Ahhhh, the Timo soap opera continues...
Yesterday, the website www.delfos.jor.br published a recent interview with Timo Tolkki. In this interview (in Portuguese) talked about Revolution Renaissance's Age of Aquarius, guitar gear AND... Stratovarius.
Now everyone asks me. "Who cares?" and "Why is this relevant?"
Well, this is why... He pretty much admits in this interview what the whole world was already thinking... the whole Stratovarius crisis (circa 2003-2004) was purely a marketing thing, orchestrated by the band, some members of the record label, management and such. He said Miss K. was used as a tool, the whole bloody incident, the stabbing, and the package shipped to him with shit were all false. All bullshit.
Here are some of the quotes (I didn't want to translate the whole interview 'cause it's long):
On the 2004 crisis:
"We signed a deal with a record label named Sanctuary, and they gave us a plan to follow. A marketing stunt."
"Everything that happened beginning in October 2003 was false. It was all a lie. The only real event was my nervous collapse in April 2004. Everything else was meticulously calculated by people, including some executives of Sanctuary."
"I gave people my OK and because of that, everyone thinks I planned it all by myself. I didn't. It's impossible to do something like that by yourself. The stabbing, Miss K., everything was fake."
"It was all like a reality show, but it wasn't right. And now, we're paying the price. Not financially, but it really caused problems for the band."
On Miss K.:
"She's a real singer, but she served as a tool for us. There was a script that me and Jens would work on and trade ideas. Then she asked us if we were without a vocalist. We started talking to her, and used her as a tool for our plan."
"There was never real intention of having her as a vocalist for Stratovarius. Of course I didn't care or understand the consequences, so all of the hatred was generated towards me. And because of that, I had a nervous breakdown."
On the "return" and the self-titled Stratovarius album:
"I call it the black album, because there's so much darkness involving it. It's a lie, I don't consider it a Stratovarius album. To me, the band ended with the Elements records.
I guess this could all explain the whole saga. If anyone wants to see the interview (again, it's in Portuguese), here's the link:
http://www.delfos.jor.br/conteudos/index_interna.php?id=5424&id_secao=2&id_subsecao=15
Yesterday, the website www.delfos.jor.br published a recent interview with Timo Tolkki. In this interview (in Portuguese) talked about Revolution Renaissance's Age of Aquarius, guitar gear AND... Stratovarius.
Now everyone asks me. "Who cares?" and "Why is this relevant?"
Well, this is why... He pretty much admits in this interview what the whole world was already thinking... the whole Stratovarius crisis (circa 2003-2004) was purely a marketing thing, orchestrated by the band, some members of the record label, management and such. He said Miss K. was used as a tool, the whole bloody incident, the stabbing, and the package shipped to him with shit were all false. All bullshit.
Here are some of the quotes (I didn't want to translate the whole interview 'cause it's long):
On the 2004 crisis:
"We signed a deal with a record label named Sanctuary, and they gave us a plan to follow. A marketing stunt."
"Everything that happened beginning in October 2003 was false. It was all a lie. The only real event was my nervous collapse in April 2004. Everything else was meticulously calculated by people, including some executives of Sanctuary."
"I gave people my OK and because of that, everyone thinks I planned it all by myself. I didn't. It's impossible to do something like that by yourself. The stabbing, Miss K., everything was fake."
"It was all like a reality show, but it wasn't right. And now, we're paying the price. Not financially, but it really caused problems for the band."
On Miss K.:
"She's a real singer, but she served as a tool for us. There was a script that me and Jens would work on and trade ideas. Then she asked us if we were without a vocalist. We started talking to her, and used her as a tool for our plan."
"There was never real intention of having her as a vocalist for Stratovarius. Of course I didn't care or understand the consequences, so all of the hatred was generated towards me. And because of that, I had a nervous breakdown."
On the "return" and the self-titled Stratovarius album:
"I call it the black album, because there's so much darkness involving it. It's a lie, I don't consider it a Stratovarius album. To me, the band ended with the Elements records.
I guess this could all explain the whole saga. If anyone wants to see the interview (again, it's in Portuguese), here's the link:
http://www.delfos.jor.br/conteudos/index_interna.php?id=5424&id_secao=2&id_subsecao=15
