Sami Vänskä (born September 26, 1976) was a former bassist of the Finnish band Nightwish. September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... A bassist is a musician who plays a bass guitar or double bass. ... The Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland) is a Nordic country in northeastern Europe, bordered by the Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the southeast and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west. ... The band Nightwish Nightwish is a Finnish goth/power metal band, formed in 1996. ...

He started playing bass seven years ago as a private study. At that time he has played in a few bands which have been mostly from the metal genre. Before Nightwish he played, just like Tuomas Holopainen, in Nattvindens Gråt. Tuomas Holopainen (born December 25, 1976, in Finland) is the keyboardist and main songwriter in the Finnish power metal band Nightwish. ...