Tuomas saukkonen biography for kids
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© Mike Sirén
When looking at Tuomas Saukkonen, the front man of Before the Dawn and several other bands, one could find it hard to believe that behind the tattoos and piercings gleams a smile that is the brightest and most charming ever seen. The tour of Before the Dawn and RoutaSielu, another one of Saukkonen’s bands, has started from Lutakko, Jyväskylä a week earlier. Saukkonen sits down with a coffee in the backstage of Finlandia-klubi in Lahti, facing the stage where the crew is already setting up the equipment for this night’s gig.
Before the Dawn has just released their sixth full-length album, Deathstar Rising, which went to the 8th position in the official Finnish chart. But let’s go back to the moment their first album My Darkness was released in 2003. Unlike many young musicians who dream of becoming world famous rock stars, Saukkonen says he didn’t have any specific aims for the band’s future: “That’s why those were such nice times, you didn’t really think about things since everything was so new and exiting, unlike now.” Luckily, there are still things that make him excited, like the upcoming tour in Turkey, but touring in general is no more something fun. That happens when you do 50-70 gigs in a year.
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Tuomas Saukkonen
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Tuomas Saukkonen’s Savage Heart [interview]
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