Name: Esa-Mikko Lappalainen
Nickname(s): Esmi
Date of birth: august 1981
Bands you've been in : Ruutukurko, Löyhäpäiset Itsesaastuttajat, Sikamäen Orkesteri
Hobbies/Interests: Fishing, Cooking/eating, Disc-Golf, Olvi, Anything that has something to do with nature - like birds, flowers and shit... Oriental movies with happy endings
Brief gear description: Gibson Les Paul Studio x 2 and Marshall JVM 410 amp, Marshall vintage cabinet.
Musical Influences : Slash, Hetfield, Tom Morello, Heikki, Silvennoinen, Dexter Holland, Zakk Wylde, Stavie Ray Vaughan, Heikki Matero and the guy who plays wah-guitar in original Uuno Turhapuro theme song
Favourite bands: Guns n' Roses, Metallica, Pantera, Paradise Lost, Godsmack, Korn, Type O Negative, RATM, The Offspring, Heikki Silvennoinen, Velvet Revolver, Lynyrd Skynyrd, In Flames, Poets Of The Fall, Celtic Woman, Vaaleanpunainen kastemato
Favourite albums : GNR-Appetite For Destruction/Use Your Illusions I-II, Metallica-Metallica/Load, RATM-RATM, Anything from Pantera, Paradise Lost-One Second, The Offspring-Smash, Type O Negative-October Rust, Megadeth-Youthanasia, Sentenced-Down, Korn-Take A Look In The Mirror, Top Gun Soundtrack
Favourite songs : Paradise City - GNR
Favourite musicians : I don't know if you can call them musicians, but Farwell-crew and Otto Aminoff.
Favourite Farewell song : Ever-Misery (at the moment)
Favourite Farewell song to play live : Depends how drunk we are and of the feel of the moment.
Favourite gigs : Derry 2005, Henry's Pub-Kuopio 2003, Kyllikinranta-Iisalmi 2007
Favourite Farewell artwork : Our Cover-Rat in general
Best Farewell moment : ...it wasn't all that bad, or was it now...
Worst Farewell moment : Tornio, Departures from bandcamps
Most "Spinal Tap" moment : Most of our gigs :) Personally maybe the time when I managed to break three guitars during one gig. It was cool, though...
Best thing about being in Farewell : Five drunken idiots
Worst thing about being in Farewell : Five drunken idiots
Dream band to tour with : Sikamäen orkesteri or In Flames (I believe Heikki would be there too)
Your heroes are : Vesa-Matti Loiri, Simo Häyhä
Boxers or briefs : WTF?
Favourite Color : Blue? No, Yellooooooooooooooooow!! (orange actually)
Favourite dish : Medium sirloin steak
Favourite beverages : Milk
Favourite clothing/brands : Mieshousut
Favourite TV-Shows : The Simpsons
Favourite video game : Duck Hunt
Favourite movies : T2, Monty Python's Holy Grail
Favourite sports teams: Team Finland (ice hockey)
Favourite towns : Iisalmi, Finland
Favourite books/Authors : Reijo Mäki
Favourite Quote : "...mutta en kai ikinä taida aikuiseksi kasvaa - enkä sitä halua" - Vesku Jokinen
Favourite technology/gadget : Moped
Favourite comics : Don Rosa's Scrooge stories
Favourite comic character : Toni Balk
How'd you get into metal/making music : By hearing the first notes of Sweet Child O'mine. It blew my mind!! I realised you can get laid if you play something like that! ...it never worked, but nice try though.
Briefly describe other band members : Community Of The Wicked
What would you do if you weren't in Farewell : Propably the same thing I've done so far with these guys, only then I wouldn't have as good excuse for all this ... :)
If You were a donut, what donut would you be : Que?