Timo Kotipelto
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Timo Kotipelto is the vocalist of the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius.
Kotipelto was born on March 15th 1969 in Lappajärvi, Finland. He studied vocals at the pop/jazz conservatory in Helsinki, briefly singing for an amateur cover band named Filthy Asses. In summer of 1994, he applied to Stratovarius, who were looking for a singer at the time, and was accepted. The first album he recorded with the band was Fourth Dimension (1995). It is widely considered that it was Kotipelto's vocals that catapulted Stratovarius into international fame.
In late 2003, Kotipelto was thrown out of Stratovarius by Timo Tolkki. After much turmoil throughout 2004, he rejoined the band in January 2005.
Discography
With Stratovarius
- Fourth Dimension (1995)
- Episode (1996)
- Visions (1997)
- Visions Of Europe (Live, 1998)
- Destiny (1998)
- The Chosen Ones (Compilation, 1999)
- Infinite (2000)
- Intermission (2001)
- Elements Pt. 1 (2003)
- Elements Pt. 2 (2003)
Solo
- Waiting for the Dawn (2002)
- Coldness (2004)Template:Musician-stub