|  THE
13th FLOOR
It's been some years since the film was presented in the cinemas,
and everyone likes to remember how the soundtrack brought the immediate,
Germany-wide success for HIM. "Join Me In Death", renamed
for the movie as "Join Me", was the song, that went through
the music channels and developed from a simple soundtrack song to
being something even more popular than the film itself. Shortly
after "Join Me" became the number 1 in the charts, the
album "Razorblade Romance" was released and also became
number 1, HIM became superstars over night. Ville was very surprised
and can't really understand it all, so the song is today band internal
named "Funny song".
N.B.: You can hear "Join Me" ONLY in the European release
of the movie... in the American release has "Erase & Rewind"
by Cardigans as credits music.
The
film:
The computer specialists Douglas Hall and Hannon Fuller have created
a universe, Los Angeles in the year 1937... on a computerchip. When
Fuller is found dead and the investigations lead to Douglas, he
becomes the main suspicious person. But he can't remember anyhing.
To find out the truth, he has to go to 1937. He finds out, that
the conspiracy is spreaded in both dimensions. On his way to find
the truth, he meets a mysterious beauty who says to be Fuller's
daughter. Does she have the key to solve the secret? Douglas follows
the dangerous trace... |
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 SOUNDTRACK
"THE 13th FLOOR"
Join Me In Death, The Sparrows And The Nightingales, Right
Here, Right Now, Blue Monday, Welcome To The Fold, Little Bird,
Ends, Don't You Turn Your Back On Me, So Much Is Lost, Back In Time,
Sleeping Sun, Travel Around TheWorld, Little Wonder, Techno Download,
Jane's Theme, Caravan, Easy Come Easy Go, End Of The World, The
13th Floor |
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 HIM
& CINEMA 1
"Razorblade Kiss" can be heard in Finnish movie "Levottomat"
by Aku Louhimies (released January 19th, 2001). |
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 HIM
& CINEMA 2
"Close To The Flame" can be found at "Minä Ja
Morrison" (release December 27th, 2001). |
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 HIM
& CINEMA 3
"Wicked Game" can be found on the soundtrack for "Menolippu
Mombasaan" (release August 2002). |
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| HIM
& CINEMA 4
You can hear some HIM tracks in the film "The Miserable Life
Of Ryann Dunn". Nothing surprising, Bam Margera is the author
of the film.
The Daniel Lioneye's song "King Of Rock'n'Roll" is the
soundtrack for Bam's serie "Viva La Bam".
HIM made guest appearance in spanish soap opera "The Cops", recorded
in September 2001. |
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TV
GUEST APPEARANCES - VILLE
"Viva La Bam" (2003) playing "Himself" in episode:
"Paint Phil Blue" (episode # 1.5) 2003
"Hyppönen Enbuske Experience" (2002) playing "Himself"
(episode # 3.19) February 26th, 2004
"4Pop" (2003) playing "Himself" in episode: "Suomen
Uudet Hittitehtaat" (episode # 2.27) March 07th, 2004 |
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| HONEY
BABY
Ville made the music for a movie which is called "Honey
Baby". It's a short love story, sentimental, comical
dark and bizarre. It's based on the greek story of Orheust Euro
dico. Filmed mostly in Russia and Germany.
Actors: Vincent Gallo and either a Russian or a Finnish Lady.
Director: Mika Kaurismäki
Producer: Ulrich Meyszies
Co-Producer: Mika Kaurismäki and Janis Vingis
Music: Ville Valo and Vincent Gallo
Approx Length: 100 minutes |
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 RAZORBLADE
ROMANCE coverphoto shooting
There were some more pictures that were done during the covershooting
for "Razorblade Romance", which weren't used anymore. |
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 The
first cover of DEEP SHADOWS & BRILLIANT HIGHLIGHTS
Until
the beginning of August 2001, the cover of "Deep Shadows And
Brilliant Highlights" was a complete different one, and only
one month before the release-day, the final and well-known one was
designed and the first one was rejected. |
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VILLE
& THE 69 EYES
Ville and also the other band members are in a very close relation
to the Finnish band The 69 Eyes, vocalist Jyrki is one of Ville's
best friends. There is no rival between both bands, both have supported
the gigs of the other band and were performing on the same festivals.
 Timo-Timo,
Jussi & Ville
spring 2002
probably at a festival with HIM and The 69 Eyes |
 Bazie,
Ville, Jyrki & Jussi
May 25th 2001
backstage in the Tavastia Klubi, gig of 69 Eyes with HIM as
support act |
 Archzie
& Ville
May 2001
backstage on a 69 Eyes gig |
 Ville
& Jyrki
autumn 2000
recording The 69 Eyes album "Blessed Be" |
 Jyrki
& Ville
1999
recording The 69 Eyes album "Wasting The Dawn" |
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CANTINA
WEST
"Helsinki has got some meeting places, we all like to visit.
But our favorite one is Cantina West. The owner of it is a member
of the finnish cult band Leningrad Cowboys by the way. Besides meeting
other nice people you can get the legendary Strawberry-Margherita
- we think it is the best one in whole Finland, maybe in the whole
world. At Cantina West we had been banned for half a year. We liked
the bar stools with the heart-back! When we tried to smuggle them
out under our winter-coat, we had been catched..."
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Cantina
West, Kasarmikatu 23, 00130 Helsinki
Tel: +358(0)9 - 622 09 00
Fax: +358(0)9 - 622 09 010
Mail: booking@cantinawest.fi |
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TAVASTIA
KLUBI
"Everything with HIM started at Tavastia-Club. It is the
only big Liveclub of the city. It takes 1.000 people, I think in
whole Finland isn't any bigger one. Well, exactly at this club we
had our first gig 5 years ago. It was sold out - of course, because
we played at the previos-programm of a known finish Band. When we
had been alone on tour the first time with our debut-album "Greatest
Lovesongs Vol. 666" in 1998 and we played at Tavastia, we had
been very nervous. We would have been very happy with a half filled
club, but the club was totaly filled. And thats very rare for a
finnish band. Even if we are not playing, we chill out at Tavastia
very often. The Club has got a little bar, where you can get some
food too, and permanent good rock-band play there."
HIM had been playing several times in the club, for example on december
31th 2000. This concert was the first for their new member, Emerson
Burton, who officially replaced Zoltan Pluto from then on. The 69
Eyes have also been playing some gigs there, as well as almost all
popular Finnish bands.
Just next to the club is a little restaurant, called "Ravintola
Ilves". Ville about that: "The Cafe Ilves lies next to
the club Tavastia. And here you get the definately best pasta in
the whole town. Of course you get the typical finnish dish, reindeer."
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| BUDDHA
COGNAC, MICHAEL EROS...
Buddha Cognac: Gas
Michael Eros: Migé (also Michael Erosina, Michael Fors)
"The new guy": Burton
Daniel Lioneye: Lily (also Danny)
The booklet of "Deep Shadows & Brilliant Highlights"
also lists some more names, which can be assigned to the members
like this if reading the whole text around it:
Don Vitto, probably Ville (Vitto= finn. "idiot", "a**"
or even worse)
S. Ieni, probably Migé
Elvis, probably Lily (because of the voice) |
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| I
HATE MY SELF & I WANT TO DIE
Ville gave this as answer in an interview when he was asked,
what he likes about him and what not. It alarmed some fans, but
there's a simple explanation: the sentence is also the title of
a song by Nirvana, that Ville quoted. He is not that discontent
with himself and wants to die. |
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| FUNNY
SONG
Nickname for "Join Me (In Death)", used band internal.
We don't know the reason for this name, but Ville often said, that
the success of "Join Me" has surprised him and that he
doesn't think it's one of his best songs. He thinks it's strange
and funny, that just this song has caused such popularity in the
Pop-biz. |
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| 666
revisitied
Original name of "Death Is In Love With Us". The song
is just as "Heaven Tonight" an exception on "Razorblade
Romance". It's short and rough and reminds of the first album.
To emphasize this similar sound, the "666" was used again
like it often was on the first album, but not on the second. Later
they found another name for the song. "Heaven Tonight"
was the last song that was written for "Razorblade Romance",
so it sounds more like those from the third album. |
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| [OLT]
Added to the song "The 9th Circle", it means "One
Last Time". Both songs have almost the same lyrics and only
differ in the arrangements. "The 9th Circle" is just another
version of the song and is not on the normal, but only on the limited
edition of the album. |
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| LOVE
YOU LIKE I DO
Is on "Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights", has not
been released as single in any country so far. Ville recorded the
demo being completely drunk, large parts were kept in the song. |
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| MUBBLES
Working title of "You Are The One", is on the limited
"Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights". |
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| RAZORBLADE
KISS
Is released on the album "Razorblade Romance", but was
not released as single in any country. At first the song was named
"Razorblade Romance", but because the title was used for
the album, they took another one. |
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| SERPENT
RIDE
Is only on the demo-tape and not on any released CD. |
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| SIGILLUM
DIABOLI
Is released on the limited version of "Razorblade Romance".
The lyrics are the same as of "Stigmata Diaboli". |
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| STIGMATA
DIABOLI
Is released on "666 Ways To Love: Prologue". The lyrics
are the same as of "Sigillum Diaboli". |
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BORELLUS
Borellus (Giovanni Alfonso BORELLI) is a medieval Italian writer,
alchemist, an author of books about occultism and necromancy.
Borellus is mentioned in Lovecraft's stories: "The Evil Clergyman"
and "The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward". By the way, the
last one starts with the first verse from HIM song "Borellus".
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| HIM's
SELLING RATES
Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666: approx. 340.000 copies
Razorblade Romance: only HIM album to sell over 1 million copies
Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights: almost 500.000 copies
Love Metal: almost 400.000 copies
Dark Light: almost 900.000 copies |
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