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30.06.1997

Dancehall Huvilintu

30.06.1997

Initial lineup

Juri - guitar
Lasse - guitar
Topi - guitar

26.08.1997

Jussi joins the band

Juri - vocals & guitar
Lasse - drums
Topi - bass
Jussi - guitar

10.10.1997

Juri's father's garage

09.09.1998

Crown I - Demo

1. Prelude - instrumental
2. Rise 'n' Shine - instrumental
3. Grey
4. Torn Asunder
5. Time

Recorded in 1998 at "Kupittaa sanitarium"

04.01.1999

Juri begins his military service

05.07.1999

Topi begins his military service

23.12.1999

Juri concentrates on singing

Juri - vocals
Lasse - drums
Topi - bass
Jussi - guitar

31.12.1999

Juri ends his military service

Rank in the reserves: Second Lieutenant

30.06.2000

Topi ends his military service

Rank in the reserves: Corporal

09.09.2000

Office space of an old fish wholesale company

07.05.2001

Queenstone II - Demo

1. Broken
2. Burning Diamonds
3. Gone
4. My Brand New Suit

Recorded in 2001 at Musamuusa-studios

09.07.2001

Jussi begins his military service

01.07.2002

Kupittaa Sanatorium, music therapist's office

05.07.2002

Jussi ends his military service

Rank in the reserves: Sergeant

18.09.2002

Basement of a former brassiere factory

We shared our rehearsal space with the band Milestone.

09.10.2002

Björn joins the band

Juri - vocals
Lasse - drums
Topi - bass
Jussi - guitar
Björn - guitar

08.01.2003

Topi's daughter is born

25.02.2003

Queenstone III - Demo

1. Burning Diamonds
2. Gray
3. Broken
4. Torn Asunder
5. Stern för Nallem

Recorded in 2003 at Studio Demoni

14.07.2003

Lasse begins his military service

11.10.2003

Topi leaves the band

Juri - vocals & bass
Lasse - drums
Jussi - guitar
Björn - guitar

19.12.2003

Queenstone IV - Demo

1. Man In The Mirror
2. Gone
3. Eye For An Eye

Recorded in 2003 at Musamuusa-studios

09.07.2004

Lasse ends his military service

Rank in the reserves: Second Lieutenant

01.01.2005

Mouldy bomb shelter

We are sharing our rehearsal space with the merry fellows of the band Dr. Love.

27.03.2006

Queenstone Promo I

1. Reborn
2. I Drank a Lot
3. Reborn (Video)

Recorded in 2005 at Noisecamp-studios

27.07.2006

Björn's daughter is born

14.01.2008

Lasse graduates from law school

17.01.2009

Jussi graduates as doctor

  • Juri Franska

    Juri

    - vocals, bass -

    Influenced by:

    Vocals - I've always admired Ozzy as a singer and songwriter; maybe he was the one who got me started singing in the first place. Later I found great diversed singers like Mike Patton, Philip Anselmo, Sebastian Bach, Geoff Tate, Laney Staley, Maynard James Keenan, Mikael Åkerfeldt and Devin Townsend.
    I have learned something from each of them, whether I have succeeded in adopting their techniques or not. I have also been inspired by great female singers like Janis Joplin, Skin, Sandra Nasic, Anouk and Jewel, to mention a few.

    Bass
    - The whole thing started from guitar playing a long, long time ago.
    Randy Rhoads was a huge influence on my guitar playing, and I have no such influential person with my bass playing.

    After all, nowadays I play with Passion : )

    passion 1_web

    Listens to:

    Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Alice in Chains, Strapping Young Lad, Pantera, Down, Black Label Society, Faith No More, Queensrÿche, Tool...

    ...Hiski Salomaa, The Pogues...


     A thought of heavy metal:

    "Why is heavy metal being consistently stereotyped, dismissed and condemned? What’s become clear to me is that metal confronts what we rather ignore, it celebrates what we often deny, it indulges in what we fear most. And that’s why metal will always be a culture of outsiders."
    - Sam Dunn -


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