i'm villie valo i was born at 8:28 a.m. on November 22, 1976. my father (Kari) is FINNISH and my mother (Anita) is Hungarian. my first musical step was as a three year old bongo drummer. At age nine i attended the Pop and Jazz Conservatory in Helsinki, where i studied several different musical genres. my father eventually opened a sex shop where i often worked before launching my career in music.From a young age, my enthusiasm for music also took a more active form of expression, and i 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.
Apart from working with HIM, and side-project Daniel Lioneye, i have kept busy in the music world,collaborating with many artists over the years. i contributed guest vocals for The 69 Eyes, on Apocalyptica's album Apocalyptica for the song "Bittersweet" (with The Rasmus' singer Lauri Ylönen), on The Bloodhound Gang's Hefty Fine for the song "Something Diabolical", and on Cradle of Filth's Thornography for the song "The Byronic Man". In 2007 i duetted with Polish German actress Natalia Avelon for a cover of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood's song "Summer Wine", part of the Das Wilde Leben soundtrack.
After a bleak 2005, during which friends got ill or died,i purchased a historic tower in 2006 in Helsinki's Munkkiniemi district. After purchasing the four-story tower, i enlisted local friends to move my belongings there while i was on tour, i finally returned to spend some time in my new home in late 2006 before retreating to a cabin in Lapland. AND YES I'M VILLIE VALO I'M NO ROLEPLAYER OR A FAKE. I MADE THIS SO COULD TALK TO MY FANS.
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