Negative is a Finnish

glam rock Glam rock is a style of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and was primarily defined by the flamboyant clothing, makeup, and hairstyles of its musicians, particularly platform shoes and glitter. Glam artists d ...

band founded in

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in 1997. The band itself labels the music as "emotional rock'n roll".

Members

Current

* Jonne Aaron Liimatainen – lead vocals *Antti Anatomy – bass *Mr. Snack/Nakki – keyboard, vocals *Jay Slammer – drums *Hata Salmi – guitar

Sir Christus Sir Christus (born Jukka Kristian Mikkonen; April 10, 1978 – December 7, 2017) was a Finnish guitarist, best known as the former rhythm guitarist of the glam rock band Negative. His father was Arwo Mikkonen, guitarist of the Finnish rock band P ...

– guitar, vocals (died 2017) *Larry Love – guitar *Gary – guitar (guitarist in a gig in summer 2008 – not an actual member of the band) * Dmitry Martinov – bass (session member)

Related bands

Jonne Aaron's younger brother, Ville Liimatainen, is the lead singer of the Finnish rock band, Flinch, who are managed by Hype Productions, the same label as Negative. He contributed backing vocals to Negative's cover of Queen's "

Too Much Love Will Kill You "Too Much Love Will Kill You" is a song written by British guitarist Brian May of Queen, Frank Musker and Elizabeth Lamers.

" alongside Jussi Selo from Uniklubi (who also contributed to backing vocals on some Negative tracks), in which Jonne shared the limelight with Jann Wilde from Jann Wilde and Rose Avenue, and Christian from Dead By Gun.

(guitar) previously played bass in his younger brother's band,

Bloodpit Bloodpit is a Finnish hard rock band. Before 1998, the band has been named "RIP" and "Turmio". It was founded in 1994 by Matthau Mikojan (Matti Mikkonen), lead singer, and Paavo Pekkonen, guitarist. They released their first album ''Mental Circus ...

. Antti Anatomy (bass) made a guest appearance as a vengeful brother in 2007's "Wise Men Don't Cry", released as a single from Bloodpit's second album, ''Off the Hook''. Negative has toured with Jann Wilde and Rose Avenue before that band broke up (as they shared Tommi Liimatainen's management, who is Jonne's older brother.) as well as a triple team-up with

The Rasmus The Rasmus is a Finnish Pop music, rock band that formed in 1994 in Helsinki while the band members were in upper comprehensive school.Main source of the band's history: The original band members were Lauri Ylönen (founder, frontman, lead sing ...

and HIM in 2005. Teemu Rajamäki, bassist for Uniklubi, has also appeared as guest musician on some concerts.

Discography

Albums

*''War of Love'' (2003 – FIN #5) *''Sweet & Deceitful'' (2004 – FIN #1) *''Anorectic'' (2006 – FIN #1) *''Karma Killer'' (2008 – FIN #3) *''God Likes Your Style'' (2009) Sides*''Neon'' (2010)

Singles

*"After All" (2003 – FIN #4) *"The Moment of Our Love" (2003 – FIN #1) *"Still Alive" (2004 – FIN #4) *"Frozen to Lose It All" (2004 – FIN #1) *"In My Heaven" (2004 – FIN #1) *"My My, Hey Hey" (2005 – FIN #1) *"Dark Side (Until You're Mine)" (2005 – FIN #2) *"Bright Side (About My Sorrow)" (2005 – FIN #2) *"The Moment of Our Love (Intl. Release)" (2005 – GER #28) *"Planet of the Sun" (2006 – FIN #1) *"Sinners Night / Misty Morning" (2006 – FIN #2) *"Fading Yourself" (2007 – FIN #1) *"Won't Let Go" (2008) *"Giving Up!" (2008) *"End of the Line* (2010) *"Jealous Sky" (2010) *"Believe" (2011)

DVDs

*''In the Eye of the Hurricane'' (2008 – FIN #1)

References

External links

Negative on Myspace

Interview with Jonne Aaron: "Negative – Melancholy Symphony" 5 April 2012
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