Editing Jukka Nevalainen (section)

== Personal life ==
He spent his early years in the city of [[Kitee]]. His music teacher at school told him that a new educational program for music was opening, and he thought Nevalainen would fit in well as a drummer. He lacked a suitable place to practice so he made do at his home. His first band was "The Highway" but he joined his first real band at the age of 15–16. The band had a rehearsal place, but was restricted to practice only a couple of days a week. After he left that band, he joined up with [[Emppu Vuorinen]] and they got a permanent practice place.{{Citation needed|reason=Entire paragraph needs verifiable sources|date=May 2018}}
Nevalainen and Vuorinen played together in bands Ambrosia and Nidhro't before Nightwish.

Nevalainen lives with his wife Satu, daughter Luna (born in 2003) and son Niki (born on 19 December 2005) in [[Joensuu]], Finland. His second daughter, Lara, was born on 22 June 2010. He is a vegetarian.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nightwish.com/en/community/nightmail?month=09&year=2006|title=Nightwish – the official website|access-date=2009-03-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624015705/http://www.nightwish.com/en/community/nightmail?month=09&year=2006|archive-date=2011-06-24}}</ref>