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- Road Bends
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Finland
- Active from
- 1963-09-04
rock
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Sami Yaffa (born Sami Lauri Takamäki; 4 September 1963) is a Finnish bass guitarist best known for his work in New York Dolls, Michael Monroe's bands, and Hanoi Rocks. He is currently the bassist for the Michael Monroe band and The Compulsions. He also plays guitar in his own band Mad Juana. Yaffa first began playing music in 1977, when he was fourteen years old, with a band called The Bablers. He went along with another member of the Bablers (Pepe Seivo) and formed a punk rock band, Suopo, in
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Espoo
- Spouse
- Meeri Koutaniemi
- Occupation
- bass guitarist
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- bass guitar
- Official website
- samiyaffa.com
- Image
- Michael Monroe - South Park Festival 2018 - 05.jpg
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- member of
- New York Dolls
- date of birth
- 1963-09-04
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
- birth name
- Sami Takamäki
- unmarried partner
- Meeri Koutaniemi
- Commons category
- Sami Yaffa
- pseudonym
- Ulan Bator
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