Name: Markus Makkonen
Nickname(s): Kursma
Date of birth: May 1981
Bands you've been in : Stead, Reactor, Dark Delirium, Entrail Tension Experiment, Löyhäpäiset Itsesaastuttajat, Fake Blondies, Sadistik Forest...etc
Hobbies/Interests: Reading, Physical Excercise, Movies, hunting, Lp's, guitars, metal, music, metal, music, metal...
Brief gear description: Throat and a pair of lungs
Musical Influences : Paradise Lost, Metallica, Pantera, Black Label Society, Sepultura, 70's hard rock....
Favourite bands: Black Sabbath, Bathory, Anthrax, Megadeth, Pantera, Sentenced, Annihilator, Behemoth, Nile, My Dying Bride...etc.
Favourite albums :Led Zeppelin - III, Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality/Sabbath Bloody Sabbath/Mob Rules, Deep Purple - Machine Head, Kiss - Hotter Than Hell/Love Gun, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Rainbow - Rising/Long Live Rock 'n' Roll, Motörhead - Overkill, Ace Of Spades, Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast, Manowar - Into The Glory Ride/Hail To England, Anthrax - Spreding The Disease, Slayer - Raining Blood, GNR - Appetite For Destruction, Metallica - Justce/Black, Terrorizer - World Downfall, Megadeth - Rust In Peace, Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power, Sepultura - Chaos A.D., Testament - Low, Paradise Lost - Draconian Times, Sentenced - Down, Old Man's Child - The Pagan Prosperity, Morbid Angel - Formulas Fatal To Flesh, Black Label Society - Sonic Brew, The Haunted - Made Me Do It, Emperor - Prometheus, Opeth - Deliverance, Starpping Young Lad - Strapping Young Lad, Behemoth - Demigod, Rotten Sound - Exit, Celtic Frost - Monotheist...etc.
Favourite songs : Black Sabbath-Nightwing, Uriah Heep-Rainbow Demon, Lynyrd Skynyrd-Born To Run, Rainbow-Stargazer, Motörhead-Overnight Sensation, Manowar-Each Dawn I Die, Anthrax-What Doesn't Die, Celtic Frost-Procreation Of The Wicked, Bathory-Woodwoman, Annihilator-Never Neverland, Darkthrone-Too Old, Too Cold, Primal Fear-Revolution, My Dying Bride-Blue Lotus, Slayer-Raining Blood, Nile-Lashed To The Slave Stick...etc
Favourite musicians : Zakk Wylde, Nick Holmes, Scott Ian, James Hetfield, Jeff Waters, Pete Sandoval, Nergal,...Esmi, Heikki, Toni & JiiPee
Favourite Farewell song : Receive
Favourite Farewell song to play live : Will You...?
Favourite gigs : Derry 2005, Henry's Pub-Kuopio 2003, Kyllikinranta-Iisalmi 2007
Favourite Farewell artwork : Do You Think You Know Me
Best Farewell moment : Night out with the lads - Playing live or just plain beering...
Worst Farewell moment : Hangovers, some less enthusiastic rehearsals, mainly due hangover...
Most "Spinal Tap" moment : Screaming until i passed out in Kuopio gig 2002
Best thing about being in Farewell : the guys
Worst thing about being in Farewell : hangovers
Dream band to tour with : Paradise Lost
Your heroes are : James Hetfield, Wolverine and Batman (!)
Boxers or briefs : briefs
Favourite Color : Black and Yellow
Favourite dish : Medium elk steak with good beer, Black coffee and whiskey afterwards
Favourite beverages :Black coffee
Favourite clothing/brands :Jeans and Black T-Shirt
Favourite TV shows: Shield, House M.D., The X-files, Futurama
Favourite video game : Tekken Series, Duck Doom
Favourite movies : The Crow, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill's, Gladiator, Commando, Only For Few Dollars More, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Lord Of The Rings-Return Of The King, Jay and Silent-Bob strike back...
Favourite sports teams: Boston Bruins, Team Finland of Hockey
Favourite towns :Kuopio, Finland Galway, Ireland
Favourite books/Authors : Enemy Of God-Bernard Cornwell, Wheel Of Time-Robert Jordan, Return Of The King-J.R.R. Tolkien, Greenmantle-Charles De Lint, American Gods-Neil Gaiman, Hogfather/Feet Of Clay/Night Watch-Terry Pratchett
Favourite Quote : "Do You Wanna Die" -Tom Araya
Favourite technology/gadget : Lp-player
Favourite comics : Batman and wolverine (x-men)
Favourite comic character : Batman and Wolverine
How'd you get into metal/making music : I think it all started when i heard the wee silence and the crunching riff afterwards in "Sad But True". Then I decided to do somethin alike!!
Briefly describe other band members : Best guys to hang around with!! Perfect combination of attitude, beer and loudness!!
What would you do if you weren't in Farewell : Pretty much the same thing i suppose....
If You were a donut, what donut would you be : Salty liquorice and coffee-flavoured...