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Nightwish in Rock Sound, issue 112

treli — 2008-08-26T09:00:00Z

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Ville Valo quotes pt 2

treli — 2008-02-23T07:05:00Z

1. "We are 5 boys arent we? And we play music, so we are a band.."

2. "My...my huge sweetheart Gas, Gas Lipstick"

3. "This is your last chance to shake hips and vomit all over your friends and you know be nasty in every possible way"

4. "That's the rout of all evil - to expect something"

5. "I dont believe in it, I believe that we rot in our graves and we dont have any soul or anything like that, we're just piece of meat"

6. "You should be able to celebrate that rahter than just trying to be gloomy and usa black lipstick. That was the idea behind the song"

7. "Me the sort of like ego maniac and the...the wanker of the band..."

8. "I'd tried to smack the bitch up but...it did not happen"

9. "To a new band we'd give LSD"

10. ''Jesus was the coolest rock´n roll star of all time...''

11. "Record companies are devil worshippers - not us"

12. ''There is only two things in life that you have to do, and that basically are to die and to pay taxes"

13. "We're growing old you know, I'm 26 and Gas is like 32 or something like that. We're too old to rock ’n roll, but to young to die"

14. ''I'm really happy that Gas likes the album, you know, because last time he was like "this is not metal" you know, "that's bad" you know. "I wanna record metal" I'm really happy that Gas is happy. Thats the best thing about the album''

15. "Too much work makes Ville a dull boy"

16. "Nice to be Paul Stanley for a day - or a shitty imitation"

17. "No, I hate happy music, that makes me sad. Sad music makes me happy"

18. "Our keyboard player took my heart away" (Jussi)

19. "When ever we have the money to buy the real hats, then we will be a real goth band. Now we're just pretending to be one"

20. "I have four kids already so I don’t need anymore. I'm a single parent - taking them through Europe at times and making them play funny instruments"

21. "I'm too bad to be untrue"

22. "I like to quote the beautiful Britney Spears by saying: Thanks to our lovely record company BMG, and to our sweet saviour Jesus Christ. God bless you"

23. "It's like thinking whether the politicians are human beings or not. And of course everybody knows they are not"

24. "That’s the best mood to write in - when your suffering so, that’s what its all about..."

25. ''No, I'm not pessimistic no no - I'm finn"

26. "We're stupid musicians - we're not sound engineers"

27. "When I'm making love I have to see my girlfriend's face. I mean a position like The Wheelbarrow might be interesting and esoteric, but let's just say I don't like gardening. It's not my cup of tea."

28. "Always remember to take a shower before sex. Our bass player never showers. He doesn’t brush his teeth either, so it's pretty easy for us to know if he's been doing something, uh, dirty. You can smell it. And our drummer wanks on the tour bus which I don't consider to be a healthy pursuit, particularly since we're always passing out drunk in each other's bunks. You don't know what you've slept on."

29. ''I’m only 26 – I don’t know anything about life yet. Life is like a puzzle and my pieces are spread all over the world. I don’t have a clue about how the final picture will look when I put all the pieces together. Life is short and love is over in the morning.''

30. ''When I was a kid we played cowboys and Indians, and I always wanted to be an Indian when I grew up.''

Ville Valo quotes pt 1

treli — 2008-01-24T04:27:00Z

1. "We had this game thing, we went into gay disco and...and put our mobiles into our pockets really deep and went to the...the phone...a...booth to call ourselves up and let...let it ring because when it starts to vibrate it's pretty good on...on....on...on the a...dance floor, get into that bee-gees sort of very easy"

2. "The sex we really have is with our you know fists"

3. "It's like a...It's not like straight flush, it's more like two pairs and an ace" (hmmm??)

4. "If it's my appearance that sells records - it's ok. If it's the music - it's ok...You know whatever"

5. ”Watch out Clint Eastwood - here I come!”

6. "Once there was a poison girl, who was quite poisonous to me, tried to put things in my whiskey"

7. "Finally we've got some balls - thank you"

8. "All the cigarette smoking is just a substitute for cocksucking"

9. "The bears told me the truth"

10. "His music is for adults and I don't consider myself of being an adult yet"

11. "Because I'm so beautiful, I don’t need anything else"

12. "I'm a rock n' roller so I have to say 666 hours"

13. "Britney is a bit too sort of school girlish and you know I have seen that stuff from my daddy's tapes way too much so I'm fed up with that"

14. "My main goal is to be able to sleep in the oxygen tent with bubbles"

15. “Life is short and love is over in the morning…”

16. "Now he doesn’t care about me anymore" (about Santa..)

17. “I am insane because of this genetic disorder in me. I am half my mum and half my dad. My dad is a really calm, thinking type of person. My mum is the total opposite, very temperamental. She gets angry very easily. Me, I’m something in between. I am pretty calm and I have a fascination of pornography and old cars – I get that from my dad. My dad always told me that money doesn’t grow on trees, so I’m careful. My mum told me not to put my fingers in electrical sockets, so I did.”

18. “When I heard Elvis Presley, then I knew I had to do music. Music is my god, and is the only love that has never left me. It has always been there and is my best friend.”

19. “I’m perceived as being a miserable depressive Finnish c*** - and that’s exactly what I am!”

20. “Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame.”

21. “Even at school I studied ethics instead of religion.”

22. “I don't eat meat on tour, because it is too heavy. I wouldn't be able to move my hips on stage if I'd eat those heavy foods.”

23. “Music for me is an emotional thing and it really does make me happy. It's not a tool for me to get fame or see my face in the papers or anything like that. It's about the fact that I really do enjoy it.”

24. “Women are always beautiful.”

25. “I don't need to prove worthiness of my existence to some fuckin' cunts wearing the coolest gear at the moment.”

26. “Love is the funeral of hearts. Falling in love is the best way to kill your heart because then it's not yours anymore. It's laid in a coffin, waiting to be cremated.”

27. (on his brother) He does Thai boxing. He won the Finnish championships twice, so he is pretty tough. He will make a good body guard one day. I’m really proud of him.

28. I'm living my dream right now. I get to make music, perform and travel.

29. We started playing music from an early age and so we wasn't really aware of that side of it, the weird thing is the more successful you get the more free booze and drugs you get, they should be given to the bands who don't have the money.

30. “That’s what music is to me as well. It’s my way of coping with the world, coping with the good things and the bad things. Usually, it’s especially the bad things because it’s very cathartic to write a song. It’s like writing a diary. You see your inner thoughts on a piece of paper, and that helps you to reflect upon yourself through that. I do that with music, and I’m still alive and very happy.”

My top5 movies

treli — 2007-11-16T09:59:00Z

Ok... so bloodywidow69 tagged me and I have to pic my 5 fav movies... Well, the truth is that I can't really do that, b/c my fav movies are like.. 20-30!! So.. I'll do what I can..!!

Ok, here I am:

1) Pirates of the Caribbean

2) Spiderman

3) Harry Potter

4) Scary Movie

5) Sleepy Hollow

My top 10 bands

treli — 2007-10-31T01:21:00Z

1. HIM

2. Tokio Hotel

3. 30 Seconds to Mars

4. Lacuna Coil

5. My Chemical Romance

6. Evanescence

7. Green Day

8. Placebo

9. Linkin Park

10. Sunrise Avenue

Ville talking about sex

treli — 2007-08-29T09:20:00Z

Backdoor Love Is For Losers
"When I'm making love I have to see my girlfriend's face. I mean a position like The Wheelbarrow might be interesting and esoteric, but let's just say I don't like gardening. It's not my cup of tea."

The Missionary Position Is King
"See, for me it's the missionary position and that's it. My problem is I never have casual sex. I've always been dating the girls I've been with. I'm a boring youngster. I guess - more into romanticism. If you wanted to be more adventurous you could try the lotus position - my girlfriend's just started doing yoga."

Cleanliness Is Next To Godliness
"Always remember to take a shower before sex. Our bass player never showers. He doesn’t brush his teeth either, so it's pretty easy for us to know if he's been doing something, uh, dirty. You can smell it. And our drummer wanks on the tour bus which I don't consider to be a healthy pursuit, particularly since we're always passing out drunk in each other's bunks. You don't know what you've slept on."

Porn Is Overrated
"I used to work in my dad's sex shop in the early days of HIM, so I've seen most porn. Most American porn is very basic: missionary, doggy style, then anal, then squirting it, like, whatever. It's all the same and most is pretty boring. Scandinavian porn is better - Finland is the realm of porn."

Ride 'Em Cowboy
"The Rodeo position is the winner, because you hold on to your ride one handed! Then you can do other things with your free hand; roll a cigarette, read the paper, do a few lines or throw your lasso and Stetson. I haven't done that one in a while, though, because I've been looking for the right boots. That's basically the reason HIM tours a lot. You just can't get the proper boots in Finland."

Sex Toys Are No Substitute For The Real Thing
"I'm still a young bloke. I haven't passed 'level three' yet. Basically that's when you get bored of having sex, so you start buying all the little gadgets to spice it up. I've nothing against sex toys; I just don't find them interesting. I'm still happy just to have a warm body next to me."

Don't Get Hung Up On Bondage
"I'm not into bondage at all, I would hate to see myself being tied up. My fetish is my girlfriend. I love her toes, her knees, her back, everything about her. Do I know friends with strange fetishes? That would be telling and Helsinki is a small city. Although our bass player is totally hooked on lace. He even had lace curtains in his car."

Free Your Ass And Your Mind Will Follow
"When we're on tour, we check out shit-eating films. That's the best, that's where you really test your sanity! Psychologically it's very interesting. I guess people haven't passed their 'anal phase' - as Freud might say. It's a pretty natural thing really. And true spiritual emancipation if you think about it - you just let go"

'Self-Love' Is Good Love
"Wanking is always a good thing, especially on tour. It relaxes you, and I don't want to have wet dreams, especially on the tour bus. We get hotel rooms every now and then, so we're like 'save your wanking for that'. Which might explain why out Pay TV bills are always huge."

Use Cigarettes Wisely
"When you smoke it doesn’t go well with ones erection. It cogs up all the tiny veins - bad for the boner! I have a cigarette pack saying, 'smoking can damage the sperm and decrease fertility' so I consider cigarettes to be my condom.

credits to Love4tragedy

8 Random Things

treli — 2007-08-15T01:23:00Z

1) I'm really crazy, and when someone is not happy calls me to cheer him/her up!!

2) I'm tall, about 1.75m

3) I love Greek & Italian cuisine

4) I go mad with people who don't care about environment and waste water and energy

5) I am a drinker but I hate smoking

6) I'm SO addicted to music!! I listen to music everyday, even in school classes; I also play the piano and when I'll get time I want to learn guitar and drums

7) I have a really bad relationship with my parents, especially my mother

8) Really, I have the memory of a goldfish!! I can't remember anything: faces, names, numbers... nothing, nothing...!!!

The Kiss Of Dawn lyrics

treli — 2007-07-26T01:47:00Z

Blinded I am
And so are you
By shedding tears
Confusion that separates us two
We hold dear

Just look into my eyes
Kiss our fears goodbye

I'm reaching for your shadow
Drowning in the kiss of dawn
Touching the pain that you left me with
At the kiss of dawn

I'm tired of the games
I'm playing with you
When you're not here
Death frees from the fear of dying
It's true, have no fear

Let me look into your eyes
And see death pass us by

I'm reaching for your shadow
Drowning in the kiss of dawn
Touching the pain you left me with
At the kiss of dawn

I'm reaching for your shadow
Drowning in the kiss of dawn
Touching the pain you left me with
At the kiss of dawn

I'm reaching for your shadow
Drowning in the kiss of dawn

Venus Doom Tracklist

treli — 2007-07-25T02:25:00Z

1. Venus Doom
2. Love In Cold Blood
3. Passion's Killing Floor
4. Kiss of Dawn
5. Sleepwalking Past Hope
6. Dead Lover's Lane
7. Song Or Suicide
8. Bleed Weel
9. Cyanide Sun

HIM albums Biography - And Love Said No -The Greatest Hits 1997-2004

treli — 2007-07-23T12:30:00Z

Release date March 15th, 2004

First you pick up a guitar, mainly to impress the girls, next thing you know is you’re whisked on your way to the exalted heights of the Top (as in It’s A Long Way To The Top If You Wanna Rock’n’Roll). Not that you ever expect to reach that place. No, not in your wildest dreams… Oh, come on, of course you do!

But it’s what happens during that mythical journey that really counts. All the highs and lows, detours and strange sensations. Rock’n’Roll is not a career plan where you follow a foolproof strategy that will lead you comfortably from point A to point B. It’s rather a continuing creative process where one lives and learns amid some considerable madness. A journey so dizzying that it makes sense to stop for a split second every once in a while just to take a long deep breath.

“And Love Said No – The Greatest Hits 1997-2004” catches up with HIM at a point where they’ve just witnessed their most recent single “The Funeral Of Hearts” reaching a respectable No. 15 in the UK charts. A place where their second album (out of four altogether) “Razorblade Romance” has sold over 100.000 copies in the USA purely through the strength of word of mouth – a promising addition to their 2.3 million European album sales. They’ve come to realize they’ve created a buzz all of their own, that they really are The Most Exciting Band Right Now! If anything HIM has proved they are too good a secret to be kept.

“And Love Said No” should be seen as a travelogue of the first part of their mythical journey. A rollercoaster ride that has seen them pack 6.000 fans into an amphitheater right in the centre of Athens, headlining major festivals in Germany, and wooing the good people of Portugal. Recording at the legendary Rockfield Studios, birthplace of Black Sabbath’s debut, Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Morning Glory” by Oasis… Shooting videos in London with Kevin Godley (“Pretending”), and in places like Los Angeles (“Buried Alive By Love”), Prague (“The Sacrament”) and Philadelphia (“Solitary Man”) with self-appointed number-one-fan and professional jackass Bam Margera. Watching “Join Me” change it’s status from a mere smash No. 1 hit in several countries into their first real anthem.

Back in the mid-Nineties the band’s sole objective was to win the respect of their Helsinki City peers, and maybe land a gig or two. Starting off as a ‘Black Sabbath tribute band of sorts’, as frontman Ville Valo still maintains they did, they pretty soon started to make progress. They got the gigs, recorded a brilliant debut album (“Greatest Love Songs, Vol. 666”, 1997), and, lo and behold, the horizon widened! Some six years later they put their career on hold as they waited for their erstwhile idol Ozzy Osbourne to recover from his injuries so they could fulfil their dream of supporting him on his UK Tour. In the end they had to move on, but rest assured, a heartfelt ‘Get well f****n’ soon!’ went out to The Dad from His Boys.

With a little bit too much free time on their hands HIM returned to the studio in late 2003 and recorded two new songs. One was the title track “And Love Said No”, a Valo original (as are all songs bar two on this compilation). The other one was a version of the 1966 Neil Diamond gem “Solitary Man”, which received the same ‘love metal’ treatment that some seven years earlier had turned Chris Isaak’s country-tinged “Wicked Game” into a punchy crowd singalong favourite. When you listen to their energetic rendition of “Solitary Man” you can almost see the glee in their eyes as they can’t wait to see people mosh to a Neil Diamond tune on their forthcoming US tour!

Love metal finds heartbreaking vocal melodies riding on waves of crunching guitars, like rays of lights penetrating the darkness (no pun intended). There’s the solid machismo of the rhythm kept in close check by the yin of tender piano motifs and acoustic guitars. Love metal can take the form of a clenched fist (“Buried Alive By Love”) or it can choose a far gentler approach (“In Joy And Sorrow”) but there’s always one thing in common: when you boil it down you’re left with a Song.

“Love Metal” was also the title of their fourth album which Spring 2003 release HIM celebrated with a return to their roots. The band played a seven night stint at the tiny-but-funky Helsinki club Semifinal – as documented in the limited edition version of “And Love Said No” featuring a six song live DVD (Please note: the DVD will be a standard feature in UK and US releases). Part awesome live band firing at close range, part true congregation of friends.

The relationship between the band and their fans is very genuine and caring, and that has put them in the position they find themselves in right now. In a way you could compare HIM to an old school cover, taking his time and taking a real interest in his counterpart, leaving all those chest-beating antics to, shall we say, lesser mortals. You can witness something just click, a bond being formed and true emotions taking their place in the front row. That’s an important factor in what makes HIM so exciting: they’re a band you can truly fall in love with.

Now, Ville Valo is a star, there’s no way you can deny that. He is the star of every room he walks into, even on the worst of off-days. But HIM fans know that he is their star, as well as HIM is their band. The distance between band and fan kind of disappears, and that makes a world of difference.

The readers of Kerrang have recently voted Ville the sexiest male star while the Rock Sounds readership puts him on a pedestal for being Hunk of the Year. Compared to those accolades the band being voted best live act, “The Sacrament” best single (both Rock Sounds) and HIM best overall band followed by Iron Maiden and Metallica (Metal Hammers UK) pales considerably…

So here we are, 16 hits into a journey. Sweet sixteen songs that most bands would die for to have grace their career retrospective compilations. But this is now, a continuation, not a destination. For HIM now is simply a place where the real adventure takes off.

What happens when love one day says ‘yes’, I hear you ask. Will it heal us or will it kill us? Well, that’s something for everybody to find out for themselves. Ville Valo included.

HIM areQ

Ville Valo – vocals

Linde – guitar

Mige Amour – bass

Gas – drums

Burton - keyboards