Emerson Burton (born Janne Johannes Puurtinen) is the current keyboard-player in the Finnish rock band, HIM. He was born 17th October, 1974, in Helsinki.

Both his parents and his sister are ballerinas, and Burton tried himself, but ‘it wasn’t really anything for him’.

Burton was already friends with other members of the band while at school but didn’t join their band straight away. Instead he went on to study music at a higher level and is now classicaly trained. Burton’s influences include Tchaikovsky, Michael Jackson and Pink Floyd.

Burton made his second debut as a temporary member of the band at the concert arranged at the Semifinal Club on the 12th of January of 2001. This was to give the keyboarder the chance to appear in a low key environment before the tour dates in Sweden, Norway and Denmark later that very month. Burton described playing with HIM “really easy and comfortable” as his bandmates helped him to learn the set.

He was asked to become a full time member at the end of January 2001.

Source: Metal from Finland

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