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Name:Ville "Rakis" Hermanni Valo
(Valo means "light")
He's a great singer, songwriter and the frontman of the band.
Born: November 22, 1976
Height: 184 cm
Weight: 66.6 kg (that's odd...)
Pets: Gas
Brothers/sisters: a younger brother - Jesse
City: Helsinki
Movie: "Gone with the wind", "Nightmare before Christmas"
Number: 0
Foreign city: Necropolis
Food: Body of Christ
Drink: Blood of Christ, whiskey, red wine, beer, jagermeister
Likes: Mige's photography, the origins of blues, the East Europe folklor, 1980s.
Dislikes: Using drugs, beef, pork, sport, Beatles
Fav stars: Gene Simmons, Edger Allan Poe, Raul Somer Jorki, Clint Eastwood
Civil status: We don't know about his sexuality - there are some photos where he's kissing men, but in some interviews he says that he's not a gay.
Book: "Evil Flowers" by Charles Baudelaire
Forever songs: "Songs of Faith and Devotion"  - Depeche Mode, "First and last away" - Sisters of mercy, "The Nephilin" - Fields of Nephilin, "Slippery when wet" - Bon Jovi
Fear: Not of cigarettes, that's for sure!
 

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Name: Jani Purttinen
Musical instrument: Keyboards
Born: 17.10.1974 - Libra (like me!!!)
City: Helsinki
Fav film: Charles Chaplin's "City's lights"
Lucky number: 7
Food: pizza
Drink: coffee
He likes: everything
He doesn't like: MC Donald's
Best song ever: Horst Mamerow's "Klarinetten polka"
First bands: Tornado, Cosmos tango, Suburban trinbe

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Name: Mikko Viljami "Linde" Lindstorm
Musical instrument: Guitar
Born: August 12, 1976 - Lion
City: Helsinki
Movie: "From dusk till dawn"
He has a younger brother
Foreign city: Luxor
Food: Italian
Drink: beer
He likes: Meditation
He doesn't like: strange people
Songs: Barellus, HIM
Color: Green
Favorite stars: John Lee Hooker and Steve Vai

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Name: Mikko Henrik Julius Paanen
Musical instrument: Bass guitar
Born: 19.12.1974 - Sagittarius
City: Helsinki
Film: Sleepy Hollow
He has an older brother - Helmut
Foreign city: Barcelona
Fav color: the color of Saruman's robe
Lucky number: 666
Food: The food of soul
Drink: coffee, water and nectars
Interests: architecture, catholic churches, Charles Chaplin, verdana(?!?), exotic instruments, meditation, pyramids and photography
He doesn't like: Cruelty, extreme disliking, aggression, ghosts and other night fears, wicked spirits, envy, modern shopping malls
Idols: Black Sabbath, Ville Valo, Lily Lazer, Suho Superstar
Best song ever: Black Sabbath - "War pigs"
Message: "Be careful with alcohol, sex, drugs and other temptations". 
 
 

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Name: Miko Karppinen
Musical instrument: drums
Born: February 8, 1971, Aquarius
City: Helsinki
Movie: "Scarface"
Number:11
Foreign city: San Francisco
Food: Japanese
Drink: Reamu martini XO
He likes: films
He doesn't like: bad food
Songs: "Hear nothing, see nothing, say nothing" - Discharge
Pets: cats
Color: Jade green
Fav stars: Darius Kasparaitis, Matthew Barnaby
Other: He didn't want to reveal his date of birth...
 
 
 
 

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