Ville: (on when he chose music as a career) I didn’t really have an option. The only place I’d worked was my dad’s sex shop, and that was pretty sad and boring – all those w****** in raincoats left me seriously depressed. Music was the only other thing that I knew how to do, the only thing that I ever wanted to do.
Ville: (on the first time he sang on stage) I felt like I was going to sh*t my pants. I was always afraid to sing because I was shy and I was meant to be the bass player. I’m still afraid but they make me do it. After a couple of beers, I’m fine. Before, when I played bass, I was at the back somewhere, laughing my ass off. Now I am up front! The first time I sang I wore brown bell bottoms, just in case I really did sh*t my pants.
The band is big fans of horror movies.
HIM first started out as a cover band for artists like KISS, Type O Negative, Danzig, Black Sabbath and Depeche Mode.
Ville and Mige met at school when they were approximately twelve years old.
Bam Margera directed four HIM videos: - Buried Alive By Love - The Sacrament - And Love Said No - Solitary Man
When the band was trying to get signed in America, there was already a copyrighted American band named HIM. The Finns later bought the name rights from the Americans.
Ville has a brother, Jesse Valo, who is seven years younger than him.
HIM’s first EP was entitled 666 Ways To Love.
Pasi Pauni directed the video for Right Here In My Arms.
The band Black Salem includes HIM members Ville Valo, Mige Amour and Linde.
Linde’s father was employed by Volvo and his mother worked in a bakery.
In America, HIM are signed to Jimmy Pop’s record label. He signed them when they were trying to get a deal in the US, beating the Chicago band Him to the copyrighted name.
Linde is obsessed with Jimi Hendrix.
Ville Valo claims he speaks English from watching subtitled cartoons.
HIM also goes by the name HER, since they bought the rights to the name in the US.
Mige enjoys photography and often makes Ville critique his work on tour.
Ville Valo, the lead singer of HIM, has recorded several songs with The 69 Eyes, another Finnish band.
Ville Valo suffers from asthma and often drinks red wine on stage.
The video for the song Heartache Every Moment was made up of live footage.
The band covered the Chris Isaac song, "Wicked Game".
Their single, "The Funeral of Hearts", reached #2 on the German Mediacontrol Charts.
Their single, "Solitary Man", reached #9 on the UK singles chart.
The current members of HIM are: - Ville Hermanni Valo - vocals 1991-present - Mikko Viljami Lindstr?m a.k.a. Linde or Lily Lazer or Daniel Lioneye - guitar 1991-present - Mikko Henrik Julius Paananen a.k.a. Mig? Amour - bass guitar 1991-present - Janne Johannes Puurtinen a.k.a. Emerson Burton - keyboards 2001-present - Mika Kristian Karppinen a.k.a. Gas Lipstick - drums 1999 -present
Their song "Join me in Death" was refering to "Romeo and Juliet."
They have 7 albums out: Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666, Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights, Razorblade Romance, Love Metal, Love Said No..., Dark Light and Uneasy Listenings Vol. 1.
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