Our new bass-players name is Jari Kainulainen!
Some of you might know him as a former member of Stratovarius and we are extremely happy to have him in the band as we know he will improve our sound in a great way which he already proved when we rehearsed together.
Me and Henrik talked after the rehearsal and both said we had goosebumps and this coming from a a guy playing bass. Before it’s always been like - hey whatever it’s only bass - but now we really feel that Jari will bring our sound up to a new level .
We got along great and it of course also helps a lot that Jari is a very experienced player when it comes to playing live with his several world tours together with Stratovarius as proof.
This was one of the main things we were looking for in a bass-player except for the playing of course, so that we wouldn’t end up with a person who after 100 gigs finds out that this was not what he was meant for, cause this is, whether you believe so or not, a very weird and demanding life that let’s you experience the greatest things in the world as well as the sickest, most draining moments of utter insecurity - that of course immediately vanishes as soon as we get to play for you guys!
We are so much looking forward to the coming months of recording and playing and it honestly feels like a fresh start and an injection I think we needed.
I’m going to leave you with a few words from Jari himself.
All the best
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What can I say? When I heard that Evergrey was searching for a new bass player, I immediately contacted Tom to let him know that I was extremely interested!
Then they asked me to come and audition for them. I can’t even start to explain how nervous I was!
But everything just matched, and sounded great! And before we knew it we were all shit faced and celebrating the Scandinavian way! See you on the gigs!
-Jari Kainulainen-
15 Responses to “So, here he is!”
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August 6th, 2007 at 9:13 am
Nice! Hope you will have a great time in Evergrey!
August 6th, 2007 at 10:54 am
Sounds promising indeed. Good luck in the studio and on the upcoming gigs! I’ll be sure to catch at least one of them as usual.
August 6th, 2007 at 11:57 am
Hey Jari,
Can’t wait to hear some material with you in the band
August 6th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
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August 6th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Jari, let me be the first Evergrey fan to welcome you to the band! You sound like a perfect fit for the band and I can’t wait to hear what you’ll bring to the band. Congratulations Evergrey! NOW GET TO WORK!!!
August 6th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
Woohoo good news, can hardly wait for the new album
August 6th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Jartsi on kunkku!
August 6th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
That’s what I call a “good new”… I mean… Great!!! Keep recording the next album guys! Even if you fart to the microphone, it’s sound great. Swedish fart mixed with finnish fart… I only can die for Evergrey. And don’t forget to come to ?stanbul with Jari.
August 6th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
Well, I thought it would be a Evergrey fan, but it’s great to know that is someone who is familiar with gigs around the world…
August 7th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Can’t wait to see Jarni on stage
I’m glad to see that things are moving on, I hope you guys do a great job on studio and we’ll be waiting for you on tour with open arms.
August 8th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
Hahaa! Älä sitten seiso kun omenapuu siä lavalla …
rokkia perkele !!!
August 12th, 2007 at 10:39 am
A very very Welcome Jari!! Great to hear this fantastic news. Hope you have great time in the band! See and meet you on tour soon in Holland!!
Can’t wait for the new album to come out! rock on guys
STay Grey Cheers Muppie
August 19th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
Tervetuloa Jari! very glad to hear this news, and i’m sure that you will have a great time with the guys in evergrey!
see you soon, all of you guys =)
in about two week acually, i’ll be watching you show on swedish metal expo here in sthlm, front row as usually.
Hope you guys had a rockin’ weekend!
Horns up to you! // Mikaela
August 20th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
Tervetuloa perheeseen Jari.
Welcome to the family!!
August 26th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
Congrat Jari! And first of all congrat Evergrey - good choice.