Ville Valo

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Vile Hermanni Valo (born November 22, 1976) in a small,wood-house suburb of Helsinki called Vallila to a Finnish father Kari who is a taxi driver and a Hungarian mother Anita. He is the vocalist, songwriter and frontman of the Finnish band HIM. Valo is one of the founding members of HIM, a band that have gone on to enjoy success across Europe and the US. He currently lives in Finland and is known to be friends with skateboarder and 'Jackass', Bam Margera, Valo also appeared in Bam's MTV show Viva la Bam.

The somber and often introverted Valo has drawn comparisons to late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Jim Morrison of The Doors (whom Vile played in The 69 Eyes video 'Wasting The Dawn'). Vile Valo's first musical step was as a three year old bongo drummer. Aged nine, Valo attended the Pop and Jazz Conservatory in Helsinki, where he studied several different musical genres. Soon after his birth his family moved to the riverside community of Oulunkylä, where his father eventually opened a sex shop; during his late teens Vile spent a period working in the shop before launching his career in music.

As a child he 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. His interests gradually expanded to include reggae, early blues and country-oriented material such as Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and Neil Young. From a young age, Valo's enthusiasm for music also took a more active form of expression, and he participated in a large number of different Helsinki-based bands: B.L.O.O.D. (1986-89), Eloveena Boys (1987-88), Kemoterapia (1989-97) and numerous other, more obscure projects.

Contents

1 Discography

1.1 HIM
1.2 Others

2 Trivia
3 External links

Discography

HIM

(EP) (1996)
Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666 (1997)
Razorblade Romance (2000)
Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights (2001)
Single Collection (Box set) (2002)
Love Metal (2003)
(2004)
(DVD) (2004)
Love Metal Archives (DVD) (2005)
Dark Light (2005)

Others

1997: Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (The 69 Eyes) — background vocals
1998: "Hunningolla" (Neljä Ruusua) — music video appearance
1998: Laulava Sydän (Agents) — vocals in Finnish on three songs
1999: Ikkunaprinsessa (Agents)
1999: Paratiisi (Agents)
1999: Jykevää on rakkaus (Agents)
1999: Freak Out (Tehosekoitin) — background vocals
1999: Wasting the Dawn (The 69 Eyes) — background vocals
1999: "Whispers in the Chaos" (Lullacry, Sweet Desire) — songwriter
2000: Blessed Be (The 69 Eyes) — background vocals
2001: Thulsa Doom (HIM as Thulsa Doom, warm-up band for The 69 Eyes in Tavastia club)
2001: Death Of A Clown (5.15 - Five Fifteen) — background vocals
2001: The King Of Rock'n Roll (Daniel Lioneye) — drums, background vocals
2002: Hedonis Hellcats (The Skreppers) — background vocals with Migé and Linde of HIM
2002: Support Band von The Skreppers (Lux Airam/Ville, Miguelo/Migé & D. Lioneye/Lily)
2002: Paris Kills (The 69 Eyes) — background vocals
2002: Aura (The Mission) — background vocals
2004: Saturnalia (Lowe Motor Corporation) — background vocals
2004: "Bittersweet" (Apocalyptica, Apocalyptica) — lyrics, vocals, and music video appearance with Lauri Ylönen of The Rasmus
2004: The Call of the Trash (The Skreppers) — background vocals
2004: Devils (The 69 Eyes) — background vocals
2005: "If I Die Tonight" (Isabelle's Gift, American Idle) — background vocals
2005: "Something Diabolical" (Bloodhound Gang, Hefty Fine) — vocals
2006: "The Byronic Man" (Cradle Of Filth, Thornography) — vocals

Trivia

He has a younger brother, Jesse Valo, (born 1984) who is a Muay Thai Kickboxer#redirect ..
"Vile" translates to either "William" or "Bill", Valo means light in Finnish
He is half Hungarian on his mother's side.
Ville has stated many times that he hates The Beatles#redirect .
He has many tattoos, one of which is a design on his entire left arm.
He suffers from Asthma#redirect ..

External links

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