1 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:08,316 Shitty band, shitty equipment - No commercial potential! 2 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:16,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.OpenSubtitles.org today 3 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:29,680 The memoirs of Tuomas pt. XXV - ''l'll never forget those pants!'' 4 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,831 What makes Tuomas tick? What makes him write such songs? 5 00:01:27,960 --> 00:01:32,078 What makes him write such lyrics? 6 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:37,109 Well...what could it be? Who knows. 7 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:40,357 l bet even Tuomas doesn't know. 8 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:46,238 lt's a small island? -Yup. -Damn it's nice! 9 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,638 No wonder this place is sacred to your family... 10 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:51,393 A true Finnish dream... 11 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,355 What could be better than an island of your own? 12 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,398 My musical career began at the age of seven - 13 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:08,636 when mom sent me for piano classes... 14 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:12,668 Going to an island with the first snow falling - great! 15 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,794 ln the music school l majored in clarinet and minored in piano. 16 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:21,836 l know the basics of musical theory, l can read notes - 17 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,390 and accompany with the piano. 18 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:28,309 There's a solar panel, you can power up your mobile there. 19 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,718 Then l joined my first band, a metal band comprising of - 20 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,999 local Kitee guys, Dismal Silence l think it was called... 21 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:41,992 That was my first band and also the first time l played keyboards. 22 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:46,075 lt was a new experience, because l think that piano- 23 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:50,115 and keyboards are two completely different instruments. 24 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:52,636 Listen, the whole forest whispers... - What? 25 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,030 The forest whispers with the rain! 26 00:02:55,240 --> 00:03:00,633 So you could say that l started playing keyboards when l was 16. 27 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,915 l kicked the clarinet around for a while... 28 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:09,677 l played it in the army band for nine and a half months. 29 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:16,190 After that l haven't touched the thing... not a honk in 6 years. 30 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,912 My first real band to score a record deal was Darkwoods My Bethrothed. 31 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:29,110 ln 1996...or 5? 1995 it was. 32 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,959 This can't be for real... 33 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:35,708 l wasn't a proper member in that band either, - 34 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,918 l was asked to play the synth as a session musician. 35 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,508 l composed my first song at that time, too - 36 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:45,196 The outro for ''Heirs of the Northstar''... 37 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:49,399 ''A New Heaven a New Earth'' l think it was called. 38 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,718 At the same time, we also started another project - 39 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,918 Nattvinden's Gr�t, brain-child of Teemu Kautonen. 40 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,198 That's when we also met Mr. Wilska for the first time. 41 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,398 Teemu had a bit of a trouble with some of the vocals - 42 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:08,000 so the engineer Mr. Valtonen suggested that we call in this guy. 43 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,516 l finally found me a friend... my sonny boy! 44 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:14,836 Looks a lot like his father he does... 45 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,198 We eventually made two albums with Nattvindens Gr�t. 46 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,398 So at the time l was in two bands - 47 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,638 but l always felt that l was not allowed to write any songs, - 48 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,838 l was just a hired hand playing the synth. 49 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,998 lt was OK in the beginning, but l always had the urge - 50 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:38,189 to write my own songs, that's the main thing for me. 51 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:44,918 There's some kind of a lever outside... 52 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:48,994 Then in the summer of 1996 - l was still in both bands - 53 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:54,598 we spent a night here on the island, right over there. 54 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,198 We sat around the fire, went to sauna - 55 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:04,673 and l came up with the idea of a project my own. 56 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:09,989 l didn't have the name ''Nightwish'' yet, but l had the concept. 57 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:14,199 Acoustic stuff, mood music, not Heavy Metal at all... 58 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,718 The artist is starting to get very pissed off! 59 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:21,276 Perkele! 60 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,708 Third and the Mortal, Theatre of Tragedy and The Gathering - 61 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:27,838 those bands were a great inspiration at the time. 62 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,953 l felt like trying something in the same vein myself. 63 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,309 l went to the army in July 1996, and during the first months - 64 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:46,193 l wrote three songs, ''Nightwish'', ''Forever moments'' and ''Eti�inen''. 65 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,278 ln December l booked a studio in Kitee - 66 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:52,908 and we made the three song demo then... 67 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:57,199 ls Wilska with you? We had some trouble with the boat. 68 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,994 Call us when you get here and l'll come and pick you up. 69 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,991 l can't remember exactly when Emppu came along - 70 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:08,358 l didn't know the guy so well at the time. 71 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:14,433 Jukka had known him for ages but to me Emppu was a new acquaintance. 72 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,911 l was told it would take ten pulls to start... 73 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:27,915 l also thought l'd ask Tarja Turunen what she thought about the idea. 74 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,197 l'd known her since the age of 13, we were in the same music class - 75 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:37,197 in junior high and played in the same jazz band... 76 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:38,589 She was a distant friend of mine. 77 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:44,789 lt's Taape's birthday! - Happy birthday, Tarja! 78 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,198 Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you... 79 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,198 Did you congratulate Tarja on her birthday, Kimi? 80 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:00,109 Well, happy birthday to you... 81 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:02,993 Lout! 82 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,919 Recording artist Paula... - Paula? 83 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:17,198 This toilet paper strip comes in handy when you have a pee - 84 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:21,108 You can wipe your tush with it! 85 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:43,194 Gen, Gen, Genghis Khan, enslaver of nations! Hu! Ha! 86 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,235 Gee, this is a good kit! 87 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:01,591 ''ASS lS THE HOME OF SHlT'' 88 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:15,919 l can't remember if me and Emppu called her first, - 89 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:19,550 or if we just went over and told her that we had this thing... 90 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:24,196 lt only took five pulls... 91 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:26,710 Plus an additional five! 92 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:31,797 We walked to her place, it was just before Christmas... 93 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:36,795 l explained what l had in mind and asked what she thought about it. 94 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,834 She replied ''sure'', she was on right away. 95 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:41,639 Everything works like a dream today! 96 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,838 lt was to be a project, we'd just make demo tapes, - 97 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:47,998 maybe send them to record companies, - 98 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:52,392 but definitely no gigs or anything that serious. 99 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:54,637 Tarja said ''absolutely'' and agreed to sing the songs - 100 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:58,999 it would probably take her two days or so in the studio. 101 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:36,710 Before each gig we have to get our lucky tattoos... 102 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:39,997 Evil Ewo made this neat skull, and Marco, ever so friendly, - 103 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:44,073 wrote ''right'' here so l know which hand to hit with. 104 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:48,597 l should make this tattoo permanent and ask some expert what it means! 105 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:05,993 Paris! A close up of the Eiffel tower. 106 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:08,754 - We're at the top! - ln Germany! 107 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:13,630 Where are my fuckin' cigarettes? - Alles klar, wunderbar! 108 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:02,198 A lot of people say that one should move from a hick town like Kitee - 109 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:05,193 and see a bit of the world. 110 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:09,115 l've lived there for every single year of my life, - 111 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:13,399 and during the last few years l've often thought of moving to Helsinki - 112 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:17,189 or some other place. But now that l've toured the world with the band - 113 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:23,788 and by myself, l've learnt that l'm not missing anything here. 114 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:28,596 l could live here in Kitee for the rest of my life. 115 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,553 There's not a better place in the world. 116 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:35,275 Sao Paolo and Reperbahn, both worth another visit! 117 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:40,270 lt's too hot in here... 118 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:45,233 We then recorded the basic tracks with Emppu - 119 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,398 at the legendary Kiteen Huvikeskus Studio. 120 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:53,595 We also met Tero then, l didn't know him either before. 121 00:12:55,560 --> 00:12:58,518 A roadie at work... - lt's a shitty job! 122 00:12:58,680 --> 00:13:00,113 l feel a bit shy! 123 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:03,596 Tero, what was it like in Russia? - A bit on the shitty side... 124 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:06,838 A pissed-up trip, literally... -No, it was OK. Cool. 125 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:09,196 Surprisingly l can once again see your underpants. 126 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:14,237 What's this then? You broke a stick? -No, l didn't break a single one. 127 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:17,996 - Don't you try that on me.. 128 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,676 Tero's being scrupulous with the cords... 129 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:24,913 - Situation normal, all fucked up... 130 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:29,035 Wrong hole... phase out conflict again. 131 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:36,790 Lucky bastard! 132 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:14,631 (Ewo-talk, unintelligible!) 133 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:17,076 Toni, production, Paris! 134 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:18,195 Yes. 135 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:23,594 Actually l have a few here, l can write one for her... 136 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:46,198 Say something to the people of Finland! - What? 137 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:56,638 Wrong hole. - No way! -lt's phase out conflict again! 138 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:02,196 Some mascara... This is what l do for living. 139 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:11,198 This is the second night Ulsch got no beer and he's pretty pissed off... 140 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,438 -The fridge is full, grab as many as you like! 141 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:18,593 Just a few, 'cos otherwise it would be third night in a row... 142 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,755 Do you have a wisdom for the people of Finland this time? 143 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:49,195 What?! 144 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:59,198 Tommi and the piggie... - Tommi, any spanking tonight? 145 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:03,270 The piggie squeals! 146 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:08,190 What's the little guy's name? - Kurko. 147 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:18,590 We knew Tero vaguely, he had recorded some of our old demos. 148 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:25,035 So we went there to do the recording. 149 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:30,589 Welcome to the legendary Caverock studio! 150 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:33,998 Zoom there... 151 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,398 The studio where we've recorded all our four albums, - 152 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:40,911 the first we even mixed here. Looks like a sauna or a doghouse... 153 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:45,149 So should we listen to it again? - ...but you can get a good sound here. 154 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:50,150 Get a load of this... ''- The peak of Tero's engineering career...'' 155 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:54,719 Greetings, good folks. 156 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:14,192 Now it's just the cabin... 157 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:26,996 Line-in is 5 dB less. 158 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:33,191 Shit, it's...well, we'll get it right. 159 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:37,719 So, how are you doin'? - Tuning is what l'm doing... 160 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:40,918 A beer wouldn't hurt, you know. 161 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,637 Let's play this fast so we can go to the bar! 162 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:53,918 Go away, moron! 163 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:18,196 Oops! 164 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:21,196 Go... 165 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:35,719 My apologies! 166 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:40,195 Perkele. 167 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:42,829 One bum note! 168 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:45,109 Just a moment please. 169 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:47,195 Dammit! 170 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:01,830 l wish the battery would run out already... 171 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:08,519 Tarja came and we went through the songs, checked the melodies... 172 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:13,791 lt was a shock when she started singing for the first time. 173 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:19,393 We had expected a tender young girl's voice, like Kari Ruesl�tten - 174 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:25,512 but even at that stage she had a powerful, dramatic classical voice. 175 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:28,998 lt was a total surprise. 176 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:32,391 People often think that... that there was a conscious plan - 177 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,518 of how Nightwish would sound, 178 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:40,800 mix a little metal, atmospheric stuff, and put some operatic vocals on top. 179 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,198 But it was just a lucky coincidence. 180 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:47,438 So this is broke too? A fine day it is... bad karma! 181 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,198 We were just experimenting with those three songs, - 182 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:55,398 acoustic guitar, flute, synth, Tarja's vocals and nothing else. 183 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:59,189 That's what Nightwish was inititially to be all about. 184 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:07,198 Only Sumi the Finn can know about it all... 185 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,911 Sumi's in Germany... - Um. l guess he is then. 186 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:21,916 Vittu! 187 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,399 Sumi's in Germany. - Yeah, again! 188 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:42,113 We sent the demo to Century Media, Massacre, and maybe Spinefarm... 189 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:46,199 Yeah, Spinefarm too. 3 or 4 places, and we didn't receive a single reply. 190 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:51,238 We also sent it to Soundi magazine's demo review, we have it here... 191 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:53,990 ls it just the legendary one where it said... 192 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:57,835 ''No commercial potential!'' 193 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:01,198 ''ls this really relevant in its atmospheric ambitions?'' 194 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:05,433 The first ever newspaper article on Nightwish. 195 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:10,313 Note the pitch: ''Finland's Gatherinki has been found!'' 196 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:19,908 The day after l got out of the army we went into the studio. 197 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:22,116 We did a seven song demo - 198 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:24,834 which later became the limited edition of Angels Fall First. 199 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:27,998 - So that was the first demo with the whole band? - Yes. 200 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,196 And then you went on tour with Nattvinden's Gr�t? 201 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,396 - With Wish and Babylon Whores. 202 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:35,114 And when you came back we heard that we have a record deal. 203 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:38,278 - Have you gotten any, boys?! 204 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:42,838 There's this funny story... When we embarked on the tour - 205 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:46,999 Ewo had with him a boxful of demos sent to Spinefarm. 206 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:51,791 Something like 600 demo tapes which we listened in the bus for 2 weeks. 207 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:57,398 We'd insert the tape, gave it 20 seconds, and if it failed to impress - 208 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:02,754 We'd throw it right out of the window. 209 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:08,796 Tuomas didn't have the guts to play his tape to Ewo,''He'll never like it...'' 210 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:14,199 We prepped him for like 3 hours, ''We go in the bus you put in the tape...'' 211 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:18,911 He finally managed to open his mouth, ''Uh, we made this demo...'' 212 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:23,119 We were listening to Carpenter, Ewo sat smoking and drinking Lonkero 213 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:27,950 And in true Ewo fashion he pondered ''Mm.. let's give it another spin...'' 214 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,437 ''Mm.. maybe we can work something out...'' 215 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,633 Tell it now to the good people of Finland! 216 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:39,989 We had a gig in Bischofswerda, Ewo still had some 200 tapes left. 217 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:41,798 That's when he lost his nerve: 218 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:44,634 ''l've had it with this shit!'' and he hurled the box - 219 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,838 right on down a hill smack in the middle of a highway - 220 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,918 and just like in American movies the demo box crashes down, - 221 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:55,597 and instantly a huge truck comes - wroom - and levels the contents! 222 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:23,997 So l wonder if there's still time to impregnate a mare? 223 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:26,595 l still have some credit left.. 224 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:31,393 Hot stuff! 225 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:38,199 Check out the goons - the goons have a couple of bags. 226 00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:41,599 Kes�pottu. 227 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,956 Which department? - Department of poo! 228 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,913 ''We were out last night with the boys, l drank a half of Koskenkorva - 229 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,629 and Jussa drank the other half and Terssi too drank a half, - 230 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,269 and we were all, like, so drunk!'' 231 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:00,516 ''And we didn't a sleep wink that night and in the morning - 232 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:04,196 when we woke up we had a terrible hangover!'' 233 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:05,919 So it goes. Seems like Tero won't be here tonight. 234 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:11,030 The album came out in November 1997. 235 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:15,999 At that point we also found our ambitions, - 236 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:20,199 something that came characteristic of us - 237 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:24,911 A healthy, na��ve will to prove ourselves, to really go over the top. 238 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:30,189 That's when the acoustic stuff gave way to a more bombastic style. 239 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:47,189 Not only an average keyboardist but also a tolerable mechanic! 240 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:56,189 ''The scent of a woman was not mine'' 241 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:03,190 lt's simply not possible to begin a song with a line like that! Fuck! 242 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:09,352 This song's a knife in his back... 243 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:14,516 lt's not possible l wrote that! 244 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:18,992 What were you thinking at the moment? - l really don't know! 245 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:24,030 l stand behind all of my lyrics except that one - it simply doesn't work! 246 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:33,597 Well, the lyrics to Elvenpath are quite hilarious too... 247 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:48,997 ''Trivial boasting...no high hopes... a rural band...from Kitee..'' 248 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,798 There were a few reasons why we went more ''metal''... 249 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:56,999 We all liked heavy metal... 250 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,994 Jukka, Emppu and me all have a metal background, that's where we come from. 251 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:06,598 And it might have been boring to do just acoustic stuff after a while. 252 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:14,630 Tarja's voice was also too dramatic, too bombastic for that atmosphere. 253 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:23,314 So we figured we'd make the music more bombastic, too. 254 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:39,392 We first visited Spinefarm after we had signed the deal. 255 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:42,638 We were pretty quiet boys when we walked in! 256 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:47,351 ''Here's Ewo'' -''Hi!'' - ''Go sit over there somewhere!'' 257 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:53,000 Now there's a tour poster! Mega-bueno-iglesias-poster! 258 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,997 l saw a huge Children of Bodom Something Wild -poster on the door - 259 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:02,438 and l wondered when we could have such cool posters, too! 260 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,269 This is the Potaskavaara Gym... 261 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:16,398 After the album came out in the end of October 1997 - 262 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:20,559 we still had doubts if this is ever going to work live. 263 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:31,994 That year l moved to Kuopio to study environmental sciences. 264 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:35,198 One of the greatest moments in the history of Nightwish - 265 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:38,518 is when l listened to the singles chart on the radio one Sunday- 266 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:41,718 and heard that Carpenter had risen to number 15... 267 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:45,794 lt felt better than the later platinum album for Century Child. 268 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:49,118 Cold shivers ran down my back as l listened to the radio. 269 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,834 After that l went to walk in the park for two hours - 270 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:52,995 and l wondered ''Oh my God what have l gotten myself into'' 271 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,200 But that was only the beginning. 272 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:07,990 lf people bought the album, we thought we might try playing live - 273 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:12,199 maybe do a couple of gigs... 274 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:16,108 ''Nightwish - a band from the better side of Helsinki city limits.'' 275 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:20,997 Didn't we organize the first gig in Kitee ourselves? 276 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:24,198 Yeah, a New Year's disco, a crowd of 400... 277 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:28,832 ''People jubilant at a Disco concert'' 278 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:35,630 ''Everybody except drummer Jukka stood frozen on stage - 279 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:39,668 like they were in a high school auditorium.'' 280 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:52,512 l bet it was like that... - An exciting experience! 281 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,396 l had played there many times with my former bands - 282 00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:59,918 But this was the first time we had an album out - 283 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,197 and people really came to check us out. 284 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:38,198 - Scary... - lt was frightening! 285 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:41,711 And then Lepakko, Helsinki, January 9, 1998... 286 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:45,999 l've never had such stage fright in my life, it was horrible! 287 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:49,716 l was about to faint, l had a strange taste in my mouth... 288 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:53,710 lt was living hell! 289 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:58,192 Even 5 hours before the gig, l've never seen you so messed up! 290 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:06,198 The gig was not that special, everybody was stiff as a corpse... 291 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,797 l remember the feeling when Angels Fall First charted, - 292 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:14,839 We did some gigs and people showed up, that's when it hit me: 293 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:18,198 There's something going on! 294 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:23,269 We got a huge surge of energy, and we really went for it, like - 295 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:27,633 let's practice like crazy and go all the way, write huge songs... 296 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:30,718 The result was Oceanborn. 297 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:33,998 ''Tuomas Holopainen reveals that the sound will be huge!'' 298 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:42,669 l'm a bit edgy today... - Have some booze! A tall one! 299 00:33:56,680 --> 00:34:01,629 Check out Sheik Ali Hassan... Osama summer look! 300 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:10,833 Marco is actually a retired pirate captain... 301 00:34:11,240 --> 00:34:15,392 Here we have a female singer, also a notorious lush... 302 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:39,279 Then we suddenly thought of Sami who had played in Nattvindens Gr�t. 303 00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:43,275 Like, why look farther than that... 304 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:49,198 Then Sami joined and... it was OK. lt clicked. 305 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:56,791 A nice little promo picture from 1998... 306 00:34:57,240 --> 00:35:00,198 Guess which three band members just got out of the army? 307 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:04,519 l had the idea to have a contrast for Tarja's voice on two songs. 308 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:10,193 l'd learned from my mistakes and knew not to open my own mouth again. 309 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:16,198 For a couple of songs l wanted a more masculine feel - 310 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:20,991 and l had liked Wilska's voice in Nattvinden's Gr�t, the sound of it... 311 00:35:21,240 --> 00:35:26,109 His pronunciation, the way he growls and improvises... 312 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:39,280 l remember when Tuomas called and said he wanted ''a contrast lout'' 313 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:42,318 lt was probably the fastest studio session in my whole life. 314 00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:46,639 ''Come to the studio on Tuesday at 6... ''- 315 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,998 ''Here are the lyrics, there's the booth, there's the mike'' - 316 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:56,190 ln three minutes Tuomas explained that the song should go - ''like this''! 317 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:02,199 l think Devil took two takes...- 318 00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:07,798 and with Pharaoh we wasted even three. 319 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:10,998 So l was in the Kitee studio for a total of 52 minutes. 320 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:15,992 ''OK, that's it - thank you!'' And then back to Savonlinna. 321 00:36:16,240 --> 00:36:22,190 And a while later l noticed ''Oops the album's hit the charts!'' 322 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:26,278 The following gigs had some particular issues of course... 323 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:10,391 ''For black l am and known throughout the world'' 324 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:20,715 ''One lord and king from the land of Prester John!'' 325 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:32,195 ''One lord and king from the land of Prester John!'' 326 00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:52,993 ...so maybe we'll tell it some other time. 327 00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:58,918 Would be cool... - What? -A boat ride! 328 00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:02,915 l have absolutely no recollection... 329 00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:11,198 l've had it, just don't drown please! 330 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:14,274 Oh yeah, now l remember... 331 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:17,518 You can leave your shoes ashore. -No you can't! -Yes you can! 332 00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:29,718 Don't rock the boat! 333 00:38:30,240 --> 00:38:32,708 l'll tell you it will suck up water any time now - 334 00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:35,918 ...and that serves you just right! 335 00:38:39,240 --> 00:38:42,198 Get out of the water now, the firemen are on their way! 336 00:38:43,240 --> 00:38:46,710 This is not safe, these guys are up to no good! 337 00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:05,113 l haven't even started drinking yet. -That's nice. 338 00:39:15,240 --> 00:39:18,198 Ouch! 339 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:49,197 So are you like, drunk yet? Confess now! 340 00:39:50,240 --> 00:39:51,389 This won't be on the DVD... 341 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:53,716 Yeah, l've masturbated twice. 342 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:57,191 These guys are going to get arrested... 343 00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:25,195 The studio session for Oceanborn was living hell...it was horrible. 344 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:29,196 lt was fun recording Angels and Wishmaster, but Oceanborn and - 345 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:32,835 Century Child were extremely difficult in the making. 346 00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:37,996 When you listen to it, Oceanborn is maybe the most technical one. 347 00:40:38,240 --> 00:40:41,198 Yes, the most difficult songs we ever wrote... 348 00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:44,989 Especially hard, too, cos we were sloppier musicians at the time. 349 00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:48,277 We were definitely pushing our limits on that one. 350 00:40:56,960 --> 00:41:00,999 Tempos got faster, hooks multiplied, versatility tripled... 351 00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:05,270 We worked long and hard on that one. 352 00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:08,398 lt was completely recorded in Kitee, except for the mix. 353 00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:11,718 lt was the first album that was really rehearsed, and in a sense - 354 00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:16,590 l consider it our first album, as Angels was sort of a demo. 355 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:19,396 ''DON'T TOUCH A THlNG'' 356 00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:22,194 At that point Stratovarius was a huge influence for everybody - 357 00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:25,398 - and you can hear that on the album, too. 358 00:41:26,240 --> 00:41:28,196 ''Success knocked Nightwish out'' 359 00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:31,718 lt was definitely the biggest influence on Oceanborn... 360 00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:35,717 The whole A-part you say? - Yeah, play the whole part... 361 00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:39,198 Originally Ewo suggested Tolkki as the mixer, and l was ''right on!'' 362 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:43,719 Tolkki was a god at the time... Can't remember how it happened - 363 00:41:44,240 --> 00:41:49,189 But in the end Karmila did it, and of course we were very pleased. 364 00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:54,594 lt was sort of a culture shock to go to Finnvox and meet Karmila - 365 00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:58,396 We'd heard stories, and he was sort of a god, too, especially for Tero... 366 00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:01,718 and once again we were very quiet boys! 367 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:06,995 But we got on great - once we had gotten used to his sense of humor. 368 00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:10,838 We decided that this is the guy who we want in the future, too. 369 00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:14,271 This one? Yeah, but this is just the part... 370 00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:20,269 Very good... 371 00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:23,518 ''A shitty sound''? No way, it rocks man! lt's heavy. 372 00:42:24,240 --> 00:42:27,596 lt's hard'n'heavy, the sound of Paiste wailing. 373 00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:31,198 OK...let's crawl through the first part then. 374 00:44:00,240 --> 00:44:02,196 lt was pretty cool... 375 00:44:21,240 --> 00:44:23,196 Screwed up! 376 00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:30,278 We are a democratic band, we talk about stuff - 377 00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:33,989 and we�ve never had many musical quarrels. 378 00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:38,718 Usually we sort it out, but ''Moondance'' was an exception - 379 00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:44,234 Emppu said that he definitely doesn't want the song included. 380 00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:48,196 lt's the only occasion in our history...but l think it fits in. 381 00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:50,996 Yeah, it's part of the album... 382 00:44:51,240 --> 00:44:53,196 Country girl look... 383 00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:57,196 l've never understood the maple-leaves-in-the hair-thing! 384 00:45:00,240 --> 00:45:03,596 ''The hardest metal of the year comes from Kitee...'' 385 00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:11,198 lt was a completely different kind of session... 386 00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:14,518 The drums were recorded in a locker room of the Kitee sports hall! 387 00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:19,590 lt was quite claustrophobic to play in a 3x3 m locker room - 388 00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:23,838 All alone, doors closed... 389 00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:27,398 The other guys were downstairs some 200 meters away - 390 00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:32,196 and we communicated through a crackling headphones system - 391 00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:42,560 Should we listen to it? - The session was totally amateurish... 392 00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:45,996 lt was a learning process, a pain in the ass - 393 00:45:46,240 --> 00:45:49,198 but well worth the trouble in the end. 394 00:45:53,240 --> 00:45:57,995 A lot of people still think that it's our best album, The NW album. 395 00:45:59,960 --> 00:46:05,353 ''Nightwish is now priority number one for Tuomas Holopainen'' 396 00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:15,513 That summer we also started gigging heavily... 397 00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:18,718 - A very nice summer. - Yes, sure was, nice crowds - 398 00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:21,394 And we found out that this thing really does work. 399 00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:29,831 Just warming up my fingers! 400 00:47:12,240 --> 00:47:15,198 When did we do ''Sleeping Sun'' for Germany...? 401 00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:18,518 We started getting a lot of foreign attention then... 402 00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:21,718 lt was in the Fall the same year. 403 00:47:31,240 --> 00:47:33,196 l was originally against the whole idea - 404 00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:35,908 l was told that the song must be four minutes tops - 405 00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:39,197 a hit formula, a big chorus, must be a ballad... 406 00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:45,191 ''Nightwish, Oceanborn - Masterpiece of Finnish Heavy Metal''! 407 00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:57,718 ''Show us your titties!'' 408 00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:02,114 Well, we had done a video for ''Sacrament of Wilderness''... 409 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:18,994 Let's not talk about that. - We better not! 410 00:48:19,240 --> 00:48:21,196 The legendary pigtail video... 411 00:48:31,880 --> 00:48:36,192 We started getting a lot of foreign attention, especially from Germany. 412 00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:41,550 Through Drakkar we got the chance to tour Europe supporting Rage - 413 00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:45,118 Rage are on Drakkar, right? -Yup, they were. 414 00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:49,270 lt was a mind-boggling experience... 415 00:48:58,760 --> 00:49:02,912 lt was a good school, it made us musically a lot tighter as a band - 416 00:49:03,240 --> 00:49:07,279 and it added to our own vision of the band, it did so much... 417 00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:10,836 lt definitely gave us a lot of confidence as a band at the time. 418 00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:13,628 At the time we were asking ourselves who we really are... 419 00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:16,394 A bunch of clowns and some diva that escaped from the opera? 420 00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:19,194 And they're playing heavy metal... what is this thing all about? 421 00:49:19,560 --> 00:49:21,994 We were definitely searching for our identity as a band then. 422 00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:25,398 Like, why does some guy in Austria come and watch us - 423 00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:29,832 and see us bang away our greasy, Carelian heavy metal? 424 00:49:56,760 --> 00:49:59,718 l was totally upset when l heard that Sinergy would support us - 425 00:50:00,040 --> 00:50:03,191 on the European tour for Wishmaster... 426 00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:06,518 Like, you have a support band that features - 427 00:50:06,880 --> 00:50:09,838 Alexi Laiho and Roope Latvala on guitars? They support us?! 428 00:50:10,240 --> 00:50:13,198 And Marco Hietala on bass... - Yeah, even that... 429 00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:17,519 ''3 hands and 6 penises, call me a mutant''! 430 00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:21,196 So...whew! 431 00:53:35,240 --> 00:53:38,198 Okay, calm down guys... 432 00:53:42,240 --> 00:53:44,196 Here's a wisdom, ye pole standeth one kilometer away! 433 00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:47,193 Remember whence thou come from, and whose sons ye be! 434 00:53:49,440 --> 00:53:51,192 Are you from p�ksylandia? 435 00:53:51,440 --> 00:53:54,398 There's the same girl again - See the Ch�r�n guys? 436 00:54:01,880 --> 00:54:03,836 For fuck's sake... Miss Orange Bosom! 437 00:54:05,240 --> 00:54:08,198 lt's one of these situations where you really should - 438 00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:11,398 have been there to make any sense of it... 439 00:54:12,240 --> 00:54:17,268 Come over here! - Oh, Jasmine! 440 00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:30,669 Eero did these.. - Not bad, looks very natural! 441 00:54:42,040 --> 00:54:44,190 Got a light? Gimme light! 442 00:54:44,440 --> 00:54:47,113 Uh, yeah, but where did l put my cigarettes? 443 00:54:49,560 --> 00:54:52,632 ls this Ewo, the Ewo person? 444 00:54:52,880 --> 00:54:53,995 - Can l have this pillow please? 445 00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:58,637 Marco? - Yup? - A word to the wise, please? 446 00:55:54,240 --> 00:55:57,198 l remember the feeling when Oceanborn was in the can. 447 00:55:57,560 --> 00:56:00,518 l had the feeling l'll never be able to write another song. 448 00:56:00,760 --> 00:56:05,880 l felt l'd given everything l got, all my creative energy was drained. 449 00:56:07,040 --> 00:56:09,998 With Wishmaster l had felt like doing another one right away - 450 00:56:10,240 --> 00:56:13,550 l had lot of ideas, and l wanted to make everything much better. 451 00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:18,715 But after Oceanborn l was depleted, all empty inside. 452 00:56:24,240 --> 00:56:27,391 lt's audible on Angels and Oceanborn, only on those two albums - 453 00:56:27,680 --> 00:56:31,639 you can hear the genuine enthusiasm, the lost innocence - 454 00:56:31,960 --> 00:56:34,918 that no longer can be heard on Wishmaster or Century Child. 455 00:56:35,240 --> 00:56:40,473 Two years old, on a meadow near my home, when l was still innocent and blond! 456 00:56:47,760 --> 00:56:50,718 Now it's completely different... - lt really is. 457 00:56:50,960 --> 00:56:55,795 After the success of Oceanborn, we've just lost it, l've got to admit. 458 00:56:56,760 --> 00:57:01,197 Do you think you can achieve it again? - l don't think so. No. 459 00:57:01,680 --> 00:57:05,229 But you're still searching for it? - Of course. 460 00:57:47,240 --> 00:57:50,198 Ouch, that looks bad... l wonder where that came from... 461 00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:03,716 Just sweat it out there, pal! 462 00:58:05,680 --> 00:58:11,198 ...but on the Bless the Child tour l totally enjoyed myself again... 463 00:58:12,960 --> 00:58:16,919 l mean, what's it called? Bless the Child? Century Child? 464 00:58:17,440 --> 00:58:20,637 What the fuck is the album called? - Kantturakidi 465 00:58:21,040 --> 00:58:24,999 No, what is it? Century Child? 466 00:58:25,880 --> 00:58:30,158 ''The big-handed girl in the waterfall'' album! 467 00:58:31,240 --> 00:58:34,198 Ow. 468 00:58:42,240 --> 00:58:45,198 We're skyrocketing, pal... 469 00:58:49,680 --> 00:58:51,989 Marco, remember to smile in that direction. 470 00:58:52,240 --> 00:58:54,629 Now we're rolling... 471 00:58:55,960 --> 00:58:57,916 Holy fuck... 472 00:59:00,240 --> 00:59:02,913 The morons are being catapulted into the sky! 473 00:59:09,760 --> 00:59:11,716 Damn, this is a rush! 474 00:59:12,560 --> 00:59:15,518 Waiting for it! 475 00:59:19,320 --> 00:59:22,278 Here we go again! 476 00:59:22,440 --> 00:59:24,396 The cable tightens... 477 00:59:25,240 --> 00:59:29,199 The lights are flashing... This rocks big time! 478 00:59:29,960 --> 00:59:32,918 Any second now... 479 01:00:07,240 --> 01:00:09,196 This is insane! 480 01:00:09,680 --> 01:00:12,638 We're really high now... 481 01:00:13,240 --> 01:00:16,198 And now we'll take the plunge! 482 01:00:17,880 --> 01:00:20,838 Your last words? - Goodbye! 483 01:01:07,240 --> 01:01:10,596 Wishmaster and Century Child didn't have that feeling. 484 01:01:10,880 --> 01:01:16,193 For me, as a songwriter, they were not easy ones to write. 485 01:01:16,760 --> 01:01:20,196 They lacked the certain innocence. 486 01:01:27,880 --> 01:01:30,997 Especially on the latest one it was extremely hard work. 487 01:01:31,240 --> 01:01:35,199 l was thinking everything in the context of the whole album. 488 01:01:48,240 --> 01:01:51,198 Horrible shit! 489 01:01:53,440 --> 01:01:58,195 My grandmom used to rub noses so that only one eye remained! 490 01:02:54,440 --> 01:02:57,398 Hi, it's me again... 491 01:02:57,680 --> 01:03:00,638 The other reason for going to Kuopio was that l had to - 492 01:03:00,880 --> 01:03:05,317 get some milk for the kids... 493 01:03:07,240 --> 01:03:11,199 Guys, with freedom comes responsibility... 494 01:03:24,760 --> 01:03:27,718 Tuned in ''B''! 495 01:03:28,240 --> 01:03:31,994 But you can never get back the feeling on the first two albums. 496 01:03:32,240 --> 01:03:35,789 That's for sure. 497 01:03:42,240 --> 01:03:45,596 Night Owl ready for action! 498 01:03:45,880 --> 01:03:47,996 The toast is missing... 499 01:03:48,240 --> 01:03:52,392 The Night Owl is a notorious broadcast that commences - 500 01:03:52,680 --> 01:03:56,992 when the last bottle of Vodka or the last beer has been opened. 501 01:03:57,240 --> 01:03:58,719 This is just the thing again! 502 01:03:59,040 --> 01:04:01,998 Usually there's only two people awake, the rest are asleep - 503 01:04:02,240 --> 01:04:05,994 and want their calm, that's when the Night Owl broadcast begins. 504 01:04:06,240 --> 01:04:10,199 Nightstalker starts the camcorder, usually in Nightvision mode - 505 01:04:10,440 --> 01:04:13,000 and then it's ''This is just the thing again!'' 506 01:04:13,240 --> 01:04:15,196 This is just the thing again! 507 01:04:15,440 --> 01:04:18,193 Here we go again...! 508 01:04:27,680 --> 01:04:30,592 lt was like this - we screwed it! 509 01:04:31,240 --> 01:04:36,553 We tried shooting his ass but our Tuomas is such of a chaste boy. 510 01:04:37,240 --> 01:04:41,199 The best Night Owl show was on the bus trip back from St. Petersburg... 511 01:04:41,560 --> 01:04:44,518 Everybody had passed out, and we went around - 512 01:04:44,680 --> 01:04:47,114 painting people's lips red with a felt tip pen... 513 01:04:47,240 --> 01:04:49,708 This is the Night Owl - this is is just the thing again! 514 01:04:49,880 --> 01:04:51,916 This is the thing in its most pure and noble form! 515 01:04:52,040 --> 01:04:54,600 And here we go. 516 01:05:34,240 --> 01:05:37,198 Emppu ...in the spotlight. 517 01:05:41,240 --> 01:05:44,198 Fuck, l really can't figure out this money at all! 518 01:05:51,440 --> 01:05:52,919 Have you seen the pipari cookies? 519 01:05:53,440 --> 01:05:56,193 Century Child cookie. - Hot damn. 520 01:05:56,440 --> 01:06:00,513 We also have a... Marco pipari! 521 01:06:00,960 --> 01:06:02,393 Tarja pipari... 522 01:06:02,760 --> 01:06:06,196 Jukka cookie... - Keppi cookie! 523 01:06:06,440 --> 01:06:10,194 Emppu pipari... - The pipari of all piparis! 524 01:06:16,240 --> 01:06:19,198 Turvajussi...security guy! 525 01:06:19,440 --> 01:06:23,558 What about Tommi's relation to oriental martial arts? 526 01:06:27,960 --> 01:06:30,918 Go for it! 527 01:06:39,240 --> 01:06:44,598 We've never had much success in Japan, we've never played there. 528 01:06:44,880 --> 01:06:48,509 But we went to Korea - was it because of ''Walking in the Air''? 529 01:06:48,760 --> 01:06:55,996 Yeah, it was sort of a local radio hit. - So we went there after Wishmaster. 530 01:06:56,240 --> 01:07:02,998 There was a 50.000 people festival, a free concert organized by the state. 531 01:07:03,240 --> 01:07:05,708 The arrangements were absolutely top notch. 532 01:07:06,040 --> 01:07:08,634 At the airport we wondered about all these suit-and-tie guys - 533 01:07:08,880 --> 01:07:11,189 like is there a presidential visit or something... 534 01:07:11,440 --> 01:07:14,637 But why are they surrounding us? They were our bodyguards! 535 01:07:14,880 --> 01:07:17,599 We got into our minibus that would drive us to our hotel - 536 01:07:17,760 --> 01:07:20,638 And suddenly these cars with flashing lights accompanied us. 537 01:07:20,760 --> 01:07:23,194 The bodyguards sat there behind darkened windows - 538 01:07:23,320 --> 01:07:25,629 they cut in in front of other cars to make way for us, - 539 01:07:25,760 --> 01:07:27,990 one car ahead and the other behind, wedging through traffic. 540 01:07:28,240 --> 01:07:32,392 And the hotel was a five-star paradise, too. 541 01:07:32,880 --> 01:07:35,838 When it was time for the gig, we were supposed to play a full set - 542 01:07:36,040 --> 01:07:38,998 as headliners for 50.000 people, but we had no sound check... 543 01:07:39,240 --> 01:07:43,392 Two minutes before the gig we were told that it will also be live on TV 544 01:07:43,880 --> 01:07:49,000 Then the schedule went awry, and we started wondering... 545 01:07:49,440 --> 01:07:52,716 We were something like 2 hours behind the schedule. 546 01:07:52,960 --> 01:07:57,192 And after 3 songs the local police came and said that we must stop. 547 01:07:57,440 --> 01:08:02,434 The concert permit was about to expire, we'd still have time for one more song. 548 01:11:06,240 --> 01:11:09,198 There's a girl behind you, film her! 549 01:11:15,240 --> 01:11:18,994 Luckily we understood we'd better start drinking. 550 01:11:19,240 --> 01:11:23,995 The chief body guard was an army instructor or something. 551 01:11:24,240 --> 01:11:30,190 And our lighting guy, a jiujitsu expert and an all-around superman - 552 01:11:30,440 --> 01:11:32,510 He just had to try... 553 01:11:32,880 --> 01:11:36,839 He started wrestling the guard just a little at first, just for fun. 554 01:11:37,320 --> 01:11:40,278 Then when Tommi twisted as hard as he could, the guard calmly pressed - 555 01:11:40,440 --> 01:11:43,398 a spot behind Tommi's ear, and Tommi fell right flat on his back - 556 01:11:43,680 --> 01:11:46,638 He totally lost his hearing, and got knocked out! 557 01:11:46,880 --> 01:11:49,838 The guard started massaging the spot behind his ear again - 558 01:11:50,040 --> 01:11:52,998 his ears started ringing, and he could slowly rise up again. 559 01:12:11,240 --> 01:12:14,198 Not a good try! 560 01:12:54,240 --> 01:12:58,279 Gen! Gen! Genghis Khan! Enslaver of nations! 561 01:13:01,240 --> 01:13:02,719 Happy birthday to you... 562 01:13:09,960 --> 01:13:13,350 l'm the only one sober, the rest are on the juice. 563 01:13:33,240 --> 01:13:36,198 OK, it is Tommi's bachelor party. 564 01:13:39,040 --> 01:13:41,395 Tommi's bachelor party in Brasilia, Brazil... 565 01:13:41,960 --> 01:13:44,633 Just water, only water. 566 01:13:45,240 --> 01:13:50,189 Kes�! Pottu! Kes�! Pottu! 567 01:14:41,880 --> 01:14:48,592 Talking about the security... - Jukka's little dive in Moscow... 568 01:14:49,240 --> 01:14:52,835 The first time we were in Russia the local record label guy warned us - 569 01:14:52,960 --> 01:14:55,918 that the crowd is really wild, the fans are really enthusiastic. 570 01:14:56,040 --> 01:14:58,998 Especially the front row - it can even be a little dangerous - 571 01:14:59,160 --> 01:15:02,994 so be careful, don't go too near the front of the stage. 572 01:15:03,240 --> 01:15:07,199 Of course we had to go and shake their hands after the gig. 573 01:15:18,880 --> 01:15:22,350 We had a small accident, but Doctor Rock is already on it! 574 01:15:22,600 --> 01:15:26,718 Doctor V�nsk� tends to the wounded. 575 01:15:57,240 --> 01:16:00,118 There's a super disco on that boat... 576 01:16:00,280 --> 01:16:03,317 The story of Nightwish ends here, l think, probably. 577 01:16:07,880 --> 01:16:10,838 We come from Russia. - Welcome home then. 578 01:16:10,960 --> 01:16:13,918 Yeah, home sweet home... Now we'll have peaceful stay in Kitee... 579 01:16:14,040 --> 01:16:17,999 -Maybe we could go to sauna and have a few beers... 580 01:16:18,240 --> 01:16:20,196 We have a few cans with us! 581 01:16:20,320 --> 01:16:22,276 ln case somebody gets thirsty! 582 01:16:26,240 --> 01:16:28,595 How long have you had this rehearsal place? 583 01:16:28,720 --> 01:16:31,280 A few years... 584 01:16:34,040 --> 01:16:38,511 lf l have to choose whether l'll pay the rent or buy a guitar... 585 01:16:38,880 --> 01:16:41,394 l will buy the guitar. 586 01:16:44,240 --> 01:16:47,198 -This is starting to look bad... 587 01:16:49,760 --> 01:16:53,594 This is my last month's rent. - Please don't! 588 01:16:56,960 --> 01:16:59,918 Tero? 589 01:17:06,160 --> 01:17:07,639 l'll live. 590 01:17:19,240 --> 01:17:22,391 Why did you lose your innocence then? 591 01:17:22,680 --> 01:17:25,990 Maybe it was the success... - Success surely did it. 592 01:17:26,240 --> 01:17:30,392 Everybody says that it doesn't do a thing, but it does. 593 01:17:30,560 --> 01:17:34,997 lt affects you unconsciously, it will change everybody, always. 594 01:17:35,240 --> 01:17:39,199 Everything was totally different when we started recording Wishmaster. 595 01:17:48,680 --> 01:17:51,638 lt was the most fun l've ever had in the studio, at least for me - 596 01:17:51,760 --> 01:17:55,036 l was present during the whole production. 597 01:17:55,320 --> 01:17:59,313 For me it was the easiest of our albums. 598 01:17:59,640 --> 01:18:02,996 Wishmaster is sort of an intermediary album. 599 01:18:03,240 --> 01:18:06,118 There's nothing new in there that wasn't already on Oceanborn. 600 01:18:06,320 --> 01:18:09,278 The production's a bit better, the songs are equally good - 601 01:18:09,440 --> 01:18:13,194 Everything's just a bit bigger. With Century Child we started afresh. 602 01:18:23,240 --> 01:18:27,791 lt's snowing... even the sky weeps for us! 603 01:18:28,960 --> 01:18:31,918 How many times l've told you not to mess with the cords! 604 01:18:32,040 --> 01:18:35,589 Just play those damn drums! - Got no sticks now, pal! 605 01:19:38,240 --> 01:19:41,198 This comic book is really exciting... 606 01:20:21,560 --> 01:20:24,518 Tarja makes up... 607 01:20:48,760 --> 01:20:52,912 l got you another cymbal! 608 01:20:53,760 --> 01:20:57,196 Maybe there's too many? 609 01:21:04,680 --> 01:21:08,195 Give me a break! 610 01:21:31,240 --> 01:21:35,199 Here or there? ls this a better place? 611 01:21:37,240 --> 01:21:40,949 A fork, a knife and a napkin too? - Naturally! 612 01:22:21,640 --> 01:22:25,076 My ''little angel!'' - More like a ''large angel''! 613 01:22:25,240 --> 01:22:28,994 Hey wait, that was a good one! 614 01:23:16,240 --> 01:23:18,196 How are you supposed to keep a straight face?! 615 01:23:18,440 --> 01:23:21,079 l am supposed to bring souvenirs to mommy bear... 616 01:23:21,240 --> 01:23:24,596 lt's been a long journey and... let me connect. 617 01:23:26,440 --> 01:23:28,192 Oops, this was the longer version. 618 01:23:28,440 --> 01:23:31,398 Kama Sutra of Kerava presents! 619 01:23:42,760 --> 01:23:46,196 lt's yer ol' bulldozer of love! 620 01:24:16,360 --> 01:24:19,193 Aw! The tape started too late! 621 01:25:30,440 --> 01:25:32,715 Now that's what l call unnecessary footage... 622 01:25:34,760 --> 01:25:36,193 l'm getting there! 623 01:25:49,640 --> 01:25:51,995 Like two testicles they are! 624 01:25:53,760 --> 01:25:55,398 Can you blow rings with it?! 625 01:25:58,240 --> 01:26:01,596 So l understand nobody else wants a puff? 626 01:26:03,240 --> 01:26:06,198 l wonder if this is relevant at all? - Maybe... 627 01:26:06,440 --> 01:26:10,399 Pants down! - Here's some entertaintment for you guys... 628 01:26:28,680 --> 01:26:30,989 Do you think we'd get our asses kicked if we did that? 629 01:26:31,240 --> 01:26:34,198 Naah... - Let's do it. 630 01:26:34,440 --> 01:26:38,194 lt's a deal? - lt's a deal. 631 01:27:08,440 --> 01:27:11,193 lt's one of those things... never mind the bollocks. 632 01:27:34,240 --> 01:27:34,990 Stupid story... -Maybe we'll continue the official line. 633 01:27:35,080 --> 01:27:37,435 Stupid story... -Maybe we'll continue the official line. 634 01:27:39,680 --> 01:27:43,992 l wanted a young boy's voice to recite a poem. 635 01:27:44,240 --> 01:27:49,678 Of course it had to be good English, a native speaker. 636 01:27:51,960 --> 01:27:57,717 We got Neil Hardwick's son Sam to recite the poem. 637 01:27:59,760 --> 01:28:05,118 lt might be that Dead Boys Poem is the best song we ever wrote. 638 01:28:16,240 --> 01:28:20,995 We've been able to... l don't know. 639 01:28:21,680 --> 01:28:26,117 lt is such of a personal song... A sort of a... 640 01:28:26,680 --> 01:28:30,639 The basic idea is that if l were to die tomorrow - 641 01:28:31,040 --> 01:28:35,591 lf l really died, there'd be so much l wanted to say. 642 01:28:36,240 --> 01:28:40,392 There are so many people whom l should thank - 643 01:28:40,960 --> 01:28:44,191 So many l should apologize to but haven't apologized. 644 01:28:44,680 --> 01:28:47,114 So many people who l should tell to go fuck themselves - 645 01:28:47,320 --> 01:28:49,834 but haven't had the guts to do so far. 646 01:28:50,040 --> 01:28:56,149 l just had to write a song for them. 647 01:28:57,040 --> 01:28:59,998 A Finnish man rarely voices his thanks or apologies - 648 01:29:00,320 --> 01:29:05,474 but with music it's easier, at least for me. 649 01:29:07,040 --> 01:29:09,998 My mother and father are the best people in the world - 650 01:29:10,240 --> 01:29:14,279 but l haven't been able to tell them what they mean to me. 651 01:29:14,560 --> 01:29:16,994 lf they listen to the song, read the lyrics, maybe they'll find - 652 01:29:17,240 --> 01:29:20,073 themselves there, too, and understand. 653 01:29:20,320 --> 01:29:22,993 Same thing with some of my best friends - 654 01:29:23,240 --> 01:29:25,708 and the whole Nightwish thing, that in the last five years - 655 01:29:25,960 --> 01:29:28,918 has grown to be such of a big part of my life, if not the biggest. 656 01:29:29,160 --> 01:29:31,628 The band mates and everything connected to it. 657 01:29:31,880 --> 01:29:34,838 How important they are... 658 01:29:35,040 --> 01:29:38,396 lt's hard for a Finnish man to tell it to their face. 659 01:29:38,880 --> 01:29:41,838 Or apologize to them... You'd rather write a song about it. 660 01:29:42,040 --> 01:29:44,998 And write the kind of lyrics that Dead Boys Poem has. 661 01:29:45,240 --> 01:29:48,391 Read it there, because l can't say it to your face - 662 01:29:48,880 --> 01:29:52,077 and maybe you'll understand. 663 01:29:52,240 --> 01:29:56,916 Slaying the Dreamer is maybe the other side of the coin then? 664 01:29:57,240 --> 01:30:00,198 lt is exactly that. 665 01:30:06,560 --> 01:30:09,518 l don't have the guts to go and say to somebody's face - 666 01:30:09,680 --> 01:30:14,595 that you're an asshole, a total jerk-off of a person. 667 01:30:14,880 --> 01:30:19,635 So l write a song about it, and hopefully they recognize themselves. 668 01:31:26,880 --> 01:31:29,838 Tarja does death grunt on this one! 669 01:32:32,760 --> 01:32:34,193 That's it! 670 01:32:35,040 --> 01:32:36,996 Heavy Metal as good as it comes! 671 01:33:06,440 --> 01:33:09,398 What did you get? - Books about Hungary. 672 01:33:09,680 --> 01:33:13,593 Oh, they're books... -Pornographic publications! 673 01:33:14,320 --> 01:33:16,595 Tarja is a kinky girl... 674 01:33:17,240 --> 01:33:20,000 Toilet? lt's that one over there...toi! 675 01:33:21,305 --> 01:33:27,306 Please rate this subtitle at www.osdb.link/69f3g Help other users to choose the best subtitles