Tony Kakko

About

Singer-songwriter of the Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica, the group that has released songs like "Fullmoon."

Before Fame

Joining Sonata Arctica when the group was still named Tricky Means, Kakko played keyboard for their largely unsuccessful hard rock demos.

Trivia

With a broad vocal range, he sang tenor and baritone and, on the later Sonata Arctica releases, he began to scream.

Family Life

He was born in Kemi, Finland.

Associated With

He collaborated with Nightwish on several of their tracks and sang with frontwoman Tarja Turunen on the live stage version of "Beauty and the Beast."