Who is the lead vocalist of the Finnish gothic rock band HIM, Ville Valo or James Christian?
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James Christian James Christian is an American musician and songwriter who is perhaps best known for being the frontman of the band House of Lords. He is married to Robin Beck. They married in 1996 and have a daughter named Olivia (born 1997).
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Ville Valo Ville Hermanni Valo (born 22 November 1976) is a Finnish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the lead vocalist and main songwriter of the Finnish gothic rock band HIM. Influenced by the likes of Black Sabbath and Type O Negative, Valo began his career playing bass and drums in various bands around Helsinki, before forming HIM in 1991. The band would go on to become one of the most commercially successful Finnish bands of all time, and the first to receive a gold record in the United States. Valo is also credited as the creator of the heartagram, the trademarked symbol of HIM.
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Lay It All on Me (album) Lay It All on Me is the third solo album by James Christian, released on July 5, 2013.
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Saint James's Church, Stockholm Saint James's Church (Swedish: "Sankt Jacobs kyrka" ) is a church in central Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to apostle Saint James the Greater, patron saint of travellers. It is often mistakenly called "St Jacob's". The confusion arises because Swedish, like many other languages, uses the same name for both "James" and "Jacob".
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Evan K Evan K (born Evangelos Koukoularis on May 27, 1994) is a Greek/German composer and guitarist. He is the lead guitarist of the German Power Metal band Mystic Prophecy and ex-guitarist of the industrial/death metal band Cypecore. Evan K performs also with the female symphonic metal band Exit Eden and is also working as a solo artist and session musician in a wide range of music genres, from Pop to Rock and Metal.
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HIM discography Finnish gothic rock band HIM have released eight studio albums, one live album, eight compilation albums, one EP, twenty-seven singles, three video albums, and twenty-nine music videos. Formed in 1991 by vocalist Ville Valo and bassist Mikko "Mige" Paananen under the name His Infernal Majesty, the band broke up in 1993, but was reformed in 1995 by Valo and guitarist Mikko "Linde" Lindström. After being rejoined by Mige, as well new additions keyboardist Antto Melasniemi, rhythm guitarist Oki and drummer Juhana "Pätkä" Rantala, the band, now called HIM, signed to BMG, and released the EP "" in 1996. The EP charted at number nine on the Finnish Singles Chart, and in 1997, the band, sans Oki, released their debut album "Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666", which was certified gold and later platinum in Finland. In 2000, now with drummer Mika "Gas Lipstick" Karppinen and keyboardist Juska Salminen, the band released the album "Razorblade Romance", which was certified double platinum in Finland, triple gold in Germany and gold in Austria. Its first single, "Join Me in Death", also charted at number-one in Finland and Germany, eventually going platinum in their home country and gold in Germany and Austria. Following the addition of Janne "Burton" Puurtinen on keyboards, HIM released "Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights" and "Love Metal" in 2001 and 2003 respectively. Both were certified platinum in Finland, as well as gold in Austria and Germany respectively.
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Unshine Unshine is a gothic metal, symphonic metal band from Helsinki, Finland.
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Carmen Elise Espenæs Carmen Elise Espænes (born 30 September 1983 in Stavanger, Norway) is a singer/songwriter for the German/Norwegian folk metal band Midnattsol and Norwegian gothic band Savn.
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Christian Liljegren Per Christian Liljegren (born 3 February 1971), is best known as the lead vocalist, and primary lyricist, for the Swedish Christian melodic power metal band, Narnia.
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Ben Varon Ben Varon (born 18 November 1983) is a Finnish guitarist and music maker. He is known as a guitarist of the Finnish metal band Amoral and he is one of its founders.
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Ismo Alanko Ismo Kullervo Alanko (] ) (born November 12, 1960) is a Finnish musician. He is known as the frontman of several bands, most famously Hassisen Kone, Sielun Veljet and Ismo Alanko Säätiö, as well as a successful solo artist.
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St. James's Church, Copenhagen St. James's Church (Danish: Sankt Jakobs Kirke) in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark, was the first church to be built in the district. It was designed by Ludvig Fenger in a Neo-Gothic style and built between 1876 and 1878.
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Elias Viljanen Elias 'E.Vil' Viljanen (born July 8, 1975) is a Finnish musician, known for being the guitarist for Sonata Arctica since 2007. Viljanen joined Sonata Arctica in spring 2007 in order to replace Jani Liimatainen, who left the band in August 2007 to fulfill his civil duties in Finland. The decision was only made official on August 8, 2007, but Elias Viljanen had been known to replace Liimatainen in concerts during the spring and summer tour. Viljanen cites KISS, Metallica, Slayer, and Whitesnake as his musical influences.
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Jim McGinlay James Anthony McGinlay (born 9 March 1949 in Lennoxtown, Scotland) is a Scottish bass guitarist who formed along his elder brother Kevin a hard-rock band called Salvation, in Glasgow, which after numerous line-up changes included Midge Ure, future Ultravox frontman and Live 8 contributor, Billy McIsaac and Kenny Hyslop.
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Christian Jacob (musician) Christian Jacob is a jazz pianist. He has gained widespread exposure as co-leader, arranger and pianist with vocalist Tierney Sutton, although he has also maintained a substantial career as a solo artist and leader.
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James McMurtry James McMurtry (born March 18, 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American rock and folk rock/americana singer, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader, and occasional actor ("Daisy Miller", "Lonesome Dove", and narrator of "Ghost Town: 24 Hours in Terlingua"). He performs with veteran bandmates Daren Hess, Cornbread, and Tim Holt.
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Ville Vallgren Carl Wilhelm "Ville" Vallgren (December 15, 1855 – October 13, 1940) was a Finnish sculptor. His best-known work is the statue of "Havis Amanda" in Helsinki.
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Dead Artist Syndrome Dead Artist Syndrome is a mainstream Christian gothic rock band formed in 1989 in Orange County, California. The group consists of singer-songwriter Brian Healy and a rotating cast of side men. Healy was dubbed the "father of Christian goth" by Rozz Williams, and is an ordained minister. The name of D.A.S. according to Healy is "Dead Artist Syndrome means greater in death than in life, be it James Dean, Van Gogh or Jesus Christ". His debut album "Prints of Darkness" was a notable, groundbreaking release. After several years of inactivity in the late 1990s due to health issues, Healy is active again, having released two albums so far in the 2000s. In 2006, Dead Artist Syndrome was named "Outstanding Orange County Band" by the editors and readers of Rock City News, a Los Angeles local music paper. For several years Healy was privately in poor health his gallbladder exploded while recording vocals resulting in emergency surgery, and a neurological disorder his wife Marie Tullai Healy described as "a combination of Michael J. Fox and the late Foster Brooks everybody thought he was drunk, Brian was falling down he broke his arm, slurring his speech trying to complete his record, next thing we know he's in a wheelchair, finally in 2012 they discovered the cause and he had brain surgery and is 100% back to his old self and had no idea any of this was going on, inside his head everything was fine". Healy himself has said on his Facebook page 'He's back" and is actively recording, producing others and hosting Frontline Records Rewind Broadcast and podcast
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Rozz Williams Rozz Williams (born Roger Alan Painter, November 6, 1963 – April 1, 1998) was an American vocalist and musician most known for his work with the bands Christian Death, Shadow Project (with musician Eva O), and with the industrial project Premature Ejaculation. Christian Death is cited by some as a pioneer of the American gothic rock scene as well as deathrock. Williams was also involved with Daucus Karota, Heltir, and EXP; he also recorded several solo albums.
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Valvomo Valvomo is a band from Helsinki, Finland. They became widely known in the summer of 2006 with their song "Mikä kesä". "Mikä kesä" was one of the most airplayed songs in Finnish summer 2006. Valvomo's debut album "Heitä Ensimmäinen Kivi", was released in August 2006.
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James Mejia (artist) James Mejia is a Toronto-based artist and designer. 2009–present founder and art director of Hand Drawn Dracula. 2001–07 art & design contributor and co-director for the Dependent Music Collective. A graduate of Political Science, Visual Studies and Art History from The University of Toronto.
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Apollo Papathanasio Apostolos "Apollo" Papathanasio (Greek: Aπόστολος Παπαθανασίου or Απόλλωνας Παπαθανασίου ) (born 15 March 1969 in Borås, Sweden) is a Swedish heavy metal vocalist of Greek descent, who is currently with the band Spiritual Beggars. He has also sang for Firewind, Meduza, Evil Masquerade, Gardenian, and Richard Andersson's projects Majestic and Time Requiem.