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Translation of an interview (Ville, MTV3 12 September)

MTV3: Would this record had been done if you hadn´t gone to the Promises treatment centre in May?

I don´t know. If there was a duplicate of me, I could have done an anthropological experiment and see...Probably it would have (laughs). Actually the record was already done before that – the booklet only afterwards though. Dunno, I thought it was a good joke and there were nice people who helped me out in my time of need. I also made a few good friends there. It was an interesting experience, let´s put it that way.

Ville: It depends on the person what you can tell them. You can exaggerate things to certain people. If I´m out there and tell wild stories about my doings to boost record sales, it´s not something I have to be ashamed of. But why would I do the same here, to gain a reputation as some sort of wild guy? It wouldn´t be interesting. Besides, I don´t need that kind of reputation, quite the opposite, in fact: I´m a compassionate single man in his 30´s. (smiles)

Ville: You have to keep in mind why you´re doing this. There are classic stories about how rock bands are there for the money, or to get laid, or are using music as a therapeutic way to get rid of their aggressions. But we have grown up with music, it´s the only way of expression that the members of this band have. I´ve played music since I was 7, and back then I didn´t know what beer tastes like and what girls look like nude. We only had a genuine, passionate interest in music, for music´s sake. It aroused emotions that nothing else did for us, just like cars do for Mika Salo.

[After the old Jyrki clip, he´s asked about love... :D]

Ville: There are several ways to put this, but let´s just say: I haven´t gotten laid for about six months. Love is a thing that needs time and unfortunately it´s not a simple equation. And when you stumble across love, you´re at its mercy, not the other way round, so.. my arms are open. I can just wait and see.. I´m in no hurry, I have my guitars, ghost, mouse, an owl to take care of , the whole band – and Seppo Vesterinen. And the lovely ladies at the office.

MTV3: No reason to have a date advert in the paper?

We´ve actually thought to put one on the Internet. Another way to do it is on tour, I could have girls standing in line backstage outside our room. They´d have their CV´s: “My hobbies” etc. (laughs). That would be hilarious! [gets serious again] Now that I don´t hang around in bars any more, I wonder how you meet people. It´s going to be interesting to see.. I don´t meet anybody because I´m always by myself.

Отсюда: http://kezza1970.livejournal.com/

И краткий перевод этого интервью : http://www.iltasanomat.fi/videot/?cat=3&id=1435963&ap=1

The title says that Ville is nervous about how VD will do. According to him, there are 3-4 times more preorders of VD than there were of DL, so things are looking good. Also, next week there aren´t really any releases that compete with VD. He says that the new songs haven´t gotten any airplay yet, but last time it took WOAB about 8 months to get decent airplay, so he´s not worried.

The latter part is about Finnish bands. He was a bit critical about a couple of old and popular Finnish bands and the journalist totally blew it out of proportions and context so that he got a nice headline in the tabloid today. Bah, tabloids! (

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He´s asked if he has time to follow what´s happening on Finnish charts. He mentions Nightwish (I guess because they released a single the same day - 22 August - as HIM and their single went to nr. 1, KOD was only 3rd), but he´s neutral about Nightwish. It´s two bands he mentions, Eppu Normaali and Yö, saying that as great as they have been, they haven´t really any new and exciting material for 20 years or so. And he jokes about how those bands and their fans are kinda old now and use a lot of alcohol, too, so maybe in the near future Nightwish and HIM will dominate the Finnish charts.

And THAT turned into "Ville Valo slags off Eppu Normaali and Yö."

Oh, and about those artists.. He says that James Blunt will also release a record next week, but that doesn´t matter much because he´s of a totally different genre. Those others release their albums either this week or the week after, can´t remember.