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Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: Jed on 23 Oct 2005, 22:55: http://www.nightwish.com/#ENGLISH

Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen because of nonstop argues within the band. "People who don`t talk with each other for a year do not belong in the same band." said Tuomas Holopainen

Now, I'm not a fan of Nightwish but they're ******.
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: kikanjuuneko on 23 Oct 2005, 23:22: PLEASE BREAK UP
PLEASE BREAK UP
PLEASE BREAK UP

(If you haven't noticed yet, I hate Nightwish. I was up last night watching my local music channel's rock show, and as soon as a Nightwish video came on, I just said "No." and went to bed.)
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: KharBevNor on 24 Oct 2005, 03:29: They don't even need to break up. No-one will like them anymore.

*sigh*

Awww. I'm a bit sad. I knew they hated each other, but I thought they loved money more than this. My little sister is going to be totally and utterly devestated.
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: Verek on 24 Oct 2005, 03:51: Yeah... see, this whole thing, the whole "OMG, we're a metal band and we wanna be rich" thing.

Yeah, doesn't work so well. Nope nope. Nope. Not even if you're a Finnish opera metal band who is decidedly more radio-friendly than just about any other metal band out there. Because, friends, where the money comes from is the United States and the touring, merchandising, and record sales thereof.

And really, any band in it for the money is pretty doomed from the get go anyway.
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: KharBevNor on 24 Oct 2005, 03:55: Unless they turn their caps backwards and hire a DJ.

Then they'll break the American market fo sho.
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: Verek on 24 Oct 2005, 03:56: Then Verek will fly to Finland and break-a their faces. Punk-ass Finns with their hippity-hap music *old person grumble*
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: thedevilissix on 24 Oct 2005, 05:46: Y'know, there's only two people who can rescue such a flagging career after this......

JUNIOR SENIOR!

Ya never know, pseudo Phantom of the Opera covers could soon be funkified.
Kate
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: torg on 24 Oct 2005, 05:57: ...was about time...
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: KharBevNor on 24 Oct 2005, 06:17: Everyone knows Lacrimosa did the best Phantom of the Opera Cover.

But Nightwish's version of Walking in the Air was pretty fucking neat. And I'll brutally murder anyone who disagrees.

I'm still a tad sad. I liked Nightwish, heaven help me. I'm not as distraught as, say, when Martin Walkyier announced his retirement from music (NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WE LOVE YOU MARTIN) but a slight downturning of the mouth was evident.
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: Signum_Tenebrae on 24 Oct 2005, 14:33: lolz pwned.

we all mourn the death of disney metal.
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: Thrillho on 24 Oct 2005, 14:36: Hahahaha. She's ugly anyway, but loads of people only like that band because they fancy her hahahaha.

Bye bye fanbase...
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: KharBevNor on 24 Oct 2005, 15:13: Quote from: Signum_Tenebrae
lolz pwned.

we all mourn the death of disney metal.

*wails*

:(

I wish I was hardcore elitist like you!
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: Patrick on 24 Oct 2005, 16:22: NightWISH THEY'D ALL FUCKING DIE.
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: Patrick on 24 Oct 2005, 16:24: Now, if I were to remind everybody about David Lee Roth's retirement from Van Halen, there'd probably be a much bigger response.

And yes it did actually happen. Like 3 years ago.
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: RUMBLEMOOSE on 24 Oct 2005, 16:29: Am I the only person on earth who likes Gary Cherone?

Also, why can't Nightwish just hire another not-ready-for-prime-time opera singer diva? That open letter says she never helped write songs or choose the musical direction, so as long as they find someone else with a nice pretty operatic voice they should be golden.
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: KharBevNor on 24 Oct 2005, 17:08: This is nigh on certainly what will happen.

Isn't Liv Kristine still knocking about without a permanent group? She can sing, and she doesn't look so...unsettling.
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: Signum_Tenebrae on 24 Oct 2005, 18:07: Quote from: KharBevNor
Quote from: Signum_Tenebrae
lolz pwned.

we all mourn the death of disney metal.

*wails*

:(

I wish I was hardcore elitist like you!

Haha, oh you can be..

the first step is to stop wailing and cross your arms silently. then practice on your elitist sneer.
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: Bunnyman on 24 Oct 2005, 21:18: Quote from: Verek
Then Verek will fly to Finland and break-a their faces. Punk-ass Finns with their hippity-hap music *old person grumble*

Well, Finnish shareware kicks ass, so why not Finnish hip hop? TAPAN KAIKKI!
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: Borondir on 24 Oct 2005, 22:07: I'll have to agree with Khar about the slight downturn of the mouth.

I didn't really like Once, but I do sort of like Nightwish in general.
Maybe some good might yet come out of it, because the replacement might not be quite as scary looking. And Signum, I respect your elitism but realize I will never attain it. I like indie folk/pop too much!
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: Jed on 24 Oct 2005, 22:37: Quote from: Bunnyman
Quote from: Verek
Then Verek will fly to Finland and break-a their faces. Punk-ass Finns with their hippity-hap music *old person grumble*

Well, Finnish shareware kicks ass, so why not Finnish hip hop? TAPAN KAIKKI!

I personally don't listen to hip hop or rap but maybe you should check out Paleface, Fintelligens, Bomfunk MC, Sere. http://www.biitti.com/seremoniamestari/matskut.html Some Sere's MP3's.

Did you know that Tapan kaikki! means I'll kill everyone!
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: Chymes on 27 Oct 2005, 17:17: Quote from: DynamiteKid
Hahahaha. She's ugly anyway, but loads of people only like that band because they fancy her hahahaha.

Bye bye fanbase...

I think that's completely bullshit. I know no-one who thinks that and I know quite a few fans.

Then again, my friend had a party not long back and he thinks NW are "alright" but he insisted on playing them quite a bit as he knew no-one would complain as they're not really "unpaletable" to any fans of specific genres. So once I was drunk I was like "I know a great melodic hardcore song everyone will like" and put "Killswitch Engage - My Last Serenade" on. ;)
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: Bunnyman on 28 Oct 2005, 03:33: Quote from: Jed
Did you know that Tapan kaikki! means I'll kill everyone!

That was a great deal of the point, good sir. Actually, it was a pun on the overhead shooter of the same name, but...
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: TrueNeutral on 28 Oct 2005, 05:20: Quote from: DynamiteKid
Hahahaha. She's ugly anyway, but loads of people only like that band because they fancy her hahahaha.

Bye bye fanbase...

I think you're thinking of Evanescence there.

Bad band, but I do think she's hot.
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: Thrillho on 28 Oct 2005, 05:43: Quote from: TrueNeutral
Quote from: DynamiteKid
Hahahaha. She's ugly anyway, but loads of people only like that band because they fancy her hahahaha.

Bye bye fanbase...

I think you're thinking of Evanescence there.

No I'm not. I think their singer's hot.
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: mainmanmazz on 30 Oct 2005, 02:40: I was so sad this happened. The band sucked, the singer is awesome. Frankly he only reason you;d listen to it is because of the sweet vocals that are now non existant.
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: tatuu on 30 Oct 2005, 08:10: I've liked Nightwish ever since I heard Angels Fall First.. then Oceanborn and Wishmaster. Century Child was a release that disappointed me quite a lot and Once, well, made me a bit disinterested even about their future career - but this little incident woke me up again.

I'm really interested to see how the whole Nightwish -brand progresses from now on. It's not like they have anything to lose anymore since they fired their most powerful icon.. I hope Tuomas Holopainen continues to explore the limits of his songwriting skills, recruits a decent substitute for Tarja and keeps going on the limelight.
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: Borondir on 03 Nov 2005, 16:26: Quote from: mainmanmazz
I was so sad this happened. The band sucked, the singer is awesome. Frankly he only reason you;d listen to it is because of the sweet vocals that are now non existant.
There are at least several underground metal bands with vocalists as good as or better than Tarja.I can't really blame Tuomas for getting tired of people blaming their success on Tarja and not him, as he's responsible for everything the band has ever done musically.
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: KharBevNor on 03 Nov 2005, 17:51: He's also probably at least partly responsible for making the bands entire image be based on her. She was bashed incessantly as a marketing tool in an exceptionally LOOK BOOBEHS way. Take for example, the 1997-2001 box set:

(http://www.metal-archives.com/images/12512.jpg)

The back cover is just a picture of her too.
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: Mnementh on 03 Nov 2005, 19:00: Tarja was Nightwish, I don't know if anyone ever noticed, but Tuomas can't sing worth crap, no matter how hard he tried.

I doubt I'll follow Nightwish anymore, however I do intend to continue following Tarja because I absolutely adore her voice, operatic voices are awesome.
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: Signum_Tenebrae on 03 Nov 2005, 21:55: Quote from: Mnementh
Tarja was Nightwish

hahahahahahaha
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: Borondir on 03 Nov 2005, 23:56: Quote from: Mnementh
Tarja was Nightwish, I don't know if anyone ever noticed, but Tuomas can't sing worth crap, no matter how hard he tried.

I doubt I'll follow Nightwish anymore, however I do intend to continue following Tarja because I absolutely adore her voice, operatic voices are awesome.
Because yes, singing is the only important part of metal. WTF!?! And instead of following her career, why not follow art singers who are far better at the whole operatic voice thing than she is?
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: Signum_Tenebrae on 04 Nov 2005, 01:45: It's just funny because in the open "letter" they say how she had little to no artistic input and that the other band members "cannot write her any more songs to sing"
Title: Nightwish fires lead vocalist Tarja Turunen!
Post by: Vindemiatrix on 06 Nov 2005, 12:53: Come on, Tarja was, at the end of the day, a generic gothy-looking opera chick. She didn't actually write any of the music herself. All they need is another generic gothy-looking opera chick and they'll be fine. It's the Nightwish music that I like, not (especially) her voice. Although I wish Tuomas would cut down on the angsty lyrics.