| translated by Maiju Page 162 -To tell you the truth I was completely tired/through. In Hamburg (2000) I almost fell down from the stage. After gig I lied in my hotel room like a completely dead mass, Ville says. -In that time band’s guys were ill at each other, but we had to play gigs. Migé was really ill for a month. […] Tiina Vuorinen remembers well how stressed HIM were right at the time of this gig in Hamburg, at the end of March. There was supposed to make gold the record’s party to the band and Tiina flown to the city to be at the party. -It wasn’t party at all, Tiina tells. -People were tearing band all the time. Cameras were already filming at the breakfast and microphones were almost on the plate and ass and everywhere. Then I realised, that everyone was feeling really bad. I puked almost when I saw how bad they were feeling. I said to Seppo: “Now calm down, otherwise it will go over.” At that time there could be 10 interviews before gig and 5 minutes time to change clothes. Of course nerves were burning! -I didn’t realise myself how close to end I was, Ville confesses. -Tiina opened eyes when she said, “Do something” to the guys. -It was Dredsen or Chemniz where was a really high hotel and we were in the 13th floor. I got completely insane and was about to jump out of the balcony. Linde and Silke ripped me to the safe. The hotel’s staff came to annoy me and I was close to hit hotel’s boss. […] Page 163 […] In Linz there was one change of the tour. Ville suddenly threw his bad working ear monitor away and sang that gig completely shitty. When he went to the backstage, he started to throw bottles and at the end Ville & Migé were lying on the floor, which was full of pieces of glass. Ville sang Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” song and suddenly Migé realised that the end of band was close. […] Relationships inside the band were really bad and those days Ville was giving dismissals to Gas many times. Page 164 -I was in a really bad mood at the end of Germany’s tour and thought “tomorrow I will go or otherwise I will kill someone”. But somehow situation got better, Kaasu says. -Few times I was really close to hit Ville. Luckily I didn’t do that. There wouldn’t be any return. It’s the same like you hit your brother if you hit your band mate. After Linz’s chaos Ville stopped celebrating totally for couple of weeks. And slowly situation got better. Now gigs in Germany went well and audience loved HIM. When the band toured Germany the last time the fans were typical rock people. Now also teenagers had found the group, which was because of the success of Join Me In Death. […] |