Sami Sirviö (born 28 May 1970 in

Pyhäjärvi Pyhäjärvi (1993–1995 ''Pyhäsalmi'') is a town and municipality in the south of Northern Ostrobothnia region, Finland. Pyhäjärvi also borders the Northern Savonia and Central Finland regions. The town belongs to the subregion of Nivala–Ha ...

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) is a Sweden Finnish musician and former lead guitarist of the now discontinued Swedish rock band

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

Biography

Sirviö formed Kent in 1990 along with vocalist

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, bassist Martin Sköld, drummer Markus Mustonen and keyboardist Thomas Bergqvist. The band originally called themselves ''Jones & Giftet'' before changing their name first to ''Havsänglar'' and later Kent. By that time Bergqvist had been fired from the band and replaced by Martin Roos. After the release of the bands self-titled debut album Roos quit the band to focus on a career at BMG, the band soon recruited Harri Mänty as a replacement. The band continued to release several critically and commercially successful albums with that line-up intact until 2006 when rhythm guitarist Harri Mänty left the band. Instead of recruiting a permanent replacement Sirviö along with Jocke Berg recorded guitars for their 2007 release ''

Tillbaka till samtiden ''Tillbaka till samtiden'' (Swedish for ''Back to the Present'') is the seventh studio album by Swedish alternative rock band Kent. It was released on 17 October 2007 in Scandinavia through RCA Records and Sony BMG. The album is produced with Dan ...

''. For live performances the band has since brought along Max Brandt as a non-official guitarist. Besides his role in Kent Sirviö has also appeared on

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's 2006 album ''

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'' as well as produce a number of records for Swedish and Finnish artists. In 2005 Sirviö married his girlfriend of six years Jennie Persson, at the

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in Stockholm.

Musical equipment

Sirviö long used a variety of Gibson Les Paul models with the original humbuckers replaced with P-94

single coil A single coil pickup is a type of magnetic transducer, or pickup, for the electric guitar and the electric bass. It electromagnetically converts the vibration of the strings to an electric signal. Single coil pickups are one of the two most po ...

pickups during recording and live performances; however, for the recording of ''Tillbaka till samtiden'' Sirviö primarily used a 1967 Fender Custom Telecaster. Occasionally Sirviö uses an

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on his guitar, often combined with a

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. Sirviö's main amplifier for the recording was a 1963

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but a 1954

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and a 1964 Hiwatt Custom 100 were also used. For live performances, Sirviö uses a new

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amplifier with a 4x12 cabinet.

Discography

;With

* ''

'' (1995) * ''

Verkligen ''Verkligen'' ( Swedish for ''Really'') is the second studio album by Swedish alternative rock band Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the wes ...

'' (1996) * '' Isola'' (1997) * '' Isola'' (English) (1998) * ''

Hagnesta Hill ''Hagnesta Hill'' is an album by the Swedish band Kent, released in 1999 (Swedish version) and 2000 (English version). For the English version two new songs, "Quiet Heart" and "Just Like Money" were recorded, and "Ett tidsfördriv att dö för ...

'' (1999) * ''

'' (English) (2000) * ''

Vapen & ammunition ''Vapen & ammunition'' ( Swedish for ''Weapons & Ammunition'') is the fifth studio album by Swedish alternative rock band Kent. It was released on 15 April 2002 through RCA Records and BMG. Absent from this album is a long, mostly-instrumenta ...

'' (2002) * '' Du & jag döden'' (2005) * ''

The hjärta & smärta EP ''The hjärta & smärta EP'' (Swedish for ''The Heart & Pain EP'') is an EP by Swedish rock band Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west a ...

'' (2005) * ''

'' (2007) * '' Box 1991–2008'' (2008) * '' Röd'' (2009) * '' En plats i solen'' (2010) * ''

Jag är inte rädd för mörkret ''Jag är inte rädd för mörkret'' (Swedish for ''I Am Not Afraid of the Dark'') is the tenth studio album by Swedish alternative rock band Kent. It was released on 25 April 2012 by Sonet Records (Universal Music) and it was the band's debut rel ...

'' (2012) * '' Tigerdrottningen'' (2014) * '' Då som nu för alltid'' (2016) ;As a producer * Petrol – ''Record'' (1997) * Mobile Homes – ''EP'' (2003) * Jay Jay Johanson – ''Tell all the girls im back in town'' (Remix) (2004) * Sapporo 72 – ''Business and Pleasure'' (2005) *

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– ''

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'' (2006) * Disco – ''Vihaa, rakkautta vai jotain muuta'' (2006) * Mobile Homes – ''Close'' (2008) ;As a guest musician *

– ''

'' (2006)

References

*Emil Östma
Sami Sirviö interju
fuzz.se *Ronnie Sandalh, Martin Söderströ
Stjärnan i Kent gifter sig i hemlighet
aftonbladet.se *Martin Forssé
De gjorde aldrig gjorde lumpen men döper ändå...
Originally published by Värnpliktsnytt
Intervju med Jocke Berg & Sami Sirviö
The Voice *Jonas Hålle
Arbetarsönerna som sliter på ackord
dagensarbete.se

External links

Official websiteEnglish Kent site (news, reviews, complete discography, etc)
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sirvio, Sami 1970 births Living people People from Pyhäjärvi Swedish people of Finnish descent Lead guitarists Swedish rock guitarists 21st-century guitarists Kent (band) members