The band took its first steps in the summer of 2004 in Turku, Finland, when Eetu Moisio started the recording of the album, which became 'Widow'. When recording was in the final stages, came Jouni Korhonen (ex-Whip Me Nicely) to the picture, soon followed by drummer Jani Vilhunen (also ex-Whip Me Nicely and a tour drummer for I'dees). They both had a big influence on the live sound of Apples of Idun. Finally the band needed a keyboardist and got it when Mikko Korhonen (not from the same family tree as Jouni) joined the band in the last months of 2004. Lari Sallinen replaced Mikko in the late 2007 to play keyboards and guitar. Niklas Nybom joined in 2009 as keyboard player for the band Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.