UNCUT 2024 INTERVIEW with former NIGHTWISH bassist MARKO HIETALA
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- Uncut interview with former NIGHTWISH bassist MARKO HIETALA
Interview conducted on February 21, 2024.
Those present at the Z7 Konzertfabrik in Pratteln, Switzerland, on July 8, 2023, witnessed the unlikely reunion of Tarja Turunen and Marko Hietala on stage. The ex-Nightwish partners hadn't performed together since 2005 and, that night, at the Summer Nights Festival, they sang “Phantom of the Opera”, one of their former band's greatest classics, in what was, without a doubt, the highlight of the show. The “feat” planted a seed, with a tour featuring Tarja and Marko performing separate shows and then sharing the stage in an atmosphere of nostalgia, but also of a new beginning; after all, the two hadn't spoken since the singer left Nightwish in 2005. In other words, a celebration of what they lived and built together, but with signs that much more is to come. In order to promote then upcoming commitments in Brazil, Hietala, now based in Spain “to escape the Finnish winter where the sun sets in the middle of the afternoon”, gave an interview in which he spoke a lot frankly about the reasons that led him to say goodbye to Nightwish and came close to retiring from music early, in addition to anticipating new developments.
Link to the written version (in Portuguese): igormiranda.com.br/2024/02/ma...
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Thank you for interviewing the amazing Marko ❤️💐
Awesome interview!!
I dearly miss Marko in NW. He has such a calm stage presence and a crazy good voice. But although I miss his voice on stage and NW will never be the same again. I do respect his choices. I wish him al the best and hope to see him touring again in any way or form.
I was just listening this awesome song "Master Passion Greed" and suddenly TH-cam suggests; MARCO HIETALA Interview by MARCELO... OMG!! ...But then I realized You are other Marcelo! :D
Good interview. Thank you! :)
124 Spider here...Marco! Thank you very much for this interview. Thank you very much for your honesty. Only those who know your history with Nightwish will understand your answers, your words. I continue to be a FAN of Nightwish, even without your presence, and I think you will understand that in the same way that I understand your departure of the band. I know that deep down in your heart you all are and will always be FAMILY. Excelente entrvista Marcelo. Parabéns desde Portugal.
Thank you❤
What a great interview. Thank you.
Best interview of Marko I’ve seen, thank you! Such an insight into his state of mind. Answers a lot of questions I’ve been pondering .
Comments like yours make me very happy. That's what I work for, trying to be an increasingly better journalist. Thanks for watching the video.
He's always talking about loosing Tarja as a friend. I think he'll recognize that he lost some other friends. Hopefully he's happy with his life now.
How can he not talk with Tuomas or Emmpu ......they've know each other for years .
Maybe it was something more that we don’t know?
There are enough words from Marco and other NW members to see he cut them all off completely and burnt bridges when he left. I hope they reconcile - especially with Floor who only ever called him a brother. It is really great to see him happy though and performing again.
Sounds to me, he cut just about everyone out of his life for his sanity. As he said he was in a dark place and just wanted to start over. He then got properly diagnosed and started the healing process. Now that he feels a bit better, he looks back and feels somewhat guilty for leaving the band in such a tough spot and has thoughts that they are mad at him. I'm sure they weren't pleased at the time with all the commitment they made, but they got things resolved, and time heals all wounds. I'm sure the band probably feels that Marko needs his own space and not to bug him so neither of them reach out to each other. Hopefully one day they will cross paths and talk things out so they can be friends/brothers again. It would be amazing if Marko ever decides or gets asked to do some guest shows with Nightwish again.
If you have ever been depressed enough to know it's life threatening (and he said in another interview he had thought about walking out on thin ice on an autumn night), you'd understand the only way to come back out of it is to pull away from almost everything and everybody and concentrate on finding out why it's happening and how it can be fixed. You have no energy or emotional resources for anything else. He also said in this interview that he sent a note of encouragement to Floor when he found out about her breast cancer. Those lines of communication have not been permanently cut. Pulling a life back together with needed changes when there is a strong emotional component and having to deal with the ongoing struggles of having ADHD requires time and patience, and the progression isn't linear (I speak from experience). Tarja and Marko have renewed their friendship, and the bond seems to be stronger now. To me, that bodes well for Marko and Nightwish as well.
@@jewfish68 I think Marko is also making a deliberate stance to not throw out the idea of playing with Nightwish again, so that the current bassist Jukka isn't put in a bad spot. I believe and hope that some day he can at least guest sing with the band some day in the future. He and Floor together vocally were utter magic!
Nightwish drama.always and forever! Tuomas a great musician and composer!!! But as a person something is wrong.
Great one Thank you ( I am Happy if all NW-Members are happy; if in or out the band.. THANK NW +CREWISH) have a nice Day ❤🩹