Background
His father is Patrick Linman, who is mostly recognized from the Finnish ESC.
His father is Patrick Linman, who is mostly recognized from the Finnish ESC.
He started learning guitar and singing in 2004, the same year they formed the band. André usually writes the music for the songs with his father, and the lyrics by himself. Linman plays Education Support Professionals Guitars and mostly he uses different kinds of Education Support Professionals SV guitars.
Linman is mainly self-taught and his main influences in guitar playing comes from Judas Priest"s guitarist Glenn Tipton.
He also admires bands like Sonata Arctica, Iron Maiden, Dio and other heavy metal artists. Linman is also a self-taught vocalist and when Sturm und Drang started in 2004 he had never sung before.