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Lordi
Lordi () is a Finnish Rock music, rock band. Formed in 1992 by the band's lead singer, songwriter and costume maker Mr Lordi (Tomi Petteri Putaansuu), Lordi are known for wearing monster masks and using horror elements with pyrotechnics during concerts and music videos. The band rose to fame in 2002 with their hit single "Would You Love a Monsterman?", and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with their song "Hard Rock Hallelujah". Lordi has toured and recorded actively since 2002, and Mr Lordi upgrades the band's costumes and masks for each album. The band has gone through several line-up changes with Mr Lordi being the only consistent member of the band since their foundation. Members of Lordi have stated their desire for their unmasked faces to remain private. However, they have made a number of unmasked appearances in several news outlets. History 1992–2002: Formation Lordi was formed in 1992 as a solo project by Mr Lordi. Lordi's first demo album ''Lordi discography, Nap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mr Lordi
Tomi Petteri Putaansuu (born 15 February 1974), known professionally as Mr Lordi, is a Finnish musician, businessman, make-up artist, special effect make-up artist, songwriter, painter, comics artist and graphic designer. He is best known as the lead vocalist of rock music, rock band Lordi. In the band he is responsible for songwriting and creating all the masks, costumes, graphics and stage props. Mr Lordi has written songs and provided album artwork for bands such as Rotten Sound, Jope Ruonansuu, Domination Black, Grandevils and Agnes Pihlava. He has also had a few art exhibitions in Finland. All publicity photographs of Mr Lordi have his face concealed with his mask and stage makeup. Career Music Before Lordi, Mr Lordi had played in many rock bands from Rovaniemi and was best known as the lead singer for his former band Wanda Whips Wall Street. He founded Lordi as his solo project in 1992, when he was 18 years old. He produced the first demo, ''Napalm Market'', in 1993 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Rock Hallelujah
"Hard Rock Hallelujah" is a song by Finnish rock band Lordi. It in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, held in Athens, resulting in the country's only ever victory in the contest. It reached the 1 spot in Finland and reached the top 10 in eight other European countries. In the United Kingdom, the song peaked at No. 25. Background Selection Between 13 January–10 March 2006, "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi competed in , the national final organised by Yleisradio (Yle) to select its song and performer for the of the Eurovision Song Contest. The song won the national competition, becoming the –and Lordi the performers– for Eurovision. Eurovision On 18 May 2006, the Eurovision Song Contest semi-final was held at the Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, hosted by the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) and broadcast live throughout the continent. As Finland had not finished in the top 10 at the , the song had to compete in the semi-finals. Lordi perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lordi Discography
Lordi is a Finnish rock band formed in 1992 by the band's lead singer, songwriter and costume-designer, Mr Lordi. The band is known for wearing monster masks and using pyrotechnics during concerts. They rose to domestic success in 2002 with their first single, "Would You Love a Monsterman?". The band's eleventh through their seventeenth studio albums were released as part of the box set '' Lordiversity''. Albums Studio albums Compilations Singles *"Would You Love a Monsterman?" (2002) *" Devil Is a Loser" (2003) *"My Heaven Is Your Hell" (2004) *"Blood Red Sandman" (2004) *" Hard Rock Hallelujah" (2006) *" Who's Your Daddy?" (2006) *" It Snows in Hell" (2006) *" They Only Come Out at Night" (2007) *"Beast Loose in Paradise" (2008) *" Bite It Like a Bulldog" (2008) *"Deadache" (2008) *"This Is Heavy Metal" (2010) *" The Riff" (2013) *"Nailed by the Hammer of Frankenstein" (2014) *"Hug You Hardcore" (2016) *"Your Tongue's Got the Cat" (2018) *"Naked in My Cellar" (2018) *"Shake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amen (musician)
Jussi Sydänmaa (born 26 June 1972) is a Finnish guitarist and a former founding member of the rock band Lordi, performing by the stage name of Amen until his departure in May 2022. He graduated as an Information Technology engineer in 2001 and worked on Lordi's website. Sydänmaa plays Schechter guitars (specifically the Solo II Custom and the Hellraiser Solo II). The municipality of Mäntsälä granted Sydänmaa with a statue named "Hard Rock Stone" on 26 June 2006. Sydänmaa has been featured as a special guest on Markus Striegls concert in 2011 and Doro Pesch's concert in 2014. He has also recorded guitar riffs which were used by Ari Pulkkinen to create the soundtrack for the video game '' Shadowgrounds''. His acoustic guitar solos "Amen's Lament to Ra" and "Amen's Lament to Ra ll" were included on Lordi's albums '' Babez for Breakfast'' and '' Scare Force One.'' Biography Jussi Sydänmaa was born on 26 June 1972 in Espoo, Finland, but spent his childhood and youth in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonmi Lillman
Tonmi Lillman (born Tommi Kristian Lillman, 3 June 197314 February 2012) was a Finnish musician, best known as Otus, the former drummer of the Finnish Rock music, rock band Lordi. Lillman died on 14 February 2012 after an illness. Career Lillman's father was a musician, and as a result he grew up surrounded by a large assortment of instruments. Tonmi received his first drum kit at age 9 and started performing live at age 14. Apart from drums and bass guitar, his primary instruments, Tonmi also played the keyboards and guitar. Prior to his death, he was involved in the bands Ajattara, Kylähullut, Vanguard and 3rror (band), 3rror. From his previous bands, he became best known as the drummer of Sinergy, To/Die/For and Lordi. In his professional career Lillman also taught digital recording and drums at Kouvola Musiikkiopisto (Kouvola Conservatoire). He played in numerous folk, dance and pop orchestras, as well as handling the drums on the "Dimebag Beyond Forever 2009" tour alongsid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sampsa Astala
Sampsa Astala, (born 23 January 1974), known by stage names Stala and Kita, is the lead singer of the Finnish glam rock band Stala & SO. and the former and original drummer for the rock band Lordi. His current stage name, Stala, comes from his own surname, Astala. His other stage name, which he used during his time in Lordi and whenever appearing as drummer, Kita, comes from the Finnish word meaning "jaws", "gap", or "maw". Career Sampsa Astala created Stala & SO. as SO, back in 1997. The band recorded a few albums and toured in Finland but Astala didn't have much time for Stala & SO anymore since he joined Lordi in 2000 as drummer. He arranged and performed all backing vocals on the Lordi albums, but could not sing live due to his massive mask. With the band Lordi he went on to win the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. In recognition, the city of Karkkila, where he spent his teenage years, named its youth facilities after him. Despite many critics wrongly accusing Lordi of b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leena Peisa
Leena Maria "Awa" Peisa (born 16 March 1979) is a Finnish keyboard player. Her former bands include Lordi, Punaiset Messiaat and Dolchamar. Currently, she plays in Lordi's ex-drummer's Kita's band "Sampsa Astala & Qma". Biography Leena Maria Peisa was born in Vantaa although she spent her teenage years in Porvoo. She has been playing the piano since she was six years old. She took to playing the synthesizer in her teens. Her first band was Punaiset Messiaat which she joined in autumn 1994. While in Punaiset Messiaat she used the stage name "Lende Mielihyvä". Mielihyvä is the Finnish word for pleasure. After Punaiset Messiaat disbanded in 1998, Peisa concentrated on her education and studied Social Studies at the University of Helsinki. In 2003, she joined the Esperanto band Dolchamar, and in 2005 was invited to join Lordi by drummer Kita to replace the keyboardist Enary. In Lordi, she takes on the persona of an unearthly vampire countess. The name ''Awa'' comes from ''Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rovaniemi
Rovaniemi ( , ; ; ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Lapland (Finland), Lapland. It is located near the Arctic Circle in the northern interior of the country. The population of Rovaniemi is approximately , while the Rovaniemi sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland, and the 12th most populous List of urban areas in Finland by population, urban area in the country. Rovaniemi is the administrative Capital (political), capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland, and its southern part Peräpohjola. The city centre is situated about south of the Arctic Circle and is between the hills of Ounasvaara and Korkalovaara, at the confluence of the river Kemijoki and its tributary, the Ounasjoki. It is the second-largest city of Northern Finland after Oulu, and, together with the capital city Helsinki, it is one of Finland's most significant tourist ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Heavy
''Get Heavy'' is the debut studio album by Finnish rock band Lordi, released in 2002. Although the bass guitarist Kalma appears on the cover artwork, all bass guitars were played by the former bass guitarist Magnum, who left after the recording and before the release of the album. The album is dedicated to Magnum. Track listing All music and lyrics by Mr Lordi. Lyrics on "Monster Monster" were co-written by Tracy Lipp. #"Scarctic Circle Gathering" – 1:02 #"Get Heavy" – 3:01 #" Devil Is a Loser" – 3:29 #"Rock the Hell Outta You" – 3:06 #" Would You Love a Monsterman?" – 3:02 #"Icon of Dominance" – 4:35 #"Not the Nicest Guy" – 3:13 #"Hellbender Turbulence" – 2:46 #"Biomechanic Man" – 3:22 #"Last Kiss Goodbye" – 3:07 #"Dynamite Tonite" – 3:13 #"Monster Monster" – 3:23 #"13" – 1:06 Bonus material "Don't Let My Mother Know" - 3:32 (North American, Japanese and vinyl editions) "Hulking Dynamo" - 3:03 (vinyl edition) Would You Lov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Would You Love A Monsterman?
"Would You Love a Monsterman?" is a song by Finnish rock band Lordi from their album ''Get Heavy''. It was also released as a single. The song reached number one on the Finnish charts in 2002. "Would You Love a Monsterman?" was originally written as "I Would Do It All For You" when Mr Lordi Tomi Petteri Putaansuu (born 15 February 1974), known professionally as Mr Lordi, is a Finnish musician, businessman, make-up artist, special effect make-up artist, songwriter, painter, comics artist and graphic designer. He is best known as the ... wrote and recorded it for the first demo album in 1993. In 2006, the song was re-recorded with keyboardist Awa and bassist OX. This version was released as a limited-print promotional single, as well as a bonus track on the special edition of the 2006 album '' The Arockalypse''. Music video There are two music videos for the song. The first one involves a young girl playing with a very dirty doll in a strange woodland. After several seconds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2006
The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Athens, Greece, following the country's victory at the with the song "My Number One" by Helena Paparizou. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), the contest was held at the O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Olympic Indoor Hall, and consisted of a semi-final on 18 May, and a final on 20 May 2006. Both live shows were presented by the American television personality Maria Menounos and the Greek singer Sakis Rouvaswho had represented . Thirty-seven countries participated in the contest. Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest, Armenia took part for the first time. Meanwhile, Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest, Austria, Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest, Hungary, and Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest, Serbia and Montenegro announced their non-participation in the contest. Serbia and Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
