Timo Rautiainen

Timo Rautiainen (b. January 25, 1963, in Sulkava, Finland) is a Finnish heavy metal singer, guitarist and songwriter. He is best known as the vocalist-guitarist of heavy metal band Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus. He has also played and sung in the bands Lyijykomppania and Aku Ankkuli and is also known as a teacher and a host of a culture-oriented talk show, K-Rappu. After Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus announced in fall 2004 they would be going on a hiatus, Timo Rautiainen started to make plans for a solo album.