Jari Kainulainen

Jari "Jartsi" Kainulainen (born 29 April 1970) is a Finnish bass guitarist. He is best known for having been the bass player of the power metal band Stratovarius from 1993 until 2005. Kainulainen is currently the bassist of Masterplan, having joined 2012.

Jari Kainulainen
Kainulainen performing with Evergrey, 2008
Kainulainen performing with Evergrey, 2008
Background information
Also known asJartsi
Born (1970-04-29) 29 April 1970
OriginHelsinki, Finland
Genres
Instrument(s)Bass guitar
Years active1993–present

After his period in Stratovarius he founded his own band called Mess.

Between 2002 and 2006, Kainulainen played bass with Kotipelto, a Finnish power metal band formed by Timo Kotipelto, singer of Stratovarius.

In 2007 he joined the Swedish progressive power metal band Evergrey.

In 2010 Jari Kainulainen created the power metal supergroup Symfonia along with Andre Matos, Timo Tolkki, Mikko Härkin and Uli Kusch.

He joined Masterplan in 2012. In 2013 he created the melodic power metal band Shadowquest.

Kainulainen plays Ibanez 6 string basses and uses Ampeg amplifiers. He is influenced by Geezer Butler, Billy Sheehan, Cliff Burton, and Steve Harris.[1]

Discography

Masterplan

Shadowquest

  • Armoured IV Pain (2015)

Stratovarius

Evergrey

Symfonia

Kotipelto

References

  1. NO. "Jari Kainulainen | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's". Profile.myspace.com. Archived from the original on 2010-08-05. Retrieved 2011-07-15.


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