Arto Hietikko was especially known as the editor-in-chief of the Toiner sättää magazine.
Arto Hietikko has died. PDO
One of the creators of the long line of Finnish punk Arto Hietikko has died.
The matter is confirmed to Iltalehte by the Digital and Population Information Agency.
Hietikko was born in 1965.
Hietikko worked as the editor-in-chief of the subculture magazine Toiner sättää. The magazine is mainly focused on various issues related to punk and its subcultures.
Hietikko has also acted as one of the organizers of the Puntala rock festival in Lempäälä and has been partly responsible for, among other things, choosing the performing bands.
Hietikko also released records under the Nunchakupunk label.
Member of the Finnish punk band Vapaa Maa Mikko Suikkanen remembers Hietikko on the band’s account. Suikkanen says that Hietikko died after a long illness.
– Arto was an uncompromising man of principle, who had strong opinions on, among other things, anti-fascism, equality and animal rights. He was deeply devoted to global punk music and culture and was otherwise a very cultured and intelligent person. Arto knew an unfathomable amount of things about punk, and you could also discuss interesting book tips with him, writes Suikkanen.
Suikkanen says that in the last conversation between him and Hietikko, Hietikko had suggested whether Suikkanen would come to his workplace at the Ylöjärve library to tell young people about starting a band and “other punk stuff”.
– Arto had a long working career in the library sector and after moving to Ylöjärvi had previously organized various punk and other music events and exhibitions there. We agreed to come back to the matter when Arto felt better and could return to work, says Suikkanen.