Post by Divine Insanity on Mar 29, 2007 15:36:23 GMT -5
From Wikipedia
HIM is a band from Finland formed in 1995 by vocalist Ville Valo, guitarist Linde, and bassist Mige Amour.[1] They have released five full length albums to date.The band was originally called His Infernal Majesty, but they soon changed this to simply HIM.
HIM started out as a cover band, covering songs of artists such as KISS, Type O Negative, Danzig, Black Sabbath and Depeche Mode.[2] After many lineup changes and a hiatus from 1991 to 1995 caused by the members' military services, the band now consists of the three founding members plus keyboardist Janne Johannes "Burton" Puurtinen and drummer Mika Kristian "Gas" Karppinen.
Name confusion
Their first bandname was His Infernal Majesty (chosen spontaneously, as a complete joke). But as their popularity rose, they needed to change their name because:
* Finnish people were having difficulties pronouncing the name
* The band name was never actually serious
* The band started getting unwanted occult associations
Consequently, the band changed the name to HIM from the "Wicked Game" single (The "Your Sweet Six Six Six" single included a 'His Infernal Majesty' sticker) onwards. Some people incorrectly use "H.I.M.".
In the official HIM biography, Synnin Viemää, Ville Valo admitted to making things up and joking about the name during interviews, leading to conflicting accounts of the origin of the name and the confusion that exists today. During an interview, Valo has said:
"In almost every interview someone asks what does HIM stand for. I can't even remember our latest lie about that. When Hanson was hot, we said it means Hanson Is Murder. The name doesn't have a particular history. His Infernal Majesty was a totally different band. I think HIM derives from some death metal joke. And it was our protest to Haile Selassie's rastafarian religion, he used to be called His Imperial Majesty. But nowadays because of Linde's hair, we actually might be supporting him."
Their second major US release, Razorblade Romance, was released under the name HER because a New York based post-rock band named HiM held the trademark on the name. While they toured Europe, primarily Germany, at this time, they used the name HIM and HER. HIM eventually bought the rights to the name "HIM" in the United States and used it worldwide from thereon.
For more about them-
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIM_%28band%29
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HIM is a band from Finland formed in 1995 by vocalist Ville Valo, guitarist Linde, and bassist Mige Amour.[1] They have released five full length albums to date.The band was originally called His Infernal Majesty, but they soon changed this to simply HIM.
HIM started out as a cover band, covering songs of artists such as KISS, Type O Negative, Danzig, Black Sabbath and Depeche Mode.[2] After many lineup changes and a hiatus from 1991 to 1995 caused by the members' military services, the band now consists of the three founding members plus keyboardist Janne Johannes "Burton" Puurtinen and drummer Mika Kristian "Gas" Karppinen.
Name confusion
Their first bandname was His Infernal Majesty (chosen spontaneously, as a complete joke). But as their popularity rose, they needed to change their name because:
* Finnish people were having difficulties pronouncing the name
* The band name was never actually serious
* The band started getting unwanted occult associations
Consequently, the band changed the name to HIM from the "Wicked Game" single (The "Your Sweet Six Six Six" single included a 'His Infernal Majesty' sticker) onwards. Some people incorrectly use "H.I.M.".
In the official HIM biography, Synnin Viemää, Ville Valo admitted to making things up and joking about the name during interviews, leading to conflicting accounts of the origin of the name and the confusion that exists today. During an interview, Valo has said:
"In almost every interview someone asks what does HIM stand for. I can't even remember our latest lie about that. When Hanson was hot, we said it means Hanson Is Murder. The name doesn't have a particular history. His Infernal Majesty was a totally different band. I think HIM derives from some death metal joke. And it was our protest to Haile Selassie's rastafarian religion, he used to be called His Imperial Majesty. But nowadays because of Linde's hair, we actually might be supporting him."
Their second major US release, Razorblade Romance, was released under the name HER because a New York based post-rock band named HiM held the trademark on the name. While they toured Europe, primarily Germany, at this time, they used the name HIM and HER. HIM eventually bought the rights to the name "HIM" in the United States and used it worldwide from thereon.
For more about them-
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIM_%28band%29
www.heartagram.com
www.myspace.com/heartagram
