Interview with Jani Liimatainen - 19.04.2018

[@AramisAlameda]

>2018 He is alive! Best guitarist ever.

[@MAAP2920]

Jani Liimatainen, for me the most influencial guitarist of our time. Love him.

[@igoralves7258]

Well, I miss Jani so much in Sonata... Hopefully, someday he will play with them again... Nice interview btw!!

[@AramisAlameda]

We hope. We pray. No one but Jani.

[@AudioReplica2023]

YES!!! still have my hopes on that. 🤘🏼

[@metaljar021]

Has he ever mentioned anything regarding returning to Sonata?

[@tuimituimi9655]

for me, Jani Liimatainen is the only real Sonata Arctica guitarist.

[@OvellaNegra13]

Im so happy Jani is in Insomium now ❤

[@TheAnnoyingDebie]

Es un divino, después las viejas dicen que los metaleros son unos endemoniados... es una ternurita! 😍

[@dylanvalorfall]

I already love this dude. Welcome to Insomnium :)

[@alejandrocabrera6646]

Waiting for that álbum Jani!

[@seanreno2328]

I miss him in sonata Arctica

[@Valgarv_Mazoku]

Jani !!!!!! Joder lo que te echo de menos, cuando empecé a tocar la guitarra siempre fuiste mi inspiración. No puedo olvidar el chasco que me llevé cuando fui a ver a Sonata a Madrid y justo Jani ya no estaba en el grupo y me encuentro al otro guitarra en el escenario cuando yo fui especialmente para verte a ti. Los riffs ya no sonaban igual sin tu personalidad, los solos tampoco, fue un chasco para mi que te cambiasen por alguien tan técnico pero sin alma ni personalidad.

[@benjaminipinza]

Nice interview! Piece of advice for next time: try to use microphones o make the interview in a close place, because the noise is really annoying and I can barely hear you. I have to use headphones to understand what you were talking about.

[@officialcainsofferingfancl6536]

Benjamin Ipinza noted! In hindsight we had the same idea. Not fixable by then, but we added subtitles to help a bit. Hopefully they get you through the hard to understand bits!

[@unboxinger_]

Good interview.

[@despairingleonardo]

Funny when he refers Anette as "pop" voice

[@EsaValkama]

First time I've heard Jani talk XD I like his accent. Great interview, good questions and good answers. The one problem is that the sound is kinda quiet and the background noise is a bit loud.

[@officialcainsofferingfancl6536]

ESA1996 noted, hopefully the subtitles can help you understand things after all!

[@EsaValkama]

Oh nice! Didn't notice you had them at first.

[@wagnerbatista6990]

O cara é top

[@MAAP2920]

When coming back to Kuopio?

[@bt7348]

Hey Jani, please turn back the distortion on!!!

[@gssavage2964]

thank GOD is with kotipelto best duo ever

[@tyreekmurillo4524]

why can’t sonata just hire him back and then they could be a proper 2 guitar power metal band

[@hammerfix7241]

i can send you this 3 euro microphone i dont use anymore.

[@Batsinthebelltower]

CAN YUOU HEAR ME NOW

[@AudioReplica2023]

I'll pay the shipping ..fuk it😂

[@GabrielLimaSnT]

Sonata Arctica without him isn't so good...

[@-Gurza-]

I think that was more of a timing thing, and less to do with whether Jani was around. Sonata Arctica was going to break up after the Reckoning Night tour if they didn't go full weird-prog, and Jani left for a few reasons: one, he obviously felt SA shouldn't go past the line between Unia and Reckoning Night when it came to style; two, Jani was starting to want to write his own stuff; and three, at that time he was dealing with the Finnish authorities, and made himself so unavailable that firing him was the only viable option. Had Jani stayed in SA, I predict not much would have changed in their discography, and the testament to that is that Unia was recorded and released while Jani was still in the band.

[@季晓楠-u3p]

Nice interview.But I think next time you can find some place where is quiet.Or you can add the English subtitles. Thankyou. PS Because I am not a English speaking people, so words may not be right, please forgive me

[@officialcainsofferingfancl6536]

季晓楠 you can turn the subtitles on ;)

[@KingChronoss]

Sonata Arctica needs him back! They've been garbage since Unia and it's because you left.

[@joni1950]

Tervepä terve!

[@seanrenzi7243]

I miss him in Sonata Arctica