Common questions::
Did they play in any other bands?

Ville started at 7 and played in some bands. The first one called Kemoterapia.
Mige and Linde also played in different school bands.
Gas was a drummer of Kyyria before HIM.
Zoltan played keyboards in To/Die/For (ex-Mary Ann), now he plays in ‘New Dawn Foundation.’
Burton played in Sub-Urban Tribe, Cosmos Tango, Torpedo.



What does HIM abbreviation mean

HIM stands for "His Infernal Majesty". His Infernal Majesty is the original name of the band. Nowadays the band is called just HIM. Because of confusion over the names meaning, they have now changes the name fully they were only known as His Infernal Majesty for a very short amount of time.



What does abbreviation HER means?

HIM had to take this name for USA promotion due to copyright restrictions as in USA the band HIM already exist. HER appeared in the middle of 2002, is distributed only on US territory and doesn't stand for anything (except the joke about Her Evil Royalty).
Later HIM bought name HIM from American HIM for good money.



What is Daniel Lioneye?

It is HIM side-project. Main characters are Daniel Lioneye (Linde) - vocals & guitar, Bill (Ville) - drums, Michael Eros (Mige) -bass-guitar, also The Skreppers' singer Dr. Skrepper and some other musicians. Daniel Lioneye recorded only one album - The King of Rock'n'Roll (2001), and the band performed at three fests. Linde was the one who imagined and produced this joke. He is also an author of all the songs on the album, except covers.



What is Black Salem?

Black Salem is a band, which band-members are Lux Airam (Ville), Miguelo (Mige) and Daniel Lioneye (Linde). On September 7, 2002 Black Salem played in Tavastia 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, Funeral of Hearts.
Before the show Ville explained that the guys use this name temporarily, because of disagreements of HIM and HER.

When was band formed?

In summer 1995 Ville Valo and his school friends Mige and Linde organized a band and called it His Infernal Majesty.



Is Ville Bi-sexual?

He Said once he was, but with out experience with a male partner



What (who) is Cosmic Pope?

He looks like Yury Gagarin in bishop’s habit =).First mentioned on song “Dope Danny” by Daniel Lioneye:

Nothing seemed to be enough,
I had to take a lot more dope
Then it got all too rough
I had become a cosmic pope.

Then HIM released single “Pretending” where remix “Pretending” (The Cosmic Pope Jam Version)
Finally, the picture of Cosmic Pope appeared on the booklet for “Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights”.
In the beginning of the 2002 king-size Cosmic Pope appeared on Valo's leg.

It's also known that Lux Airam, Miguelo and Daniel Lioneye are recorded on back-vocals on The Skreppers' album called "Hedonist Hellcats", and Ville and guitarist Reinaldo are the authors of the song Soon Someone is Crying.



Soundtracks?

'Mina ja Morrisson' soundtrack featuring Close to the Flame by HIM
HIM made guest appearance in Spanish soap opera "The cops". Razorblade Kiss can be heard in Finnish movie Levottomat by Aku Louhimies.
Join Me can be found on the Resident Evil and 13 Floor Soundtracks



What is Borellus?

Borellus (Giovanni Alfonso BORELLI) is a medieval Italian writer, alchemist, an author of books about occultism and necromancy. Borellus is mentioned in H.-P. 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"



What covers have HIM done?

(Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue oyster Cult
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Don't Shake Me Lucifer - Thirteen Floor Elevator
Dope Danny - Daniel Loineye
Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode
Fade Into You - Mazzy Star
Frozen - Madonna
Hand of Doom - Black Sabbath
I Just Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew
Larger Than Life - Backstreet Boys
Live To Tell - Madonna
Lonely Road - Daniel Lioneye
Mask - Iggy Pop
More or Less – Screaming Trees
Motor - Motorhead
Old Man - Neil Young
Poison Heart - The Ramones
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
Sail On - Bad Brains
Solitary Man - Neil diamond
Some Kinda Hate - Misfits
Take My Breath Away - Berlin
Temple Of Love - Sisters Of Mercy
The First Cut Is The Deepest - Cat Stevens
Rendezvous with anus - Turbonegro
We Are The World - Michael Jackson
Wicked Game - Chris Isaak



Who did female vocals don't fear the reaper & "Dark Secret Love"?

Sanna-June Hyde and Asta Hanulla performed the female vocals on Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666. Sanna-June Hyde sang along with Ville on “Dark Secret Love”.




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