Sami Keinänen
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Sami Keinänen is a Finnish bass player and a former member of Lordi
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Using stage name G-Stealer, Keinänen played the bass in the band from 1996 to 1999 and recorded an album, Bend Over and Pray the Lord! with them. The album, however, was never released.
In 1999 Keinänen left the band, as he had got a job in Great Britain
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As G-Stealer, he was a terrible manbeast from the star system Mu Arae
, just like Kita. It was originally thought that this beast could replace genes of creatures it encounters, so that its name would have been Gene Replacer. This is an inside joke about Kiss
's basist, Gene Simmons
and as a band greatly influenced by Kiss, Keinänen would in effect be Gene's replacer. It was, however, concluded that "replacer" sounds stupid and Gene cannot be stolen either. In the end, the name was shortened to G-Stealer.
Lordi
Lordi is a Finnish hard rock/heavy metal band, formed in 1996 by the band's lead singer, songwriter and costume-designer, Mr. Lordi. The band is known for wearing monster masks and using pyrotechnics during concerts...
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Using stage name G-Stealer, Keinänen played the bass in the band from 1996 to 1999 and recorded an album, Bend Over and Pray the Lord! with them. The album, however, was never released.
In 1999 Keinänen left the band, as he had got a job in Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
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As G-Stealer, he was a terrible manbeast from the star system Mu Arae
Mu Arae
Mu Arae , often referred to by its designation in the Henry Draper catalogue HD 160691, is a main sequence G-type star around 50 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Ara. The star has a planetary system with four known planets, three of them with masses comparable to that of Jupiter...
, just like Kita. It was originally thought that this beast could replace genes of creatures it encounters, so that its name would have been Gene Replacer. This is an inside joke about Kiss
KISS (band)
Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
's basist, Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons is an Israeli-American entrepreneur, singer-songwriter, actor, and rock bassist. Known as "The Demon", he is the bassist/vocalist of Kiss, a hard rock band he co-founded in the early 1970s.-Early life:...
and as a band greatly influenced by Kiss, Keinänen would in effect be Gene's replacer. It was, however, concluded that "replacer" sounds stupid and Gene cannot be stolen either. In the end, the name was shortened to G-Stealer.