Timo Rautiainen

Biography

Timo Aulis Rautiainen (born 25 January 1963 in Sulkava) is a Finnish heavy metal musician. He is best known as the singer and songwriter of Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus. He has also sung and played guitar in the bands Lyijykomppania and Aku Ankkuli.

Career

Rautiainen graduated from the University of Jyväskylä as a teacher of special education. In the early stages of Trio Niskalaukaus, Rautiainen was commonly represented in the main media as "The Grim Teacher", because of his strong and rather gloomy lyrics and his occupation. However, in later years he concentrated solely on his musical career, resigning from his educational activities. Despite his earlier and solemn representation in Finnish media, he is actually a man with a good sense of humour, and he is characterized by his laid back nature on stage.
In December 2004, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus announced that they would be going on break for an indefinite period. While the band was on hiatus, Rautiainen starred on the Finnish talk-show K-Rappu, which concentrated on culture. On 1 November 2006, Trio Niskalaukaus announced that they would be breaking up.
After the breakup, Rautiainen published his first solo album titled Sarvivuori×Sarvivuori26 April 2006 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Eteenpäin2:262Pesäpallomaila4:323Punainen viiva5:024Sinulle4:325Uskonnonpastori4:256Lumi0:577Meille niin rakas5:058Vesien hallitsijan testamentti4:149Sarvivuori2:4910Hiljaisen talven lapsi5:44 in 2006 with a crew gathered from different bands. The album featured the talents of Nightwish founder Tuomas Holopainen (who also wrote one song) and former Children of Bodom guitarist, Alexander Kuoppala. On drums debuted Finnish actor Jussi Lampi.
Initially Rautiainen was supposed to do only one solo album, but after the album's good reception and the band's highly successful summer tour he changed his mind. In 2007 his second solo album, Loppuun ajettu×Loppuun ajettu23 May 2007 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 9 tracks1Loppuun ajettu4:212Kansalaispoliisi4:293Viimeistä viedään2:584Kylätie1:225Outolintu4:016Loputon suo4:077Veriside4:308Pitkä katkera miinus3:209Arkki6:28, was released. The line-up changed a bit, and Jarkko Petosalmi, former Trio Niskalaukaus guitarist, joined Rautiainen's solo band. The album entered the Finnish charts at #5 in its first week.

Albums

2006: Sarvivuori (The Horn Mountain)
2007: Loppuun ajettu (Used to the End)
2010: En oo keittäny enkä myyny (I Haven't Made, Neither Sold Booze)
2012: Kunnes elämä meidät erottaa (Until Life Do Us Part) (with Neljäs Sektori)

EPs

2006: Uskonnonpastori EP (The Pastor of Religion)

Singles & EPs

2006: "Punainen viiva×Punainen viiva22 March 2006 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Punainen viiva4:582Pohjoisen taivaan alla3:14" (The Red Line)
2006: "Sinulle×Sinulle2006 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Sinulle4:392Uutisten jälkeen (Resigned to Surrender)2:37" (For You)
2007: "Outolintu×Outolintu2007 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Outolintu4:052Hymyile Miss Universum2:49" (Mockingbird)
2008: "Rööperi×Rööperi1 December 2008 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Rööperi3:27"
2010: "Bacchuksen tiellä×Bacchuksen tiellä19 May 2010 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Bacchuksen tiellä4:00"