hi-hat Stand
P-2002B Eliminator Double Pedal
CLH-95A Closed Hat
S-985W Snare drum stand
CH-88 (x8) Cymbal Holder
TH-100S (x4) Tom Holder
D-220 Roadster Throne
Sticks
Promark Evelyn Glennie 740 drumsticks
References
External links
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