Education
In his youth, Haavisto attended the Sibelius High School in Helsinki and played drums in a band called Bablers together with e.g. Sam Yaffa and Arto Tamminen.
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He has been a professional musician since the age of 16, that is, from 1983 on. The band made a record called Whats all about in 1980. He played with the band for 12 years.
In the early stages he went to high school at the same time and also passed the matriculation examinations
The played as many as 300 gigs a year at that time. While recording and touring with the Mustat Lasit, Haavisto produced a radio program for the Finnish radio station Radio City together with Mitja Tuurala.
The program concentrated on older Americana, e.g. surf music, which in 1988 led to the formation of a band called Laika & The Cosmonauts, which played surf-oriented music Other bands in Haavisto’s career have been e.g.
TTV, The Justice of the Peace"s and Janne Haavisto & The Farangs.
In the 2010s he has also played in the bands of Irina Björklund and Erin. As well as working as a musician, Haavisto has had a long career as a recording engineer and a record producer. Haavisto says that at one time he played in the bands of J. Karjalainen and Mikko Kuustonen in addition to Laika & The Cosmonauts, and at the same time he would produce seven records per year.
After he left the Mustat Lasit, Haavisto nevertheless continued his cooperation with J. Karjalainen and e.g. produced three albums for him.
Their sister Susanna Haavisto is known both as a singer and an actress.
Achievements
Membership
Member of the Teosto Award jury, 2007.
