Name:
Kimmo Ahola

Birthday:
22.4.

Place of residence:
Kauhava, Finland

Hobbies:
Movies, electronics, solving problems

Vices:
Laziness and …. laziness

Musical background:
Drums and bass

Your job in Nightwish:
FOH sound engineer

Idols in life:
Inventors like da Vinci, Edison, etc

Life philosophy:
"Do you think that I can't solve this ?!" , "I don´t need ANY help !", "NEVER give up !"

Place you would like to go:
Maccu Piccu, Grand Canyon

First record you bought:
It was so long time ago that I don´t remember

All time top 5 albums:
Deep Purple: “Machine Head” ; Rush: “Moving pictures” ;
(This is very difficult because I listen to songs, not albums ! )

Killing time on tour:
Movies, internet

Strangest experience on tour:
I had to organize backing tracks from Finland to Melbourne because our Hard disc player was left in Tokyo. It took many hours and several phone calls but it worked ! High speed internet is from Heaven!

Worst nightmare on stage:
Something wrong with equipments 30 seconds before the showtime and local crew speaks only hungarian! (A true story!)

Worst nightmare in general:
Flying

Favorite Nightwish song:
Dark chest of wonders

Favorite band/musician:
It depends !

Favorite book:
Jules Verne : From the Earth to the Moon

Favorite drink:
Free

Favorite food:
Roasted dead animal… not from the sea, please

Favorite movie:
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Favorite TV show:
X-files

Dumbest question you have ever been asked:
Speaking about my work and after saying I am a sound engineer: “Oh, that’s nice but what you do for your living ?”
(This has happened (too) many times !)