Famous People with Name Sami

Sami Kukkohovi            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Sami Kukkohovi: is a Finnish musician, best known as the bassist of the Finnish metal band, Sentenced.[1] He joined the band in 1996, replacing Taneli Jarva, and stayed with Sentenced up until they disbanded in 2005. Firstly, he was only a session member on gigs, but after that he joined the band officially. In addition to playing the bass guitar, he was also the back-up vocalist. Kukkohovi has been the guitar player for the hard rock band Solution 13 during his time at the Sentenced. On live shows of the Doom metal band KYPCK[2],

Sami Kuoppamäki            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Sami Kuoppamäki: is a Finnish drummer who has been a very prolific jazz and popular music session musician after the break-up of his early-90s band, Kingston Wall. His current, most active group in which he plays in is called Zook. The band also includes ex-Kingston Wall bassist Jukka Jylli.

Sami Lopakka            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Sami Lopakka: is a Finnish guitarist. Lopakka was one of two guitarists for the band Sentenced until it disbanded. Lopakka was the band's main lyric writer and was also considered the spokesman for the band. Since 2007 he is once again active in KYPCK.Sami spoke with Metal-Rules.com in April 2007 about his recent activities. Also discussed was the final Sentenced show which was recently released on DVD, what his former Sentenced bandmates have been up to, and of course the details on his own business and musical pursuits. April 2007 interview

Sami "Tundra" Uusitalo            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Sami "Tundra" Uusitalo: is a bass guitarist best known from the folk metal band Finntroll and the funeral doom band Shape of Despair.[1] He also plays in the folk/doom metal group The Mist and the Morning Dew. Despite sharing the same name with a member of Funebre, he is not the same person.

Sami Yli-Sirniö            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Sami Yli-Sirniö: is a Finnish guitarist who plays rock and metal. He spent part of his life in Germany and thus has strong ties with the German metal scene. German "Rock Hard" magazine featured him in 2007 as "forgotten guitar hero".While living in Germany, he served as a session musician for rock band In Rags, gothic act Tiamat and thrash metal band Grip Inc. For both Tiamat and Grip Inc., he played sitar, his second favourite instrument.