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Pasi Rantanen
Rantanen, vocalist of the Finnish metal band Thunderstone at the Sauna Open Air 2007 Metal Festival
Background information
Born	(1969-10-30) 30 October 1969 (age 55) Helsinki, Finland
Genres	Power metal, progressive metal, neoclassical metal, symphonic metal
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1985-present

Pasi Rantanen (born 30 October 1969, in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish singer best known for his power metal band Thunderstone, of which he was a member from the band's creation in 2000 until 2007. He rejoined Thunderstone in 2013 as a full-time member again and provided vocals for the band's comeback album "Apocalypse Again" in 2016.

Rantanen also served as a background singer on, amongst other things, Stratovarius, Kotipelto and Ari Koivunen albums. In addition, the album Raskasta Joulua featured his talents on a version of "White Christmas". Rantanen also appeared at the Eurovision 2006 performance by Lordi as a background singer wearing a mask of Gene Simmons from Kiss. He is currently performing in a band called Joe Doakes, a Finnish cover band and STRIKE, a melodic rock band that he co-founded in 1985.

Discography

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Biography: Thunderstone". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 June 2010.

• 1966 births
• Living people
• 20th-century Finnish male singers
• Musicians from Helsinki
• Thunderstone (band) members
• 21st-century Finnish male singers