Ville Valo

Birthday

Nov 22, 1976

Birthplace

Helsinki, Finland

Bio: Lead singer of HIM.Good friend of Bam MargeraHe has a younger brother, Jesse, who is 8 years younger than him.Valo means light in FinnishHis favorite movie is The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).He is half Hungerian on his mother's side.His idols include Clint Eastwood, Gene Simmons and Edgar Allan Poe.Engaged to Jonna Nygren as of 9th of July 2005. The pair have… More Bio: Lead singer of HIM.Good friend of Bam MargeraHe has a younger brother, Jesse, who is 8 years younger than him.Valo means light in FinnishHis favorite movie is The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).He is half Hungerian on his mother's side.His idols include Clint Eastwood, Gene Simmons and Edgar Allan Poe.Engaged to Jonna Nygren as of 9th of July 2005. The pair have since split (March 2006)He is half Finnish and half Hungarian.Duetted with Natalia Avelon for a remake of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood's "Summer Wine" on the soundtrack of Wilde Leben, Das (2007), reaching #2 in the German charts.Before becoming the lead singer of HIM, he had been in the bands Eloveena Boys, Aurora, Charlie Parker, Terapia, Winha, Unga Kaskelottär, Natas, B.L.O.O.D., Kemoterapia and Donits-Osmo. He also played bass, drums and guitar.When Valo cried as an infant his father would play Paratiisi by Rauli Badding Somerjoki, and his mother would take him in her arms and dance. At this, baby Ville would cease to cry.His brother Jesse is a Thai boxer.His father Kari was a taxi driver when Ville was born,but later owned an adult shop.Although suffering from asthma, he smokes about 60 cigarettes a day to keep his husky voice.