associated_acts years_active birth_place alias name birth_date background instrument genre article_title birth_name
europe 1978 -- 1995 danderyd , sweden tony lace tony reno 10 february 1963 non_vocal_instrumentalist drums heavy metal power metal speed metal tony reno
 tony niemistö
tony reno

tony niemistö -lrb- born on 10 february 1963 in danderyd , stockholm county -rrb- is a semi-retired swedish musician , best known as tony reno , the original drummer in the rock band europe .
he played on europe 's first two albums , `` europe '' and `` wings of tomorrow '' .
he parted company from the band before the second leg of the `` wings of tomorrow '' tour in 1984 .
he was replaced by ian haugland .
in 1986 niemistö joined the sleaze rock band geisha , replacing mikkey dee .
niemistö changed his stage name to tony lace , but eventually he went back to using his real name .
geisha released the album `` phantasmagoria '' in 1987 , before splitting up two years later .
geisha 's vocalist yenz cheyenne then formed the band = y = , which niemistö joined .
they released an ep , '' = y = '' in 1991 , and an album , `` rawchild '' in 1992 .
niemistö is currently living in upplands väsby , sweden , where he works for a computer company .
