 THE
SKREPPERS
Ville (as Lux Airam), Migé (as Miguelo) and Lily (as
Daniel Lioneye) sing backing-vocals on some songs of the Skreppers
album "Hedonist Hellcats" (out August 26th 2002). Ville
has also written some lyrics for the song "Soon Someone Is
Crying". Some members of the band are also part of the Daniel
Lioneye, sideproject of Lily, Ville and Migé.
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 VILLE
& THE SKREPPERS
Ville did backing vocals for the new Skreppers album "The
Call Of The Trash" on the following tracks: "Doctor Feelgood",
"Let's Die Together Sheena", "Jesus Saved My Sexlife"
and "5 Shake It Baby". The album was recorded at the Karillo
Studios in Porvoo, Finland 2004. The album was released on August
25th 2004.
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| BLACK
SALEM
Black Salem is a band, which band-members are Lux Airam (Ville),
Miguelo (Migé) and Daniel Lioneye (Linde). On September 07th,
2002 Black Salem played in Tavastia Klubi as a support band of The
Skreppers. Black Salem played there 6 new, yet unknown and unreleased,
HIM songs: "Buried Alive By Love", "Beyond Redemption",
"Sweet Pandemonium", "Soul On Fire", "The
Sacrament", "The Funeral Of Hearts". Before the show
Ville explained that the guys use this name temporarily, because
of disagreements of HIM and HER. |
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 LOWE
MOTOR CORPORATION
Ville did backing vocals for the track "Love Me" (album "Saturnalia"
released in 2004).
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|  STRATOVARIUS
Gas and some other metal-drummer appear on the first solo-album
of Stratovarious-frontman Timo Kotipelto. The name of the album
is "Waiting For The Dawn", Gas plays on the titletrack
and on "Arise".
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|  IHMEPOIKA
Lily plays guitar on their first album, track 7, "Loiste".
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 THE
MISSION
Ville sings backing-vocals on the album of The Mission, the
CD released on May 22th 2002.
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|  5.15
Ville sings backing-vocals on the album of the Finnish Retro
Progressive Rock-Band Five Fifteen. The album is called "Death
Of A Clown" (out July 20th 2001), Ville sings on "The
Prostitute" and "Seasons Of The Witch". His voice
can hardly be heard.
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|  LULLACRY
Ville wrote the lyrics for the song "Whispers In The Chaos"
for their album "Sweet Desire".
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|  BENDOVER
- www.bendover.fi
Gas is planning a sideproject named "Bendover". There
already exists a finnish demo-tape with three songs which was sent
to several record companies.
The line-up is:
Ali - bass, vocals
Gas - drums
Mehtis - guitar
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|  The
TURBONEGRO tribute album
HIM, in 2000, recorded a cover version of the song "Rendez-Vous
with Anus" for a tribute-album to Turbonegro, "Alpha Motherfuckers"
(out June 26th 2001).
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| THULSA
DOOM
HIM used that band name for their gig as warm-up for The 69
Eyes on May 25th 2001 at Tavastia Klubi in Helsinki. They played
some songs from "Deep Shadows & Brilliant Highlights"
and some songs (in new version) from "Razorblade Romance"
and "Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666". This
band name is mentioned on the "Pretending" MCD. The booklet
of "Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights" writes as follows:
"Coverartwork by Natas Pop in collaboration with Thulsa D". |
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| THE
69 EYES
Ville has done backing-vocals for several songs of The 69 Eyes,
but you can't really hear him, because there are several other background
singers. Jyrki specially likes Villes voice on "The Chair".
 "Devils"
- October 25th, 2004
Beneath The Blue |
 "Paris
Kills" - 2002
as "Ville Valo"
Betty Blue; Don't Turn Your Back On Fear; Still Waters Run Deep |
 "Blessed
Be" - 2001
as "Valo"
Framed In Blood; The Chair; Angel On My Shoulder |
 "Wasting
The Dawn" - 1999
as "Ville Hermanni Valo"
Lay Down Your Arms Girl; Wasting The Dawn; Lazarus Heart; All
American Dream; Hand of God |
 "Wrap
Your Troubles In Dreams" - April 21st, 1997
as "Ville Hermanni Valo"
Call Me; Broken Man |
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|  TEHOSEKOITIN
Ville sings backing-vocals for Tehosekoitin's album "Freak
Out" (released in 1999).
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|  NELJÄ
RUUSUA
HIM played in a video of the finnish band Neljä Ruusua,
the song is called "Hunningolla" (album "Uusi Aalto"
released in 1999).
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Thanks
to pug667 for these screenshots. |
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| VILLE
acts in the VIDEO of "WASTING THE DAWN"
You can see Ville in The 69 Eyes-video of "Wasting the
dawn", it was shot in 1999.
Thanks
to pug667 for these screenshots. |
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|  VILLE
VALO & THE AGENTS
In 1998, Ville recorded three songs (Ikkunaprinsessa, Paratiisi
and Jykevää On Rakkaus) with the finnish folk band "The
Agents", which were published on two albums.
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 VILLE
VALO & TUOMARIN TODISTAJAT
The song "Valo Yössä" (= "Light in
the night") is a cover of Tuomari Nurmio, it was recorded for
a tribute album for him. Ville has recorded this songs as a present
for his dad.
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|  VILLE
& APOCALYPTICA
Ville has performed two Metallica's songs together with the
finnish metal band Apocalyptica on one of their gigs: "Escape"
and "Sanitarium" (1996). Also Ville sings together with
Lauri Ylönen from The Rasmus on the single "Bittersweet".
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| VILLE
on the NIGHTWISH - DVD
On the DVD of the Finnish band Nightwish, "From Wishes
To Eternity - Live", Ville can be seen for some seconds, introducing
himself backstage.
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 RESIDENT
EVIL: APOCALYPSE soundtrack
Roadrunner Records released a soundtrack album to the Sony Pictures
movie "Resident
Evil: Apocalypse", which opened in the US September
10th, 2004. HIM is featured on the soundtrack with "Join Me
(In Death)".
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 TO
SEPARATE THE FLESH FROM THE BONES
Gas plays together with Pasi Koskinen and Niclas Etelävuori from
Amorphis in the band To Separate The Flesh From The Bones. His name
in the band is Pus Sypope. The album is called "For Those About
The Rot". |
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JEFF
WALKER
Gas and Ville take part in the recordings of former Carcass frontman
Jeff Walker, who's currenty recording a solo album consisting exclusively
of country and blues covers from artists including Skeeter Davis,
Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, John Denver and Connie Smith. Among Gas
and Ville Walker has already recorded contributions from former Carcass
guitarist Firebird frontman Bill Steer (lead guitar, harmonica, slide
guitar, vocals), Amorphis guitarists Esa Holopainen and Tomi Koivusaari
(guitars), keyboardist Santeri Kallio (keyboards) and bassist Niclas
Etelävuori (bass). Walker also plans to enlist Cathedral vocalist
Lee Dorrian, ex Faith No More bassist Billy Gould, members of fellow
Liverpudlians Anathema, and former Carcass drummer Ken Owen as part
of the project. Although Walker hopes to release the record sometime
next year, a suitable label for the record has yet to be determined.
Walker had also a guest appearance for the sideproject "To Sepereate
the Flash from the Bones" where Gas took part. |
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 CRADLE
OF FILTH
Ville sings in "The Byronic Man" track around 3 minutes
and 45 seconds in. The song is on the Cradle Of Filth album "Thornography".
The album was released on October 13th 2006. |
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 SYNKKIEN
LAULUJEN MAA
At the end of November 2006 will be released a new album with melancholic
finnish songs called "Synkkien Laulujen Maa", some top finnish
artist will sing on that album including Ville Valo that will sing
on two songs: one song from Tapio Rautavaara and "Täällä
Pohjan Tähden Alla" duet with Kari Tapio (in the pix). |
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 SUMMER
WINE
Ville has recorded a song, called "Summer Wine" (it's a
cover), with german soap opera star Natalia Avelon for the movie "8
Miles High", which tells the story of a groupie called Uschi
Obermaier in the 60s/70s. It'll come out on January 26th, 2007. The
tracklisting is: Summer Wine (Single Edit) - Summer Wine (Film Version)
- Summer Wine (DRP Winter Remix) - Summer Wine (Video). |
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 OZZFEST
10th ANNIVERSARY
This DVD contains a HIM's video: "Soul On Fire". On the
cover there is a little Ville Valo's picture. |
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