Ville Valo height 6 ft 1 in Ville weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
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Ville Valo Net Worth, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday, Wiki!
| Height | 6 ft 1 in |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
A few months after Ville was born, his family moved from Vallila to Oulunkylä, where he attended comprehensive school. Valo was first introduced to music through his father, who would often listen to a variety Finnish folk artists, such as Tuomari Nurmio and Tapio Rautavaara. At the age of eight, Valo bought the album Animalize by Kiss, which sparked his interest in music. After second grade, Valo was accepted to music class, where he took up playing the bass guitar, inspired by Gene Simmons. It was during this time that he met fellow bassist and future bandmate Mikko “Mige” Paananen. While still in school, Valo formed his first band called B.L.O.O.D., which played its first and only show in front of the music class. Around the age of ten, Valo joined the Eloveena Boys, for which he wrote his first song. In seventh grade, Valo met guitarist Mikko “Linde” Lindström and the two began playing together in Aurora, with Valo on the drums. During his time in Aurora, Valo also played bass and drums in various other bands and attended the Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory. He also applied to the Sibelius Upper Secondary School of music and dance, but was rejected, and eventually dropped out of school altogether to concentrate on his music. From 1992 to 1993, Valo played bass in the Donits-Osmo Experience. Valo was permitted not to perform Finland’s national military service, due to his asthma.
Much of HIM’s success has been attributed to Valo’s songwriting ability, as well as his image and charisma. In 2004, Metal Hammer magazine described Valo as one of the few new “rockstars” in music, stating: “HIM were like no other band. They had a special something, but more importantly they had a special someone. Ville shone like a star with his blend of Mick Jagger posturing and Brandon Lee’s dark charms in The Crow”. Helsingin Sanomat described Valo’s image as utilizing “the tried and true James Dean formula, where sensitivity and edginess combined.” Valo possesses a baritone voice type with a five octave range, and was found by VVN Music to possess the eight-highest vocal range of any known singer in popular music. Valo was ranked number 80 in Hit Parader’ s Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time. Loudwire ranked him as the fourteenth greatest metal frontman of the 21st century, stating: “His baritone voice is undeniably gorgeous, his vampiric charisma is almost hypnotic, male fans desperately attempt to emulate him and female fans scream ballistically as if he was the second coming of Elvis.” In 2004 and 2005, Valo was awarded the Golden God Award and the Icon Award, respectively, at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards. In 2004, Kerrang! magazine named him the biggest sex symbol in the world, and in 2011, Valo was voted the “Hottest Dude In Hard Rock And Metal” by the readers of Revolver magazine. In 2018, Valo was voted “Finland’s Hottest Guy” in a poll by MTV. Regarding these accolades, Valo has stated: “To be honest, I don’t know what a sex symbol is. Compliments are nice, but I’ve always liked compliments on the music more.”
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