Aww..
Happy 30th birthday to the all-mighty Mr. Ville Hermanni Valo!
So in honour of all the wonderful music you have given myself and possibly millions of others,
Aww, baby Ville!
Ooh, he's growing up a little; a teenaged Ville.
Ahh, finally, all grown up :D (I think my grandfather had a scarf like that from Kuwait, but that's another story altogether)
I don't know if this pic is older than the one above it, but who cares. HIM in the early days; with no Gas or Burton. This will forever be my favourite pic, it just does something to me every time.
After the release of their first album, Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666, so around 1997..
Huzzah, jumping to '99/'00, after the release of Razorblade Romance, which catapulted HIM into fame blah blah
Basic idea; RR-era = Pretty Ville
Other pics:
http://www.himus.com/gallery/albums/Carrie/ville/146.jpg
http://www.himus.com/gallery/albums/Carrie/ville/113.jpg
http://www.himus.com/gallery/albums/Carrie/ville/134.jpg
Still around 2000/2001. Niiice, no?
A little older, 2001/2002. The hair's getting longer and the vest tops are coming out :D
Ahh. One of my favourites. The Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights-era; AKA the Top Hat/Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell jacket sexxaayyy-era.
Others:
http://www.himus.com/gallery/albums/Carrie/ville/153.jpg
http://www.himus.com/gallery/albums/Carrie/ville/143.jpg
Then.. all the hair went.
Then some of it came back in 2003, under a beanie for the Love Metal days! Possibly my favourite Ville phase. The beanie+tight jeans = love at first site for a little Year 7 11-year-old Asmaa *fans herself*
Then in 2003 some crazy Russian fans stole the beanie, and Ville's head was left naked. Poor thing..
2004. And so Ville's struggle with facial hair begins..
August 2005. With the new album, Dark Light, comes a new Ville look!
Late 2006. The caterpillar's back. And uglier than before.
Yes, I'm aware that I skipped loads, but could you be bothered to make an awesome timeline over a 10 year period, with the most amazing pictures scattered all over the internet, when you have important Chemistry and Biology exams the next day? No. I didn't think so :P
Hope you guys enjoyed it anyway. And thank you to Ville for being my favourite person in the world during my angsty-times when I felt that no-one understood me except for a funny Finnish man who speaks better English than myself. I salute you Mr. Valo, I still think you and your moustache are fantabulous :]