Jouni Kalervo Hynynen (born 15 February 1970) is the guitarist/vocalist in

Kotiteollisuus Kotiteollisuus is a Finnish hard rock and heavy metal band that was formed in 1991 in Lappeenranta. The band released its first demo tape in 1993 under the name "Hullu ukko ja Kotiteollisuus" ('Crazy Old Fogey and Cottage Industry'). The short ...

, a Finnish heavy metal

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. He also writes the band's music along with his bandmates, and contributes majority of the lyrics. He has also written books, hosted a reality TV show called "Äijät" ('The men') with Jone Nikula and been a columnist for newspapers. He is known not only for his desperate and dark lyrics and his extraordinary looks and attitude, but also his sense of humour, which can be seen, for example, i
NO SORI!
where Hynynen is the "special editor-in-chief". Hynynen, along with his Kotiteollisuus bandmates Hongisto and Sinkkonen, and Antti "Hyrde" Hyyrynen of

Stam1na Stam1na (pronounced ) is a Finnish Heavy metal music, heavy metal musical group native of Lemi, South Karelia. Their music is arguably best described as thrash metal with some progressive metal, death metal, death, Alternative metal, alternative ...

, his brother Janne (formerly of

Mokoma Mokoma is a Finnish thrash metal band formed in Lappeenranta, Finland, in 1996. Their music also has grindcore and death metal influences with traditional Finnish melancholy. Mokoma started out as a creation of Marko Annala, who is the band' ...

) and Kaarle of Viikate use the magazine to make fun of tabloids, among other things. Hynynen lives currently in

Lappeenranta Lappeenranta (; sv, Villmanstrand) is a city and municipality in the region of South Karelia, about from the Russian border and from the town of Vyborg (''Viipuri''). It is situated on the shore of the Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland, and ...

with his wife and child. He has also been in a band called Pronssinen Pokaali during 1995–2000. He has also done several guest appearances, for example in Nightwish (on '' Once'') and in Viikate (on ''Vuoden synkin juhla'' and ''Unholan Urut'').

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1970 births Living people Finnish heavy metal singers Finnish heavy metal guitarists 21st-century Finnish male singers Finnish male guitarists 21st-century guitarists {{Finland-musician-stub