Stone, Speed/Thrash Metal Options

[satanath]

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Genre(s):
Speed/Thrash Metal
Lyrical Theme(s):
Society, Personal, Music
Origin:
Finland (Kerava)
Formed In:
1985
Status:
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 was the famous Finnish country/schlager star Kari Tapio) joined the group. Most of them were around 15-16 years old when they started rehearsing and playing gigs at youth clubs. They originally played a more traditional heavy metal style, but gained more popularity as they went for a more aggressive speed/thrash sound.

They became the crowd favorite of the Metal Massacre underground show, and were noticed by Finnish rock magazine Rumba in 1987 where they received good live reviews. Their demos earned them a record deal with Megamania through which they released their first single in 1987 and their debut album in 1988, where they played a Bay-area style of speed/thrash. With their second release, No Anaesthesia in 1989, their style became more technical/neo-classical thrash, and with that album they became one of the most relevant thrash bands of that time.

Jiri was fired in 1990 for reasons unknown, and was replaced with Markku Niiranen from Airdash. On Colours, their music was considered too complex and so their popularity started to fall, but it probably also had something to do with the rising popularity of death metal. They released Emotional Playground in 1991, and the same year Stone announced that they would disband after a small final tour. According to Janne Joutsenniemi, they felt they had pushed limits of thrash as far as they could, and the title track of Emotional Playground was also suggesting that they wanted to do something different. And so, in September 1991 Stone ceased to exist.

Janne Joutsenniemi formed the rock band Suburban Tribe where he has remained til this day. Roope Latvala kept playing in metal bands; he recorded one instrumental thrash album with his brother Jussi Latvala where they were called Latvala Bros (which resembled Stone's middle-carreer tech thrash), and joined Dementia with Mika Karppinen (who nowadays is the drummer of H.I.M.) for their only album. Later he has played in Waltari and Sinergy. Jiri Jalkanen is playing country/schlager with his father, Kari Tapio.

Stone reunited for a few very successful festival shows in the summer of 2000. They haven't played together after that, and they have said that they will never reunite again, although they've gained popularity in Finland the remastered 2003 re-releases of their albums and through Children of Bodom who were greatly influenced by Stone (and who recorded a cover of No Commands from the debut album). Despite a significant cult fanbase in their home country, Stone never got big abroad. The times were probably just not right.

The band played a one-off reunion gig on the Sauna Open Air rock festival in June 2008, and has announced a few club gigs on the autumn 2008.

They played in Ruisrock Festival, Turku, Finland on July 3th, 2009.

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Discography:
Stone - Demo 1 [demo] - 1986
Stone - Demo 2 [demo] - 1987
Stone - Real Delusion / The Day of Death [single] - 1987
Stone - Get Stoned / No Commands [single] - 1988
Stone - Stone [full-length] - 1988
Stone - Back to the Stone Age / Symptom of the Universe [single] - 1988
Stone - No Anaesthesia! [full-length] - 1989
Stone - Colours [full-length] - 1990
Stone - Empty Suit [ep] - 1990
Stone - Emotional Playground [full-lenght] - 1991
Stone - Promo: Mad Hatter's Den / Emotional Playground [single] - 1991
Stone - Free [live] - 1992
Stone - Stoneage [best of/compilation] - 1998
Stone - Get Stoned, Stay Stoned [dvd] - 2007
Stone - Stoneage 2.0 [best of/compilation] - 2008

*****
Official site:
Unofficial Web-Page
Myspace Fan-Site

Stone - Stone [full-length] - 1988 by TDM
Stone - No Anaesthesia! [full-length] - 1989 by TDM
Stone - Colours [full-length] - 1990 by TDM
Stone - Emotional Playground [reissue 2003] - 1991 by IronMan
Stone - Free [live] - 1992 by Oskulum
Stone - Stoneage 2.0 [best of/compilation] - 2008 by Proteus_666

This post has been edited by DarkHorde: Aug 23 2013, 01:58:43

[SatanMyMaster666]

Can someone share their "Complete" compilation/box set (2013)?


Tracklist:

Disc 1/9

1. Get Stoned
2. No Commands
3. Eat Your Pride
4. The Day Of Death
5. Reached Out
6. Real Delusion
7. Brain Damage
8. Escape
9. Final Countdown
10.Overtake


Disc 2/9

1. Intro: Finlandia 0:53
2. Sweet Dreams 4:45
3. Empty Corner 6:17
4. Back To The Stone Age 7:00
5. Concrete Malformation 3:34
6. No Anaesthesia 10:39
7. Light Entertainment (Good Old Times)
8. Kill The Dead 0:10
9. Meat Mincing Machine 6:12

Disc 3/9

1. Stone Cold Soul 5:57
2. Another Morning 3:11
3. White Worms 6:09
4. Empty Suit 6:13
5. Spring 5:45
6. Storm Inside The Calm 6:01
7. Ocean Of Sand 4:58
8. Meaning Of Life 6:05
9. Friends 5:30
Disc 4/9

1. Small Tales 5:25
2. Home Base 6:49
3. Last Chance 4:44
4. Above The Grey Sky 6:16
5. Mad Hatter's Den 2:40
6. Dead End 6:01
7. Adrift 1:45
8. Haven 4:45
9. Years After 5:05
10.Time Dive 5:47
11.Missionary Of Charity 4:52
12.Emotional Playground 3:41
Disc 5/9

1. Get Stoned 4:27
2. Empty Corner 6:14
3. Small Tales 5:33
4. Mad Hatter's Den 2:35
5. Sweet Dreams 4:20
6. Above The Grey Sky 5:47
7. Real Delusion 3:59
8. The Day Of Death 4:27
9. Last Chance 4:50
10.White Worms 6:03
11.Haven 4:48
12.Emotional Playground 3:38
13.No Commands 5:43
14.Missionary Of Charity 4:58
15.Overtake/Vengeance of the Ghostriders 6:09
Disc 6/9

1. Real Delusion 4:12
2. Day Of Death 3:57
Disc 7/9

1. Back To The Stone Age 7:02
2. Symptom Of The Universe 4:38
Disc 8/9

1. Empty Suit 6:14
2. Friends 5:34
3. Empty Corner (Live) 6:01
4. Meat Mincing Machine (Live) 5:41
Disc 9/9

1. Deeper Deep (1991) 4:05
2. Words (1991) 4:18
3. Stone Cold Soul (1990) 6:06
4. Another Morning (1990) 3:15
5. Real Delusion (1987) 4:30
6. Eat Your Pride (1987) 4:26
7. No Commands (1987) 6:00
8. Escape (1987) 6:03
9. Day Of Death (1987) 4:11
10.Overtake (1987) 4:12
11.Back To The Stoneage (Instrumental) (1987) 6:13
12.Motherfucker (1986) 5:03
13.Live To Be Dead (1986) 4:47
14.Break The Glass (1986) 3:43
15.Atomic Waste (1985) 3:35
16.The Dark (1985) 4:28
17.Wild Rider (1985) 2:40

Info:

http://www.gooshare.org/musics-catalog/sto...-gf-535433.html

http://scnlog.eu/music/stone-complete-9cd-2013-gf/

[thenecromancer]

Another demo exists, released in 1988 probably prior to their debut-album: https://www.discogs.com/Stone-Real-Delusion...release/3400542

Edit: Stone - Demo 2 [demo] - 1987 has been re-uploaded on Chris' blog Diabolusmetal (IMG:style_emoticons/default/20.gif)

[assonik]