Genre(s):
Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
Lyrical Theme(s):
Monsters, Horror Movies, Gore, Demons, Rock/Metal & Other Shit
Origin:
Finland (Tornio [relocated to Espoo])
Formed In:
1992
Status:
Active
Current Line-Up:
Mr. Lordi - Vocals (1991-)
Amen - Guitars (1996-)
OX - Bass (2005-)
The Drummer - Drums (2012-)
Former/Past Member(s):
Gene Stealer - Bass (1996-1999)
Enary - Keyboards (1997-2005) (ex-Deathlike Silence, ex-Children of Bodom (live), ex-Ancient Ceremony, ex-Arthemesia, ex-Grain)
Magnum - Bass (1999-2002) (Naked Idol)
Kita - Drums (2000-2010) (Stala & So.)
Kalma - Bass (2002-2005) (Stala & So)
Lady Awa de Paysant - Keyboards (2005-2012)
Otus - Drums (2010-2012) (R.I.P. 2012) (ex-HateFrame, ex-Kylähullut, ex-Mary-Ann, ex-To/Die/For, ex-Vanguard, ex-Ajattara, ex-Sinergy)
Additional Notes
The band wears monster costumes - during promotional video shoots, they have had to wear their masks for up to 8 hours.
Mr. Lordi was born and grew up in Rovaniemi, north of Finland. However, he founded the band when he was studying in Tornio.
The song "Would You Love a Monsterman?" was a number one hit in Finland.
Lordi won the 2006 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in Athens (Greece) with the song 'Hard Rock Hallelujah'. After the Eurovision contest, a central square in Rovaniemi was renamed Lordi Square.
Shortly after winning the Eurovision Song Contest, Lordi held a concert at Market Square in Helsinki, where 90,000 Fins helped Lordi celebrate their victory by singing along on the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah". This earned them the world record for largest sing-a-long.
Former bassist Kalma still plays live rhythm guitar at some Lordi shows.
"Dark Floors - The Lordi Motion Picture", a horror movie based on ideas of Mr. Lordi and featuring the Lordi band members in supporting roles, was released in 2008. It was directed by Pete Riski and despite being the most expensive film ever produced in Finland until then it was something of a box office flop (though its DVD sales reached gold status).
Lordi recorded an album in 1999 called "Bend Over and Pray the Lord" that was never released due to the record company going out of business.
Mr. Lordi provided guest vocals for the Finnish rock project Judge Bone's Original Monstervision Freakshow.
Birth dates:
Tomi Petteri Putaansuu a.k.a. "Mr. Lordi" (15th February 1974, Rovaniemi, Finland),
Jussi Sydänmaa a.k.a. "Amen" (26th June 1973, Mäntsälä, Finland)
Samer El Nahhal a.k.a. "OX" (11th July 1975, Espoo, Finland)
Leena Maria Peisa a.k.a. "Awa" (16th March 1979, Vantaa, Finland)
Sampsa Astala a.k.a. "Kita" (23rd January 1974, Vantaa, Finland)
Sami Keinänen a.k.a. "G. Stealer" (1973, Rovaniemi, Finland)
Sami Wolking a.k.a. "Magnum" (15th August 1973, Helsinki, Finland)
Niko Hurme a.k.a. "Kalma" (10th November 1974, Karkkila, Finland)
Erna Inari Kaarina Siikavirta a.k.a. "Enary" (8th October 1977, Espoo, Finland)
Bootlegs:
Lordi - Bend Over And Pray The Lord [bootleg] (1997)
Mr. Lordi was born and grew up in Rovaniemi, north of Finland. However, he founded the band when he was studying in Tornio.
The song "Would You Love a Monsterman?" was a number one hit in Finland.
Lordi won the 2006 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in Athens (Greece) with the song 'Hard Rock Hallelujah'. After the Eurovision contest, a central square in Rovaniemi was renamed Lordi Square.
Shortly after winning the Eurovision Song Contest, Lordi held a concert at Market Square in Helsinki, where 90,000 Fins helped Lordi celebrate their victory by singing along on the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah". This earned them the world record for largest sing-a-long.
Former bassist Kalma still plays live rhythm guitar at some Lordi shows.
"Dark Floors - The Lordi Motion Picture", a horror movie based on ideas of Mr. Lordi and featuring the Lordi band members in supporting roles, was released in 2008. It was directed by Pete Riski and despite being the most expensive film ever produced in Finland until then it was something of a box office flop (though its DVD sales reached gold status).
Lordi recorded an album in 1999 called "Bend Over and Pray the Lord" that was never released due to the record company going out of business.
Mr. Lordi provided guest vocals for the Finnish rock project Judge Bone's Original Monstervision Freakshow.
Birth dates:
Tomi Petteri Putaansuu a.k.a. "Mr. Lordi" (15th February 1974, Rovaniemi, Finland),
Jussi Sydänmaa a.k.a. "Amen" (26th June 1973, Mäntsälä, Finland)
Samer El Nahhal a.k.a. "OX" (11th July 1975, Espoo, Finland)
Leena Maria Peisa a.k.a. "Awa" (16th March 1979, Vantaa, Finland)
Sampsa Astala a.k.a. "Kita" (23rd January 1974, Vantaa, Finland)
Sami Keinänen a.k.a. "G. Stealer" (1973, Rovaniemi, Finland)
Sami Wolking a.k.a. "Magnum" (15th August 1973, Helsinki, Finland)
Niko Hurme a.k.a. "Kalma" (10th November 1974, Karkkila, Finland)
Erna Inari Kaarina Siikavirta a.k.a. "Enary" (8th October 1977, Espoo, Finland)
Bootlegs:
Lordi - Bend Over And Pray The Lord [bootleg] (1997)
Discography:
Lordi - Napalm Market [demo] - 1993
Lordi - Would You Love a Monsterman? [single] - 2002
Lordi - Get Heavy [full-length] - 2002
Lordi - Devil is a Loser [single] - 2003
Lordi - My Heaven Is Your Hell [single] - 2004
Lordi - The Monsterican Dream [full-length] - 2004
Lordi - Blood Red Sandman [single] - 2004
Lordi - The Monster Show [best of/compilation] - 2005
Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah [single] - 2006
Lordi - Would You Love a Monsterman? '06 [single] - 2006
Lordi - The Arockalypse [full-length] - 2006
Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah [dvd] - 2006
Lordi - Who's Your Daddy? [single] - 2006
Lordi - Market Square Massacre [dvd] - 2006
Lordi - It Snows in Hell [single] - 2006
Lordi - It Snows in Hell [dvd] - 2006
Lordi - Bringing Back the Balls to Stockholm: The Opening Night [dvd] - 2007
Lordi - They Only Come out at Night [single] - 2007
Lordi - Beast Loose In Paradise [single] - 2008
Lordi - Bite It Like a Bulldog [single] - 2008
Lordi - Deadache [full-length] - 2008
Lordi - Deadache [single] - 2008
Lordi - Zombilation - Greatest cuts [best of/compilation] - 2009
Lordi - This Is Heavy Metal [single] - 2010
Lordi - Babez For Breakfast [full-length] - 2010
Lordi - Scarchives Vol.1 [best of/compilation] - 2012
Lordi - The Riff [single] - 2013
Lordi - To Beast Or Not To Beast [full-length] - 2013
Lordi - Monstereophonic (Theaterror Vs. Demonarchy) [full-length] - 2016
Lordi - Sexorcism [full-length] - 2018
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Official Site:
Lordi Homepage
Lordi @ Myspace
Lordi @ Youtube
Lordi @ Twitter
