[7thSaviour]

Originally Posted by Diamond45

Though this news is not a shock to me, I'm still saddened by it.

SkiBumMSP (Steve) had a great post above on this. He is the one who got me in to power and prog metal music. He found it through Stratovarius. In turn, he introduced me to a new world of music that I never knew existed.

The whole reason why I'm here today on this forum and been to the last three ProgPower USAs is because of Statrovarius. Steve and I went to Atlanta for ProgPower VI to see Strato live in 2005. After one PP, we became hooked and have been ever since - and have tickets for the upcoming one! (they're in the drawer below this keyboard... shhhh!!!)

We had the pleasure of seeing Strato live at Jaxx in 2006. Here's a picture of Timo Koltipelto and I after the show.



Wish I wasn't squinting so much... damn flash was too bright!

I wish the best of luck to all involved.. hope that they all land on their feet soon!

Right on! Major Timo K fan here. How do you like his solo discs?