Stone Genre(s) Speed/Thrash Metal Lyrical theme(s) Society, Personal, Music Origin Formed in Last label Status Finland (Helsinki) 1985 Megamania Split-up Last known line-up Janne Joutsenniemi - Vocals, Bass (Suburban Tribe) Roope Latvala - Guitar (Children of Bodom, Dementia (Fin), Latvala Bros, Nomicon, Sinergy, Walhalla (Fin), Waltari, Warmen, Soulgrind (Fin), Evince) Markku Niiranen - Guitar (Airdash, Corporal Punishment (Fin)) Pekka Kasari - Drums (Amorphis, Ajattara, Road Crew, Pahuuden Prototyyppi) Former/past member(s) Jiri Jalkanen - Guitar (1985-1990) Additional notes The year when Stone was formed is a bit unclear, but it was probably in 1985. Janne Joutsenniemi and Roope Latvala, who were the two masterminds of Stone, had been playing together with varying line-ups and band names for a few years before that, said to have earlier played under the name Cross of Iron. They became Stone when Pekka Kasari and Jiri Jalkanen (whose father is the famous Finnish country/schlager star Kari Tapio) joined the group. Most of them were around 15-16 years old when they started [...] [read more] Buy their stuff Buy from BlackScaped Search on eBay   more... >> Search on Half.com eBay Canada eBay France eBay UK eBay Spain eBay Belgium eBay Netherlands eBay Italy eBay Australia Search on Gemm.com Submitted by On insolidude December 20th, 2002 Last modified by On Manalishi69 December 24th, 2009 Member options Update band data Add new data Report a mistake or additional information for this page

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Discography

Demo 1	Demo, 1986
Demo 2	Demo, 1986
Real Delusion / The Day of Death	Single, 1987
Get Stoned / No Commands	Single, 1988
Stone	Full-length, 1988		[2 reviews, average 83%]
Back to the Stone Age / Symptom of the Universe	Single, 1988
No Anaesthesia!	Full-length, 1989		[3 reviews, average 86%]
Empty Suit	EP, 1990
Colours	Full-length, 1990		[1 review, 80%]
Mad Hatter's Den / Emotional Playground (promo)	Single, 1991
Emotional Playground	Full-length, 1991		[1 review, 94%]
Free	Live album, 1992		[1 review, 97%]
Stoneage	Best of/Compilation, 1998
Get Stoned, Stay Stoned	DVD, 2007
Stoneage 2.0	Best of/Compilation, 2008

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Links

Official merchandise
Levykauppa Äx
Johanna Kustannus

Fan site
Fansite
RealAudio files for
Emotional Playground
RealAudio files for
Stone @ MySpace

Tablatures
911tabs
GuitarPro Tabs @ Mysongbook
Stone @ metaltabs.com

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