THE WILD SIDE!

No, he is not blind. No, he is not permanently glued to a chair and no, he is human and can smile.

Yes, Antero; AKA Mr MEGACO^OL, Mystery Manninen or Mr. Freeze (in Finnish also known as Herra kusen-jääkuutioita) does have a wild side.
He's so wild that the guys even make him shave his chest hair before they let him on the tour bus. (source: Perttu)

So Let's have a look at this animal of a man. (click pics to enlarge)
( If one of these pics is yours and you want it taken down, please mail me and I will do so immediately)

Proof of how crazy Antero Manninen really is. A rare pic of him wearing jeans and trainers!

However, Rifje caught him sneaking around wearing them again...

 

Hysterical bouts of laughter. Nice to see.

What a beautiful smile this man has.

He stands up

... quite a lot actually.

catching it on camera is another rmatter...

See what I mean?

ALL of Apo at full tilt, for a change.

More sightings of the Lesser-spotted-standing Manninen.

(Thank you to Jan for permission to use the above picture)

He's standing and grinning here.. WILD!

Sometimes he gets so wild...

He begins to headbang...

...and his hair gets out of place

What a man!

Paavo once said that 'on the outside he's cool, but inside he rages'
Looks like he's raging on the outside this time.

See what I mean - especially when he gets 'Harmageddon' on his cello.

He's an animal on those poor strings!

Watch out Perttu. You have a cello-killing rival.

Who says he's cool? Look he even hugs Eicca now and then...

...and he's been even known to smile.

... and pull silly faces.

Talking of silly faces... was this for the camera or was he having evil thoughts about stuffing a certain cellist's F-Holes with unspeakable things after the gig?

If he did - was the pic below Paavo's revenge?

 

BUT!GASP!Yes! You are not seeing things. He really did play once without his glasses. Is there no end to the man's craziness??

A rare picture of him with his fellow cellists in the Lahti Orchestra. Not wild!

 

(click the images to enlarge. Please note, alot of these pics belong to other people - (Dessy, Klaartje, Tebs). I can't remember everyone but if you want a credit, email me and let me know.)

As soon as I find more wild Antero pics, I'll post them here.