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Ville Hermanni Valo (born 22 November 1976) is a Finnish singer, songwriter, artist, and multi instrumentalist. He is the frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM. Valo has a bass-baritone voice type and has maintained a wide vocal range throughout his career. He has received the "Golden God" award in 2004 from the heavy metal magazine Metal Hammer. Valo was ranked number 80 in Hit Parader's 'Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time'. ==Early life and influences== Ville Hermanni Valo was born in the Vallila district of Helsinki. His father, Kari, is Finnish and his mother, Anita, is of Hungarian descent. Soon after his birth, the family moved to the riverside community of Oulunkylä where they lived throughout his teenage years. In 1984 his younger brother and only sibling Jesse was born.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mykickboxing.com/List-of-Male-Kickboxers/jesse-valo.html )〕 In his late teens, he worked at his father's sex shop〔''Kerrang!'' magazine – June 2008〕 and later moved out on his own when he was 18. As a child, Valo was exposed to the songs of popular Finnish performers such as Tapio Rautavaara and Rauli Badding Somerjoki. In various interviews he has cited his favorite artists include King Diamond, Elvis Presley, Neil Young, as well as bands such as Fields of the Nephilim, The Sisters of Mercy, Black Sabbath,〔〔(Black Sabbath – Tribute )〕 Type O Negative,〔 Depeche Mode, Iron Maiden, Kiss, Jim Morrison and The Doors, and The Stooges.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ville Valo Interview Transcribed )〕 Valo is frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM. They became the first and only Finnish rock band to achieve a gold record (more than 500,000 copies) in the United States. Valo was also the drummer for the Daniel Lioneye project which featured HIM's guitarist Linde Lindström on vocals/lead guitar and Migé Amour on bass. In May 2007, Valo checked into Promises Malibu, a California rehabilitation center, to seek treatment for his alcoholism. He currently resides in Helsinki. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ville Valo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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