Stratovarius: Call It Quits 2008-04-06 by TheTastyLettuce | 7 Comments | Taken from Guitarist Timo Tolkki's Official Website....
"Dear Stratovarius Fans,
"It is time to stop the silence and announce what some of you have already been speculating. Stratovarius is no more.
"Last October I told the guys that I am stopping the band and told them the reasons why. This letter is addressed to you, Stratovarius fans, who have supported the band for so many years. I first thought that I would write just a very generelized, typical "music business" statement that basically never says anything. Then I decided that you deserve to hear at least parts of the truth what has been going on behind the scenes so you will be able to understand my decision better.
"All the time, since TK and Jörg joined the band, there have been tensions and negativity flying around. This has been concentrating on me, TK and Jörg. The reasons Jari Kainulainen was fired some years back were so absurd that I am not even try to explain them here. If I write a book one day, maybe then. Anyways, I think the seeds were planted already back then, something like 12 years ago. There were many confrontations, Jörg has been complaining to me about TK and TK complaining to me about Jörg. At a times it was a mess, although of course, it never would show outside to the fans. It is not my intention to disrespect TK and Jörg here. They are both fundamentally good guys. Things just sometimes happen and relationships go to directions we don't want them to go. It's like a divorce, nobody wants it to happen but sometimes it is best for all so everyone can continue their own lives. Plus I want to tell how things have been behind the curtains. You always only see the good side anyway, you don't really know what is going on.
Also taken from Ultimate Guitar lol
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http://www.timotolkki.com/Split.html
| | | Eagleheart was the only song I liked from them anyways.
| | | I've listened to these guys once. I think I might check out some of there stuff.
| | | i thought this meant that the violin company was stopping production... i'm a bit dense :P
| | | I don't really like this type of power metal much anyway. Unfortunate though.
| | | They were pretty boring TBH. Nothing important lost.
| | | I remember back in the day Bartender made me a power metal mix and a song by these guys was on it, and it ruled.
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