Friday, July 10, 2009

Ville: The Urinal Model

Back in 2000, Ville did an AD Campaign for IDO company http://www.ido.fi/. It was a campaign for bathroom urinals and bathtubs. Really strange stuff. The picture below is the actual AD photo. You can read the description in finnish on this site, but the direct translation is below. http://www.sitruunapuu.net/blog/2009_03_01_archive.html

How many remember that a long time ago Ville Valo was endorsing bathrooms?

The picture is from around 2000 from the IDO company. The company line had four celebrities,Ville alongside Jorma Uotinen, Katriina Wuoristo and Marco Bjurstrom.It's a little surprising to remember that Ville appeared in a urinal advert. The ad was shot in Suomenlinna by the way.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Ville in the new issue of Metal Hammer Magazine

Ville is in the newest issue of Metal Hammer Golden God's magazine. Please go to http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/magazine/ for more info

Monday, July 6, 2009

Video + Article of new Ville Valo Interview from Brazil

We finally have the new interview video of Ville with mayradiasgomes (Myra) from Brazil. There is also a translation of a bi-weekly article she writes for a magazine in Brazil, which was tranlated by mariana_lico. First, the video interview w/ discription:
Ville Valo is pure poetry: a melancholic romantic who lives in a beautiful castle in exotic Helsinki with the lessons of a crazy past fueled by too much alcohol and drugs. A Tim Burton character, perhaps, who could only be played by Johnny Depp. (With his eyeliners on, of course.) A man who fights aggressive demons of love and death and doesn't mind when they embrace, because if they do, then something will come out of it.
Ville is about to release his seventh studio album with the successful Finnish band H.I.M., and hasn't been drinking for two years. Yet, his feelings seem to take him into psychodelic experiences. He will always dive into a violent ocean of black waves and come out with a fish to share with the people. In this case, it's "Screamworks: Love In Theory and Practice", which will be out on Valentine's Day 2010.
I met the instigating representative of Love Metal last week in Helsinki for a chat and some Red bull. He talked to me about love, relationships, literature, drugs and alcohol, and sent all of you Spin Earth viewers a message. Humble and sweet, he seemed eager to start speaking about the new phase in his life.
Myra's bi-weekly article translated below:


Helsinki: Route 666

The rule is the same for everyone: to obtain success, we need to dedicate to what we can offer to others, not to what we are expected to do for others. I made sure of that when I got an invitation of the Finnish government. They wanted me to visit Helsinki, capital of the country, with three other music professionals: Monika Cavalera, Heloisa Vidal and Ricardo Campos.Between meetings with record labels, agencies and export associations, interviews with musicians and one of the biggest extreme metal festivals (Tuska Open Air Metal Festival), we'd discover com to colaborate with one of the most rock n' roll places in the world. Cultural coordnator Sari Pesonen came up with a schedule to integrate us. We found a government that supports metal.Musex, for example, is an association that represents the Finnish music industry. Twelve organizations help with the marketing, disclosure and overseas sales.In the versatile Finland, music is very inportant. All the kids get musical education and 47% of them attend extracurricular classes. Paulina Ahokas, Musex's director gave us a detailed presentation. "What sets the mediocre and the great artists apart is good manners. Shaking hands is important."Ville Valo, lead singer of HIM, biggest band in the country nowadays, that has sold over 4 million records worldwide, supports the theory. Got to our downtown hotel on foot, had a Red Bull, because he laid off the alcohol, and didn't mind talking about his love life post-breakup, his struggle with alcohol and the death of loved ones.When the interview was done, he had a cigarette with us and recorded videos helping us spread the word about Brazilian bands. In the end, called his father and told him we'd visit the sex shop he owns. There, we shook another hand and were given t-shirts, whips and hancuffs with the band's logo.I head this from a Finnish singer: "I've always been a punk rocker, but you screwed me by showing that my government is amazing". For that reason, I'll start talking about Finnish rock for a few weeks. The Brazilian music industry needs to see the midnight sun. And I promise: at least ten great bands are on the way.

I'm ready to take your six six six in my heart.

Thank you for the forwarding of this news TRISHANIMAL

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Recommended Sites to visit:


There are some sites out there I recommened you visiting. Two of them are my own that I run (and will shamelessly spam here) and others are sites I enjoy. Please visit them when you can.

HIM related:

http://dark-light.us/
http://www.shallow-sleep.com/ville/
http://forum.thesacrament.net/

Celeb Wise:
http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/

Other sites I run:
http://ghostwomanandthehunter.blogspot.com/
http://sirensofsoundandimage.blogspot.com/

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Ville Valo greets fans from Brazil

New video clip of Ville from SPIN Earth.

Mayra Dias Gomes talks about Ville

A little something Mayra Dias Gomes says in her official fotolog about Ville. http://www.fotolog.com/sensationslave/ Translated by mariana_lico.
"Ville Valo got to our hotel downtown on foot, with a backpack on his back and a cigarette between his lips, shook everyone's hands and we went to the club in the hotel, where the interview would happen. In Finland, Ricardo Campos (editor chief of Roadie Crew [a magazine]), were a team. He'd focus on the technical aspects of the artists and I'd go for the personal things. The plan was to always start with him and it involved the artists talking about their stuff listening to their favorite artists. A lot of times, with Jyrki (from The 69 Eyes) it would go on for hours. In Ville's case, hoeever, it made things easier for me. My interview was about Valo's new phase - no drugs, no alcohol, no girlfriend, releasing a new record on Valentines Day. I was nervous about my questions because I didn't want to disturb him, but I was surprised to see that he wanted to talk about everything that I wanted to know. And more: with a lot of humor and humbleness, drinking a Red Bull. Ville told me he doesn't like to go out on dates. He likes it when it hits him unexpectedly. I asked if he's looking for love and he said that he put his hook in the water, but so far, no good fish has taken the bait. He said he's crazy to fall head over heels again, among other things. We talked about the death of loved ones, literature, about the new producer that has worked with people like Panic! At The Disco and Katy Perry, about quitting drinking, drugs, sex...It was a wonderful interview. It was probably one of my best ones, 'cause I got him right where I wanted him. When it ended, Ville hung out with us talking and smoking. He had planned to meet us later that night to see Candlemass at Tavastia. Before he left, though, he did a few very special favors: an "advertisement" for Spin Earth holding Ricardo's band's cd and took a picture with the t-shirt of my Bastardz friends. A rockstar everyone should look up to. A human being everyone should look up to. Thank you, Ville. We love you."

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

More photo's emerged from recent interview in Finland