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Ville Valo
Background information
Birth name	Ville Hermanni Valo
Also known as	Don Vittu [1]
Born	November 22, 1976 (1976-11-22) (age 31) Helsinki, Finland
Origin	Finland
Genre(s)	Alternative Rock
Occupation(s)	Singer, Songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, piano, bass, drums
Years active	1991 - Present
Associated acts	HIM Daniel Lioneye
Website	Official website

Ville Hermanni Valo (pronunciation (help· info)) (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. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (800 × 1200 pixel, file size: 385 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... is the 326th day of the year (327th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location of Helsinki in Northern Europe Coordinates: , Country Province Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Charter 1550 Capital city 1812 Government  - Mayor Jussi Pajunen Area  - Total 187. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Alternative music redirects here. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making music. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... Pianoforte redirects here. ... A sunburst-colored Fender Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass[1][2]; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... See also: 1991 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1991 Record labels established in 1991 // 1991 was the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough. ... Daniel Lioneye is a side project band from the popular Finnish group HIM. Musically, the band produces Hard rock/Sleaze rock with blues based guitar solos throughout. ... Image File history File links Fi-Ville_Valo. ... is the 326th day of the year (327th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... This article is about the genre. ... Daniel Lioneye is a side project band from the popular Finnish group HIM. Musically, the band produces Hard rock/Sleaze rock with blues based guitar solos throughout. ... Brandon Cole Bam Margera (born September 28, 1979 in West Chester, Pennsylvania) is a professional skateboarder, creator of the CKY skate/prank/stunt videos, and radio personality. ...

Early life

Ville Hermanni Valo was born in a small wood-house in a suburb in Helsinki called Vallila in Finland to his Finnish father named Kari and a mother of Hungarian descent named Anita^[2] . Soon after his birth, the family moved to the riverside community of Oulunkylä, where they lived through his teenage years, in his late teenyears he worked in his father's sexshop, and moved 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. ^[2]Valo's first musical step was as a three year old drummer.^[2]

HIM and other side projects

Main articles: HIM (Finnish band) and HIM discography

• Skreppers & Ville Valo (1995)
• Apocalyptica & Ville Valo (1996)
• The 69 Eyes & Ville Valo (1997)
• Tehosekoitin & Ville Valo (1999)
• The 69 Eyes & Ville Valo (1999)
• Neljä Ruusua & HIM (1999)
• Agents & Ville Valo - Paratiisi, Jykevää On Rakkaus, Ikkunaprinsessa, Valo Yössä (Tuomari Nurmio Cover) (1999)
• Tributti Tuomari Nurmio: Ville Valo & Others (2000)
• The 69 Eyes & Ville Valo (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 & Ville Valo - The Prostitute & Season Of The Witch (2001)
• The 69 Eyes & Ville Valo (2002)
• The Skreppers, Ville Valo, Migé Amour & Lily Lazer (2002)
• The Mission & Ville Valo (2002)
• Lowemotor Corporation & Ville Valo - Love Me (2003/2004)
• The Skreppers & Ville Valo (2004)
• The 69 Eyes & Ville Valo - Beneath the Blue (2004)
• Apocalyptica feat. Ville Valo & Lauri Ylönen - Bittersweet (2004) (FIN: #1, D: #6)
• Two Witches & Ville Valo - Dracula Rising (2005)
• Bloodhound Gang feat. Ville Valo - Something Diabolical (2005)
• Isabelle´s Gift feat. Ville Valo - If I Die Tonight (2006)
• Cradle of Filth feat. Ville Valo - The Byronic Man (2006)
• Ville Valo & Tommi Viksten - Kun Minä Kotoani Läksin (2006)
• Kari Tapio & Ville Valo - 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" Jäntti - Just for Tonight (2007)

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Tattoos

Ville has several tattoos including a sleeve on his left arm, a heartagram on the back of his neck, he used to have an "S" on the left side of his chest, which he got tattooed in honor of his girlfriend, Susanna. However, it is now covered with a heartagram, along his hip line is a vinal heartagram, the eyes of Edgar Allan Poe on his back with heartagrams in the pupils, portraits of Charles Bukowski, Timo Mukka and Charles Baudelaire on his right arm, Venus Doom inside his right arm, the letter "J" on his ring finger for former fiance Jonna Nygren which he is getting removed, and a heart, the letters "D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F., and words "When I love..I love" on his wrist. Close friend Bam Margera shares many of these. MAY written on the right side of his chest, and a couple on his legs from the folder to Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights. Some of Ville's tattoo work has been done by Kat Von D of LA Ink. Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, literary critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. ... Bukowski redirects here. ... “Baudelaire” redirects here. ... Singles from Venus Doom Released: September 10, 2007 Released: December 5, 2007 Venus Doom is the sixth studio album by Finnish rock band HIM, released on September 14, 2007 (Germany, Finland, Sweden and Ireland), September 17, 2007 internationally and September 18, 2007 in the US.[1] According to frontman Ville... Brandon Cole Bam Margera (born September 28, 1979 in West Chester, Pennsylvania) is a professional skateboarder, creator of the CKY skate/prank/stunt videos, and radio personality. ... Kat Von D (born Katherine Von Drachenberg on March 8, 1982) is an American tattoo artist and television personality. ... For the design firm, see LA ink. ...

References

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External links

• Official website of HIM
• UK HIM website of HIM
• Ville Valo at Notable Names Database
• Ville Valo at Internet Movie Database
• Ville Valo interview on SuicideGirls 2007