Career
Sirkesalo started his public career in 1984 as an announcer in the Finnish Broadcasting Company radio show Rockradio. In 1986 he formed a band called Giddyups and later a successful a cappella group Veeti and the Velvets. Sirkesalo released his first solo album Mielenrauhaa in 1995.
He went on to make four more solo albums, the last of which, Sanasta miestä, was released posthumously in February 2005.
Sirkesalo also hosted music-related television shows for the Finnish Broadcasting Company. They lie buried in Toijala.