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Was a Finnish musician and an actor.

In the beginning of the 1990s Silvennoinen released his first solo album, Mature And Cool. It included his own songs and a cover of Blind Willie Reynolds song "Outside Woman Blues" (popularized by Cream).

Silvennoinen owned a production company named Pirkka-Hämeen Apina & Gorilla Oy ("Ape and gorilla of Pirkka-Häme Inc.").

In the 1980s, Silvennoinen became a professional producer and collaborated with many significant bands. He played guitar in bands called Frendz and Catwalk, and in 1987 he formed a group called Q.Stone with singer Mikko Kuustonen. This band was English singing blues-rock group that released four relatively well-received albums.

In the 2000s Silvennoinen did voice acting work for some children movie characters needing Finnish overdubs.

He learned to play the guitar and formed a rock band called Tabula Rasa, one of the most important 1970s progressive rock bands in Finland. When the group released their debut album, Silvennoinen started to realize that music was likely to be his primary occupation. His later career has not been associated with progressive rock, but during the Tabula Rasa years he composed almost all the songs that the group recorded. After Tabula Rasa came to an end, Silvennoinen joined Juice Leskinen's band.

Heikki Silvennoinen is best known in Finland as a member of comedy group Kummeli, which started a television show in 1991.

He was a guitarist and a songwriter in several notable Finnish bands in the 1970s and 1980s, and has also recorded solo albums.

As a young boy he admired the music of Eric Clapton, Cream and Jimi Hendrix.

The album Miehet kaatuu was released in 2003, and is his only album containing lyrics in Finnish.