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"Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried, and if you want I'll try to love again...the first cut is the deepest... I know..."

Buddha cognac, Michael Eros...

These names are other nicknames of the band members, theyīre not used oficially.

Buddha Cognac: Gas
Michael Eros: Migé (also Michael Erosina, Michael Fors)
"The new guy": Burton
Daniel Lioneye: Lily (also Danny)

The booklet of the new album also lists some more names, which can be assigned to the members like this if reading the whole text around it:


Don Vitto: probably Ville (Vitto= finn. "idiot", "a**" or even worse ;)
S. Ieni: probably Migé
Elvis: probably Lily (because of the voice)

Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell

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Ville wore a coat on which this sentence was written among many others. Itīs the title of a song and an album of Iggy Pop and his band Iggy and the Stooges. This quotation can also be found on a picture of David Bowie named "Mask", but this wonīt be the reason for Ville writing it on his coat, cause heīs a fan of Iggy Pop.






Youīll find the lyrics here.
  1. Radio advert for live show/Head on
  2. Death trip
  3. I got a right
  4. Hard on beat
  5. Cock in my pocket
  6. Rubber legs
  7. Johanna
  8. Pin point eyes
  9. Open up and bleed
  10. Raw power
  11. Tight pants
  12. Scene of the crime



Poem said at the Comet 2001

irony in place of balls
balls in place of brains
brains in place of soul
where is the soul?
where is the love?
where am i?


Ville said this at the show of the Comet 2001 to the audience, after HIM got the price for "Viva2 Viewers Choice". They got the price from Iggy Pop, and those lines are from his song "Mask". HIM covered the song on a concert of their Germany-tour 2001. They admire him (s.a., "In Iggy we trust" in the booklet of the new album) and attracked attention by many acts of admiration.



Ville gave this as answer in an interview when he was asked, what he likes about him and what not. It alarmed some fans, but thereīs a simple explanation: the sentence is also the title of a song by Nirvana, that Ville quoted. He is not that discontent with himself and wants to die.

Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights"
"Razorblade Romance"
"Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666"

The idea of the album titles is, to build up a contrast and form something like a Yin and Yang, two opposites that somehow belong together. The first album shows the contrast of Love (Greatest Lovesongs) and Evil (Vol. 666), the second one Love (Romance) and Pain/Suffering (Razorblade) and the third one Light (Brilliant Highlights) and Darkness (Deep Shadows).

This name is another possibility to write out the abbrevation "H.I.M.". It was invented by the band, but propably not because of many icehockey-fans in the band. ;) "His Infernal Majesty" as right version was often misinterpreted and combined with Satan-worshipping, thatīs why this funnier version was used as answer to the question, what the name "H.I.M." means, and it also was good for fooling moderators (e.g. at MTV Select).

Nickname for "Join me [in death]", used band-internal. I donīt know the reason for this name, but Ville often said, that the success of Join me has surprised him and that he doesnīt think itīs one of his best songs. He thinks itīs strange and funny, that just this song has caused such popularity in the Pop-biz.

Original name of "Death is in love with us". The song is just as "Heaven Tonight" an exception on Razorblade Romance. Itīs short and rough and reminds of the first album. To emphasize this similar sound, the "666" was used again like it often was on the first album, but not on the second. Later they found another name for the song.




("Heaven Tonight" was the last song that was written for RR, so it sounds more like those from the third album.)

Added to the song "The 9th circle", it means "One Last Time". Both songs have almost the same lyrics and only differ in the arrangements. "The 9th circle" is just another version of the song and is not on the normal, but only on the limited edition of the album.

Heartagram

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Ville invented this symbol, itīs a mix of a heart and a pentagram, standing for Love and Evil. It combines two contrasts, just as the album titles do (s.a.). It has been the symbol for the band since the first album and itīs used very often. Ville wears it as tattoo on his neck, Migé has it on his left upper arm and Gas on his left calf.

Symbol from "DS&BH"

   

This symbol can be found on "Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights" and on "In joy and sorrow", it means "fire". It seems to replace the heartagram at least for a while, cause the heartagram canīt be found on the new album (at least not on the limited edition). Ville wears the symbol as tattoo on his left calf.