Q&A Ville Valo, singer of HIM - BIZARRE magazine

A: I've made a deal with myself that i'm going to put all my energy into music, instead of getting fucked up. It was a wise decision, because the album's actually really good, which hopefully means that people will legally download it, so i'll get a shit-ton of money to behave like a rock n' roll bastard in maybe two years time, as opposed to being rock n' roll, making shitty albums and hoping people will buy them.

A: Well, I've only dreamed of it - wet dreams. I can't swim well, so we've got to figure out a way of doing it.

A: They probably stole the idea from us. I'm sure they used prosthetics in their ''Pussy'' video. I worked in my dad's sex shop and i've seen prosthetics - with those fake, monster cocks there's a certain colouration and a straightness. Usually dicks are wobbly, curved and it depends on the amount you masturbate. Mine's all circular, serpentine - it curls around itself!

A: That's like cannibalism. Remember that guy (Bernd Jurgen Brandes) who wanted to be eaten, so a guy cut his cock off, flambèed it and then they ate it together? I'd rather someone suck my cock than watch them eat a replica of it.

A: That's fantastic. I'd prefer that to people jerking off to it! I've never found music to be sexually arousing or give any heightened sense to the experience. I like it when the lights are on and you can see and hear everything.

A: I was laughing about it, because i knew it was going to be called Screamworks and unconsciously i was thinking about it containing a lot of screams. I think it's more about the primal scream of pleasure and and agony, so its function is fairly sexual, but with a devilish smirk. It does have black humour and a lot of sex in it.

A: Well, Well, Well!

HIM - Love Hurts (your throat)

Screamworks: Love In Theory and Practice

Fans of Ville

Valo's curled locks or paranormal romances are going to swoon over this album. Mixing the upbeat passion of Love Metal with the catchiness of Dark Light, their usual pop song structure is made more interesting by musical twists: quick bursts of drum'n'bass, keyboards and even a chant - but electronic closer 'The Foreboding Sense Of Impending Happiness' is the biggest surprise. Ville's gothic poetry is buried in everything, the word 'love' jumping out at every opportunity.Its screams will be in your dreams

Heartbreaks and throataches for the love metallers *** (Eleanor Goodman)

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