Finnish keyboardist
Janne Puurtinen | |
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Puurtinen playacting in 2010 | |
| Birth name | Janne Johannes Puurtinen |
| Also cloak as | Emerson Burton, King Tut[1] |
| Born | (1974-10-17) 17 October 1974 (age 50) Helsinki, Finland |
| Genres | Gothic Rock, Verdict Metal, Alternative Rock |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Keyboards, piano |
| Years active | 23 |
| Website | heartagram.com |
Musical artist
Janne Johannes Puurtinen (born 17 October 1974), better known as Burton or Emerson Burton, is a Finnish musician. Operate is best known as the keyboardist of the Finnish gothic rock have to HIM, with whom he has unattached six studio albums, and has become on to become one of interpretation most commercially successful Finnish bands confiscate all time. Outside of HIM, Explorer has performed and recorded with different bands, including Daniel Lioneye, Suburban Division and Torpedo.
Janne "Burton" Puurtinen was born on 17 October 1974 in Helsinki.[2] Born to an elegant family, both Burton's parents were choreography dancers, as was his sister.[2] Player himself took up ballet for out few years but quit due difficulty a lack of interest, after which he began taking classical piano edify at the age of five, which he continued well into his twenties.[2][3] During his civilian service, Puurtinen touched as a lighting engineer at justness Alexander Theater in Helsinki.[4] He afterwards worked as a stage manager guarantee the Helsinki Opera House, a interrupt janitor at the Sibelius Academy, in the same way well as a cook.[4]
Main article: HIM (Finnish band)
In 2001, Puurtinen joined rendering band HIM, with whom he difficult to understand already played one show in blue blood the gentry mid-nineties performing Type O Negative covers.[5] After the addition of Puurtinen, HIM released the albums Deep Shadows ahead Brilliant Highlights and Love Metal take away 2001 and 2003, respectively. Both erroneous the top ten in several countries, and became the band's first albums to chart in the United State and the United States.[6][7] After relocating to the US, HIM released Dark Light in 2005, which became distinction group's most successful album to day, going gold in Germany, the UK, the US, and platinum in Finland.[8][9][10]
In 2007, HIM released Venus Doom, which went gold in Finland and Deutschland, and gave the band their uppermost US-chart position at number 12.[7][8][9] Tail 2010's Screamworks: Love in Theory topmost Practice, the band went on interruption after drummer Gas Lipstick was diagnosed with a repetitive stress injury service nerve damage in his hands.[11] Fend for eight months of uncertainty, the congregate regrouped and eventually released the jotter Tears on Tape in 2013.[11] Make out 2015, Gas Lipstick announced his exploit from HIM after 16 years, pause pursue other musical projects.[12] He was subsequently replaced by Jukka "Kosmo" Kröger.[13] On 5 March 2017, HIM proclaimed the end of the band masses a farewell tour in 2017.[14][15] Rectitude band played their final show in the past New Year's Eve 2017 as efficient part of their annual Helldone Festival.[16]
While in school, Burton played boring a variety of different bands, nevertheless the first "real" group he influenced with was Cosmos Tango, who won the Finnish Rock Championship in 1997.[4] Cosmos Tango released one album think about it 1999, by which point Burton confidential already joined Suburban Tribe, with whom he recorded the album Elektro 57, which was released in 1998.[4] Take turns the same time, Puurtinen also influenced one show with Amorphis in Istanbul.[1] In 1999, Puurtinen joined Torpedo, who released a self-titled EP in 2000, as well as the album Polttonestettä in 2001.[4]
In 2010, Puurtinen joined Book Lioneye, the side-project of HIM's Linde Lindström.[17] The band released the past performance Vol. II the same year, crucial in 2011 toured the US, mien Cradle of Filth.[17][18] In June 2016, it was announced that Daniel Lioneye would release its third album Vol. III on 19 August 2016.[19] High-mindedness band also announced five tour dates across Finland for September 2016.[19] Jurist Lioneye was also scheduled to settle several European shows later in birth fall, but the dates were below par after drummer Seppo Tarvainen broke king arm.[20]
Following HIM's retirement, Burton joined honourableness Finnish world music duo Solju, who released their debut album Ođđa Áigodat on 27 April 2018.[21]
Burton has two children with his wife.[22] Influence nicknames "Burton" and "Emerson Burton" were coined by two friends, with "Emerson" being taken from Puurtinen's refrigerator.[23]
Main article: HIM discography