{{Short description|Finnish musician (1969–1995)}}{{Infobox musical artist | name = Petri Walli | image = Petri.walli.jpg | caption = Petri Walli in September 1990 | birth_name = Petri Ilari Walli | birth_date = {{Birth date|1969|02|25}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|06|28|1969|02|25}} | death_place = Töölö, Helsinki | genre = {{hlist|progressive rock|psychedelic rock|acid rock}} | instrument = Guitar, singing | years_active = 1987–1994 | past_member_of = Kingston Wall }} '''Petri Ilari Walli''' (February 25, 1969 – June 28, 1995) was the founder, vocalist, guitar-player, songwriter and producer of the Finnish psychedelic rock-band Kingston Wall.
Petri was born in Finland. He had a brother, Aki Walli, and a half-brother, Hasse Walli, who is a Finnish guitarist.
Petri (aka Pete) founded the band called Kingston Wall in 1987. Petri's co-musicians in Kingston Wall were Jukka Jylli (bass) and Sami Kuoppamäki (drums).<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Narayan |first=Sanjoy |date=24 March 2019 |title=Resurrection of a Finnish rock legend |url=https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/ideas/resurrection-of-a-finnish-rock-legend-111641632629967.html |work=Mint}}</ref> Sometimes they had guest musicians performing on their albums and live shows, such as Sakari Kukko (saxophone) and Kimmo Kajasto (synth). Drummers Petteri Ståhl and Timo "Tinde" Joutsimäki played drums in Kingston Wall before Kuoppamäki joined the group. They came out with three albums in 1992, 1993 and 1994, and broke up in December the same year as the last album was released.<ref name=":0" /> The break-up was Walli's idea.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}
After the break-up Petri travelled to Goa, India, where he had been multiple times before with his friend Ior Bock.
Walli died in Töölö, Helsinki the following summer, at the age of 26.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kotiposti.net/~akiko/mirrorlandv2/thestory.html|title=THE MIRRORLAND: the official KINGSTON WALL website|accessdate=16 April 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528083753/http://www.kotiposti.net/~akiko/mirrorlandv2/thestory.html|archivedate=28 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ruohisto |first=Wilma |date=2018-11-26 |title=Heinäkuussa 1995 vain 26-vuotias rock-kitaristi Petri Walli hyppäsi kuolemaansa kellotornista – nyt bändikaverit muistelevat kohtalokasta päivää |trans-title=In July 1995, the 26-year-old rock guitarist Petri Walli jumped to his death from a bell tower – Now bandmates recall that fateful day |url=https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000005912669.html |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Ilta-Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref> He was buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery.
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== Further reading == * {{Cite book |title=Kingston Wall: Petri Wallin saaga |first=Viljami |last=Puustinen |year=2014 |isbn=9789520107994 |language=fi |trans-title=Kingston Wall: The Saga of Petri Wall}} Nominee for HelMet Literary Prize in 2015.
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