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Infobox musical artist | name = Ville Valo| image = Ville Valo performing.jpg| birth_name = Ville Hermanni Valo| birth_date = birth date and age|1976|11|22|df=y|birth_place =| origin = Helsinki , Finland | background = solo_singer| instrument = Lead Vocals|Vocals , guitar , Bass guitar|bass , Drum kit|drums , piano | genre = Alternative rock | occupation = Musician , singer-songwriter | years_active = 1991–present| label = Warner Bros. Records|Warner Brothers , Sire Records|Sire , Warner Music Group | associated_acts = HIM (Finnish band)|HIM , Daniel Lioneye , Agents (band)|Agents , Aurora (electronica band)|Aurora | website = URL| http://www.heartagram.com/ Ville Hermanni Valo (born November 22, 1976) is a Finland|Finnish singer , songwriter and frontman of the Finland|Finnish Rock music|rock band HIM (Finnish band)|HIM . He has received the "Golden God" award in 2004 by the heavy metal music|heavy metal magazine Metal Hammer . Valo has a baritone vocal range,cite web|last=Cray |first=Jen |url= http://www.ink19.com/issues/november2005/eventReviews/him.html |title=Ville Valo review |publisher=Ink19.com |date=2005-11-03 |accessdate=2011-10-30 and has maintained a 4 octave range in full voice, from F1 to F5, Valo was ranked number 80 in Hit Parader s Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time .cite web|url= http://www.hearya.com/2006/12/04/hit-paraders-top-100-metal-vocalists-of-all-time/ |title=Hit Parader’s Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time — HearYa - Indie Music Blog |publisher=Hearya.com |date=2006-12-04 |accessdate=2011-10-30

Early life and influences



Ville Hermanni Valo was born in the Vallila district of Helsinki . His father, Kari, is Finnish and his mother, Anita, is of Hungarian people|Hungarian descent.cite web|url= http://www.heartagram.org/band/villevalo.php |title=Heartagram.org Ville |publisher=Heartagram.org |date= |accessdate=2011-10-30 Soon after his birth, the family moved to the riverside community of Oulunkylä where they lived throughout his teenage years. In 1984 his younger brother and only sibling Jesse Valo|Jesse was born. http://www.mykickboxing.com/kickboxing-reference/list-of-male-kickboxers/jesse-valo.htm Jesse Valodead link|date=October 2011 In his late teens, he worked at his father's sex shop Kerrang! magazine - June 2008 and later moved out on his own when he was 18.

As a child, Valo was exposed to the songs of popular Finnish performers such as Tapio Rautavaara and Rauli Badding Somerjoki . In various interviews he has cited his favourite artists include Tapio Rautavaara, King Diamond, Rauli "Badding" Somerjoki, Elvis Presley , Neil Young http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/1382/HIM---An-Interview-with-Ville-Valo/, and Dir En Grey , as well as bands such as Fields of the Nephilim http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/25293739.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch? v=rLX9wwpcq7Y, The Sisters of Mercy , Black Sabbath https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=pmXw2o0IWVU& feature=related http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/1382/HIM---An-Interview-with-Ville-Valo/ http://www.click2music.fi/biografi.asp? art=155 Black Sabbath - Tribute, Type O Negative http://kron.buzznet.com/user/journal/1065961/ville-valo-personal-buzznet/https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=rLX9wwpcq7Y, Depeche Mode , Iron Maiden , Kiss (band) , and The Stooges .

Current


Valo is frontman of the Finns|Finnish rock band HIM (Finnish band)|HIM , who have released seven studio albums and four compilation albums. They became the first and only Finnish rock band to achieve a gold record (more than 500,000 copies) in the United States . Valo was also the drummer for the Daniel Lioneye project which featured HIM (Finnish band)|HIM 's guitarist Linde Lindström on vocals/lead guitar and Migé Amour on bass. The newest album from HIM, Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice was released on February 9, 2010. He currently lives in Helsinki . HIM released the re-mixed version of Screamworks: Love and Theory and Practice(SWRMXS) in December 2010. Ville Valo will return to the studio with his fellow band mates of HIM sometime in 2012 to record a new album, the title of that album is yet unknown, but is said to be released at some point in 2012.

Films and TV


Ville is close friends with CKY (band)|CKY , Jackass (TV series)|Jackass and Viva La Bam star Bam Margera , who shares many of Valo's tattoos. Ville can be seen in the movies CKY3, Jackass Number Two and Bam Margera Presents: Where the #$& % Is Santa? , which includes the whole band playing "Dead Lover's Lane". Valo can also be seen in a couple of episodes of Viva La Bam (S1E5, S3E4, S4E1, S5E8). Valo also portrayed Jim Morrison in the 69 Eyes music video "Wasting The Dawn". He talks for Motto Motto in the Finnish Madagascar 2 .

HIM and other side projects


: Main articles: HIM (Finnish band) and HIM discography
  • Skreppers (1995)

  • Apocalyptica (1996)

  • The 69 Eyes (1997)

  • Tehosekoitin (1999)

  • The 69 Eyes(1999)

  • Neljä Ruusua & HIM (1999)

  • Agents - Paratiisi, Jykevää On Rakkaus, Ikkunaprinsessa, Valo Yössä (Tuomari Nurmio Cover) (1999)

  • Tributti Tuomari Nurmio : Ville Valo & Others (2000)

  • The 69 Eyes (2000)

  • Musta Paraati , Ville Valo, Gas Lipstick & Others (2001)

  • Daniel Lioneye And The Rollers /Daniel Lioneye And The Blues Explosion (2001)

  • The 69 Eyes & Thulsa Doom (2001)

  • Five Fifteen - The Prostitute & Season Of The Witch (2001)

  • The 69 Eyes (2002)

  • The Skreppers , Ville Valo, Migé Amour & Lily Lazer (2002)

  • The Mission disambiguation needed|date=October 2011(2002)

  • Lowemotor Corporation - Love Me (2003/2004)

  • The Skreppers (2004)

  • The 69 Eyes - Beneath the Blue (2004)

  • Apocalyptica & Lauri Ylönen - Bittersweet disambiguation needed|date=October 2011 (2004) (FIN: #1, D: #6)

  • Two Witches- Dracula Rising (2005)

  • Bloodhound Gang - SometHIng Diabolical (2005)

  • 'Isabelle's Gift - If I Die Tonight (2006)

  • Cradle of Filth - The Byronic Man (2006)

  • Daniel Cavanagh - Inner silence(Acoustic)(2006)

  • Ville Valo & Tommi Viksten - Kun Minä Kotoani Läksin (2006)

  • Kari Tapio - Täällä Pohjantähden Alla (2006)

  • Ville Valo & Natalia Avelon - Summer Wine (2007) (FIN: #1, D: #2, AU: #4, CH: #2, GR: #1)

  • Ville Valo & Mariam "Manna Lindström" Jäntti - Just for Tonight (2007)

  • Dani Filth - Untitled (Tribute to Black Sabbath) (2010)

  • Anathema (band)|Anathema - Angels Walk Among Us (2010)


    • References


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    External links


  • http://www.heartagram.com Official website of HIM (Finnish band)|HIM

  • http://www.himi.it Italian HIM website of HIM (Finnish band)|HIM

  • http://www.nndb.com/people/266/000030176 Ville Valo at Notable Names Database

  • http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1204517 Ville Valo at Internet Movie Database

  • http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Ville+Valo+of+HIM/ Ville Valo interview on SuicideGirls 2007

  • http://www.heartagram-wohnzimmerclub.de/ German HIM Fanclub


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