Jaska Raatikainen was born on 18 July 1979 and is a Finnish musician, he is best known as the former drummer and co-founder of the melodic death metal band Children of Bodom from 1993 until his departure in 2019.
16 Facts About Jaska Raatikainen
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Jaska Raatikainen is currently in the project called Mercury Circle.
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Jaska Raatikainen was inspired by musicians such as Scott Travis and Mikkey Dee.
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When Raatikainen met Alexi Laiho at school in the year of 1993, they realised that they had similar ideas and musical taste.
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Jaska Raatikainen 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.
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Jaska Raatikainen has helped quite a few bands when they needed a competent drummer.
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The problem was that this happened three days before the start of the tour, which meant that Jaska Raatikainen had to quickly learn how to play ten of Sinergy's songs.
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Jaska Raatikainen has played in Virtuocity and Evemaster albums, but since those are both studio bands, he does not have to worry greatly about Children of Bodom's tour schedule, which already has to be calculated ahead to some extent, due to Laiho's previously active participation in Sinergy.
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Up to the recording of the album Hatebreeder, Jaska Raatikainen was endorsed by Sonor drums and by Sabian cymbals.
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Jaska Raatikainen eventually lost the deal with Sonor and for some time played with different drumsets, until settling with Pearl drums in 2003.
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Jaska Raatikainen's drumsticks are custom Millennium II sticks from Promark with his name engraved on them.
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Jaska Raatikainen has had some side projects, some of them unrelated to music.
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Jaska Raatikainen played a character named Rauli for three episodes, until the character's death.
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Jaska Raatikainen did have the chance to show some of his drumwork before that happened, though.
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Jaska Raatikainen has two brothers; Jussi, who plays for numerous professional Finnish metal bands, as well as Julius, who plays for melodic death metal band Kauna.
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Jaska Raatikainen is a quiet and reserved person who spends a lot of time by himself.