He attended the Sibelius High School in Helsinki and played drums in a band called Bablers together with e.g. Sam Yaffa and Arto Tamminen.

In the early stages he went to high school at the same time and also passed the matriculation exams.

The program concentrated on older Americana, e.g. surf music, which in 1988 led to the formation of a band called Laika & The Cosmonauts, which played surf-oriented music.

[1] After he left the Mustat Lasit, Haavisto nevertheless continued his cooperation with J. Karjalainen and e.g. produced three albums for him.

For one of them, i.e. Tähtilampun alla (‘Underneath the star lamp’), he was awarded an Emma prize for the producer of the year.