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Jukka Nevalainen | |
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| Born | Jukka Antero Nevalainen (1978-04-21)21 April 1978 (age 47) |
| Origin | Kitee, Finland |
| Genres | Symphonic metal,power metal |
| Occupation(s) | Drummer, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Drums, percussion, keyboards |
| Years active | 1993–2019 |
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Jukka Antero "Julius" Nevalainen (born 21 April 1978) is the former drummer of the Finnishsymphonic metal bandNightwish.[1]
Nevalainen was born inKitee, Finland and spent his early years in the city. His music teacher at school told him that a new educational program for music was opening, and he thought Nevalainen would fit in well as a drummer. He lacked a suitable place to practice so he made do at his home. His first band was "The Highway" but he joined his first real band at the age of 15–16. The band had a rehearsal place, but was restricted to practice only a couple of days a week. After he left that band, he joined up withEmppu Vuorinen and they got a permanent practice place.[citation needed]Nevalainen and Vuorinen played together in bands Ambrosia and Nidhro't before Nightwish.
Nevalainen lives with his wife Satu, daughter Luna (born in 2003) and son Niki (born on 19 December 2005) inJoensuu, Finland. His second daughter, Lara, was born on 22 June 2010. He is a vegetarian.[2]
After the early years of the band, Nevalainen got a new professional drum kit. He used that kit from the albumWishmaster to the end of theOnce world tour in 2005. He was endorsed byTama drums,Paiste cymbals andPro-Mark sticks. He was in a side-project, Sethian, which is now completely dormant because of band members being busy with other bands.[citation needed]
On 6 August 2014, it was announced that Nevalainen would not be able to take part of Nightwish's eighth album and its subsequent tour due toinsomnia,[3] thus making the albumEndless Forms Most Beautiful the first Nightwish recording without his participation. Nevalainen still handled the day-to-day affairs of the band, though.[3]Kai Hahto (Wintersun) took his place in the album and on the subsequent tour.[3] He returned to perform one song during their unofficial 20th-anniversary concert in August 2016 at Himos Park in Jämsä, Finland.[4]
In July 2019, Nevalainen released a statement that he was not going to return to Nightwish and that he would continue working with the band behind the scenes, and that Hahto would become the band's new permanent drummer.[5]
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