Sir Christus
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Sir Christus is a Finnish guitarist, best known as the former rhythm guitarist of the glam rock
band Negative. His father was Arwo Mikkonen, guitarist of the legendary Finnish rock band Popeda
. His father died in 1986, leaving 8-year old Christus and his 4-year old brother Matthau, without a father figure in their life.
On Negative's single Fading yourself (March 14, 2007), Sir Christus did vocals for a bonus track: Lost in America (Originally by Alice Cooper
). Negative has never performed this song live. Christus claims this to be because he 1) cannot sing while playing the guitar and 2) is bad at remembering any lyrics at all.
Christus has performed this song live, with the band Private Line
, November 28, 2007. For the encore, Sammy did not re-appear on stage, but Christus did and they performed Lost in America, with Christus on vocals but no guitar. Christus ended the song with kissing every guy on stage except for Eliaz who was stuck behind his drums. Later he also performed this song with his band Black Jesus.
Line up:
In June 2008 Rafaello joined the band, and their first gig was in Amadeus during Tammerfest, supporting another band. After that Vode decided to leave. Dino, Purtsi and Julius gave free hand to Rafaello to choose a new guitarist. He decided that Christus would be the best choice. First gig as SnoWhite and not Blaquarium was in Vastavirta Klubi, Tampere supporting The Bitterlicks and The VooDoo Nights.
"Is it my body" & "Number of the beast" are the only two cover-songs they are playing. SnoWhite's second gig, taking place in Vastavirtaklubi in Tampere September 13, 2008, has got positive reviews by Aamulehti
.
Sir Chrisus announced to leave SnoWhite on 3 January 2010.
Line up:
Line up:
He was thought to be only a part of the live shows, like the rest of the line up. Matthau announced on his website after the German Tour (Schraubelocker Tour 2008) that the three-piece band is now a band and not a solo-project with a live band.
In March/early April there were shootings of a music video for the song "Too Fortunate to Cry", in which Matthau and Christus appear.
Line up:
Christus left this project after three months and the band will not replace him.
. They released their first album, War of Love in 2003. War of Love has sold gold in Finland and is now close to platinum. In 2004 they came with their second album, Sweet & Deceitful that has also sold gold. Late 2006 Anorectic made its appearance.
Christus joined the band in 2002.
Line up:
As of January 15, 2008, Sir Christus was no longer a part of this band.
Line up at that time:
It is interesting to note that here Christus seems to have been the vocalist rather than the guitarist. Also, in this band and other former bands before/simultaneously, he chose to use the name Claudio Emil.
Line up:
One of Christus' hairstyles (seen throughout spring 2007 and until spring 2008, in various shapes) has been named Jukka-palm by his fans. This comes of the way it bristles, so that it reminds of a Yucca palm. Due to Christus' first name being Jukka and the phonetic likeness to Yucca, his hairstyle therefore got this name.
During a Negative show in China, October 1, 2007, Sir Christus killed a guitar on stage. Fans all over the world were shocked, cause it seemed that he had murdered the Lady. Luckily a couple of days later the news came that it was just a cheap, pink guitar which Negative's manager Tommi Liimatainen had bought in Beijing for the occasion. The fans were still very much in shock.
The Lady is considered part of Sir Christus and can simply not be hurt.
September 11, 2005 during a concert in Bochum, Germany, Christus accidentally damaged The Pink Lady. Near the end of the show, he was rolling over the floor and that was when the accident happened. He was very confused and in great shock; he could simply not believe it was broken. The day after in Cologne
, The Pink Lady reappeared on stage held together with duct-tape.
According to Sir Christus and some pictures he gave the Pink Lady away to some Pub where it can be seen.
Older guitars include:
Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the UK in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter...
band Negative. His father was Arwo Mikkonen, guitarist of the legendary Finnish rock band Popeda
Popeda
Popeda is a Finnish rock band hailing from Tampere and one of the staples of Manserock. Epe Helenius, who signed the band for Poko Rekords in 1977, called the band "Finnish Rolling Stones"...
. His father died in 1986, leaving 8-year old Christus and his 4-year old brother Matthau, without a father figure in their life.
On Negative's single Fading yourself (March 14, 2007), Sir Christus did vocals for a bonus track: Lost in America (Originally by Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
). Negative has never performed this song live. Christus claims this to be because he 1) cannot sing while playing the guitar and 2) is bad at remembering any lyrics at all.
Christus has performed this song live, with the band Private Line
Private Line
Private Line are a hard rock band from Helsinki, Finland, formed during the mid-1990s and continuing today.-Origins:...
, November 28, 2007. For the encore, Sammy did not re-appear on stage, but Christus did and they performed Lost in America, with Christus on vocals but no guitar. Christus ended the song with kissing every guy on stage except for Eliaz who was stuck behind his drums. Later he also performed this song with his band Black Jesus.
Current projects
With one of his best friends, Jack Smack of Private Line and three members of the Finnish band Stereo Junks Sir Christus starts his new project: The Salvation. The band started doing rehearsals in October 2009 and are now under the record label Hype Records. The first album of the band will be out this year, 2010 and the first official gig will be on 23 April in Turku.Line up:
- Anzi Destruction- vocals*
- Sir Christus- guitar*
- Jack Smack- guitar*
- Sohei Murakami- bass*
- Mr. Kunt- drums*
SnoWhite
SnoWhite, formerly known as Blaquarium, was founded in winter 2007 by Dino, Purtsi, Julius and Vode.In June 2008 Rafaello joined the band, and their first gig was in Amadeus during Tammerfest, supporting another band. After that Vode decided to leave. Dino, Purtsi and Julius gave free hand to Rafaello to choose a new guitarist. He decided that Christus would be the best choice. First gig as SnoWhite and not Blaquarium was in Vastavirta Klubi, Tampere supporting The Bitterlicks and The VooDoo Nights.
"Is it my body" & "Number of the beast" are the only two cover-songs they are playing. SnoWhite's second gig, taking place in Vastavirtaklubi in Tampere September 13, 2008, has got positive reviews by Aamulehti
Aamulehti
Aamulehti is a Finnish newspaper published in Tampere. It has the second largest circulation of Finnish dailies with an average circulation of 136,726 per day and 140,802 on Sundays . Today Aamulehti is part of Alma Media, a large media corporation in Finland...
.
Sir Chrisus announced to leave SnoWhite on 3 January 2010.
Line up:
- Julius - vocals
- Dino - drums
- Purtsi - bass
- Rafaello - guitar
- Sir General Christus -guitar
Black Jesus
Christus has had a sideproject since fall 2007 that is called Black Jesus - the name was later changed to Black Jezus and then changed back to Black Jesus. When he left Negative, at first people thought Christus had disappeared from the face of earth... But then suddenly there were dates announced in February with this strange band with a seemingly strange line up. There were speculations about Christus and his position in this band, and the band was thought to be what it was to begin with: a side project, a mere base for playing some shows and cover songs and have some fun. Black Jesus is having a prolonged summerbreak to focus on other projects. The band split in autumn 2008 and played their last gig in Somero in November 2008.Line up:
- Madbone Macceus - vocals
- Sir General Christus - guitar+backing vocals
- El Rafaello - guitar
- Jimmie Sweat - bass
- E.Ådolf Maniac II - drums
Matthau Mikojan
Shortly after Christus' leaving Negative, there were rumours that he would join his brother's solo-project on bass. It was not until late that Matthau himself announced his line up that the rumours were confirmed. Christus played the guitar still, and not the bass.He was thought to be only a part of the live shows, like the rest of the line up. Matthau announced on his website after the German Tour (Schraubelocker Tour 2008) that the three-piece band is now a band and not a solo-project with a live band.
In March/early April there were shootings of a music video for the song "Too Fortunate to Cry", in which Matthau and Christus appear.
Line up:
- Matthau Mikojan - vocals+second guitar
- Sir Christus - guitar+backing vocals
- Teemu Broman - bass
- Simo Stenmann - drums
Christus left this project after three months and the band will not replace him.
Negative
Negative is a Finnish glam rock band located in TampereTampere
Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...
. They released their first album, War of Love in 2003. War of Love has sold gold in Finland and is now close to platinum. In 2004 they came with their second album, Sweet & Deceitful that has also sold gold. Late 2006 Anorectic made its appearance.
Christus joined the band in 2002.
Line up:
- Jonne Aaron - vocals
- Larry Love - guitar
- Sir Christus - guitar
- Snack - keyboard
- Jay Slammer - drums
- Antti Anatomy - bass
As of January 15, 2008, Sir Christus was no longer a part of this band.
Bloodpit
Christus was in Bloodpit from 2000–2002, playing the bassguitar. In Bloodpit he used the stage name Christian Grigory.Line up at that time:
- Matthau - Guitar/vocals
- Christian Grigory - Bass
- Paavo - guitar
- Arnold - drums
Lavasäteily
This band existed from 1999 to 2004.It is interesting to note that here Christus seems to have been the vocalist rather than the guitarist. Also, in this band and other former bands before/simultaneously, he chose to use the name Claudio Emil.
Line up:
- Claudio Emil Christian Mikkonen - guitar/vocals
- Derek - guitar
- Catte - bass
- Anttoni - drums
Other bands
- Korbamosh
- Ripuli
- Lovebuzz
- Bonemachine
- Light honey pea
- Lovemachine
- Kuusinen
- Claudio & sateenvarjolakanat
- The Salvation*
Hairstyles
The Pink Lady
Sir Christus is best known together with his pink guitar, the Pink Lady. This guitar, a Flying Finn, has Sir Christus written on her neck.During a Negative show in China, October 1, 2007, Sir Christus killed a guitar on stage. Fans all over the world were shocked, cause it seemed that he had murdered the Lady. Luckily a couple of days later the news came that it was just a cheap, pink guitar which Negative's manager Tommi Liimatainen had bought in Beijing for the occasion. The fans were still very much in shock.
The Lady is considered part of Sir Christus and can simply not be hurt.
September 11, 2005 during a concert in Bochum, Germany, Christus accidentally damaged The Pink Lady. Near the end of the show, he was rolling over the floor and that was when the accident happened. He was very confused and in great shock; he could simply not believe it was broken. The day after in Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, The Pink Lady reappeared on stage held together with duct-tape.
According to Sir Christus and some pictures he gave the Pink Lady away to some Pub where it can be seen.
Guitars
- The Pink Lady is Christus' signature guitar and of the brand Flying Finn.
- The Pink Indie. Purchased shortly after Christus joined Matthau.
- Les Paul, black with stars. He calls this guitar "Musta Tähti", which means "black star"
- ESP LTD Devil Girl, Limited Edition. Red; 1 Humbucker, 1 Vol. controller.
- Doubleneck by Ibanez in brown.
- The Black Pirate, also a "Flying Finn". Skullblack-transparent.
- Dean guitar army style
- Gibson Explorer, Ison-Britannian lipun kuvalla
- Gibson Les Paul Deluxe, goldtop
- Gibson Les paul standard, tobacco sunburst
- Tokai Les Paul, Heritage dark cherry
- Hagström
- Self-painted Les Paul
Older guitars include:
- A golden Les Paul (heaven and hell)
- A black/Orange golden Les Paul
- Red and white Gibson Firebird with gold buttons.