Once Upon a Nightwish
(2008)
Once Upon a Nightwish: The Official Biography 1996 – 2006 is a 2006 biography originally written in Finnish by Mape Ollila, telling the story of the first ten years of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. The book was translated into English in 2007. An enhanced, more polished English edition was published by Bazillion Points Books at the very end of 2008.
Ollila tells the story of Nightwish from the very first ideas of a band in 1996 until the bombastic concert in Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, after which the lead singer Tarja Turunen was fired in an open letter by the band. The book is based on Ollila's own experiences with the band as well as exclusive interviews with the members, their families and their friends. The book is remarkable as a rock biography both because Ollila's portrayal is very sensitive to the subjects without sugar-coating their foibles, and because he was granted such full cooperation by a still-active band.
Lawsuit
In November 2009, Marcelo Cabuli, Turunen's husband, filed a lawsuit against Ollila and Like Kustannus Oy, the book's original Finnish publisher, for libel.[1]
On December 12, 2011, the Court in the district of Helsinki, Finland dismissed charges of defamation in relation to content of the authoritative book on the Finnish band Nightwish. The Court ruled that the book does not adversely affect Cabuli's work or his reputation in South America. Moreover, the Court determined that "Ollila does not portray Marcelo Cabuli in a malicious way." As a writer, Ollila was entitled to report what people familiar with Nightwish said in interviews, said the Court.[2]
References
External links
- Nightwish.com
- Nightwish-Shop
- Amazon.com
- Bazillion Points Books
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- Tuomas Holopainen
- Emppu Vuorinen
- Troy Donockley
- Floor Jansen
- Kai Hahto
- Jukka Koskinen
- Sami Vänskä
- Tarja Turunen
- Anette Olzon
- Jukka Nevalainen
- Marko Hietala
- Angels Fall First
- Oceanborn
- Wishmaster
- Century Child
- Once
- Dark Passion Play
- Imaginaerum
- Endless Forms Most Beautiful
- Human. :II: Nature.
- From Wishes to Eternity
- End of an Era
- Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places)
- Showtime, Storytime
- Vehicle of Spirit
- Decades: Live in Buenos Aires
- Over the Hills and Far Away
- Tales from the Elvenpath
- Highest Hopes
- Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads
- Decades
- "The Carpenter"
- "Sacrament of Wilderness"
- "Walking in the Air"
- "Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse)"
- "Deep Silent Complete"
- "Ever Dream"
- "Bless the Child"
- "Nemo"
- "Wish I Had an Angel"
- "Kuolema tekee taiteilijan"
- "The Siren"
- "Sleeping Sun 2005"
- "Eva"
- "Amaranth"
- "Erämaan viimeinen"
- "Bye Bye Beautiful"
- "The Islander"
- "Storytime"
- "The Crow, the Owl and the Dove"
- "Élan"
- "Endless Forms Most Beautiful"
- "Noise"
- From Wishes to Eternity
- End of Innocence
- End of an Era
- Showtime, Storytime
- Vehicle of Spirit
- Decades: Live in Buenos Aires
- Once Upon a Tour
- Dark Passion Play World Tour
- Imaginaerum World Tour
- Endless Forms Most Beautiful World Tour
- Decades: World Tour
- Human. :II: Nature. World Tour
- Auri
- Awards and nominations
- Darkwoods My Betrothed
- Discography
- Members
- Once Upon a Nightwish
- Imaginaerum (film)
- Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge
- Mustan sydämen rovio
- Northward
- Category:Nightwish