Career
And the former and original drummer for the metal band. His current stage name, Stala, comes from his own surname, Astala. His another stage name, that he used in his time in and still when appearing as drummer, Kita, comes from the Finnish word meaning "jaws", "gap", or "maw".
Sampsa Astala created Stala & SO. as SO, back in 1997.
The band recorded a few albums and toured in Finland but Astala didn"t have much time for SO. anymore since he joined in 2000 as drummer. He arranged and performed all backing vocals on the albums, but could not sing live due to his massive mask.
In recognition, the city of Karkkila, where he spent his teenage years, named its youth facilities after him. Despite many critics wrongly accusing of being a satanic band, on the "Thank you to." list on the albums, Kita thanks "Almighty God." On October 4, 2010, there was an announcement from, saying that Kita no longer was a member.
Further explanation told that his leaving was a joint decision between him and his bandmates, as Kita"s increasing exposure as himself with Stala & Southern, rather than in costume as Kita, was "breaking the rules" of.
In end of 2010 it was announced that Stala & SO. would participate in Eurovision Song Contest 2011. On 23 November, the first promosingle of the new album was released, "Everything Foreign Money". On 29 November, "Pamela", the song with which he would play in Eurovision stage was revealed through the YLE channel.
On 28 January, they passed the semi final and they got "the card" for the final on 12 February.
On February 16, their debut album, "lieutenant Is Southern", was released. character"s fictional background Kita is a manbeast from an ancient alien race. Originally a brutal battle beast from the Mu Arae star system used in combat, he was sent to Earth for an unknown purpose.
The time-traveling Mr. found Kita in the mountains of Himalaya, enslaved by a snake demon. After Mr. defeated the demon, Kita allied with him.
lieutenant is not known if Kita is actually the name of the whole race or the individual.
lieutenant Is Southern (2011) Gimme Five (2012) Play Another Round (2013).