Biography
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Mamba
Effective period / Period of releases: 1985 - 2021
Members: Esa Niiva, Tero Vaara, Vesa Anttila, Kari Heiskari, Tuomas Wäinölä, Timo Mynttinen, Reijo Anttila, Harri Lehtonen, Ville Nurmi, Jari Heino, Kari Makkonen, Petteri Korhonen, Timo Räsänen, Ari Loukkalahti, Kari Rinko, Seppo Myllymäki, Harri Wiro, Antti Snellman (2), Pete Nikkinen
Mamba is a Finnish band, founded in 1984 in Pori, Finland. Their original name was Terveisiä Päiväntasaajalta, but the people at Fazer didn't like it and Jaakko Salo changed it to Mamba.Current line-up (2014– ):
* Tero Vaara - vocals, guitar (1984– )
* Harri Lehtonen - drums (2001– )
* Pete Nikkinen - keyboards (2010– )
* Jari Heino - bass (2014– )
* Ville Nurmi - guitar (2020– )
Former members:
* Ari Loukkalahti - guitar, vocals (1984–1986)
* Kari Heiskari - bass, vocals (1984–1986)
* Kari Rinko - drums (1984–1986)
* Harri Wiro - guitar (1986–1990)
* Kari Makkonen - bass (1986–2001)
* Petteri Korhonen - drums (1986–1988, 1992–1995)
* Tapani Rinne - drums (1989–1990)
* Seppo Myllymäki - drums (1990–1991)
* Reijo Anttila - keyboards (1992–2004, 2008–2009)
* Timo Räsänen - drums (1996–2001)
* Tuomas Wäinölä - guitar (2001–2004)
* Timo Mynttinen - bass (2001–2013)
* Esa Niiva - saxophone (2006–2011)
* Vesa Anttila - guitar (2006–2009)
* Antti Snellman - saxophone (2011–2014)