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Ville Valo

Ville Hermanni Valo (pronunciationⓘ) (born November 22, 1976), is a Finnish singer, songwriter, and frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM. They have released six studio albums and four compilation albums. They became the first Finnish rock band to achieve a gold record in the United States. Valo was also the drummer for the spin-off rock band Daniel Lioneye which featured their guitarist on vocals. Valo is friends with American actor/pro-skateboarder Bam Margera, and HIM's music has been featured in Margera's projects. He is a vegetarian.[2]

Early life

Ville Hermanni Valo was born in a small wooden house in a suburb of Helsinki, Finland called Vallila. His father, Kari, is Finnish and his mother is of Hungarian descent named Anita.[3] Soon after his birth, the family moved to the riverside community of Oulunkylä, where they lived throughout his teenage years. In his late teens, he worked at his father's sex shop[4] and later moved out on his own when he was 18. As a child, Valo was influenced by his music-loving parents who exposed him to the songs of popular Finnish performers such as Tapio Rautavaara and Rauli Badding Somerjoki, while an older cousin introduced him to the heavier sounds of bands like Kiss, Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden. [3]Valo's first musical step was as a three year old bongo drummer.[3]

HIM and other side projects

Main articles: HIM (Finnish band) and HIM discography

References

  1. ^ Slessor, D, "Random Question Generator", pg 44. Kerrang!, 21 May, 2008
  2. ^ http://www.peta2.com/outthere/o-sexyveg08_winners.asp
  3. ^ a b c [1]. Heartagram.org. Retrieved November 21, 2007.
  4. ^ Kerrang! magazine - June 2008


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