历史

Lordi(成员 发展历史 成就)

历史(Formation (1996–2002) Get Heavy(2002–2003) Popularity waning (2004–2005) Eurovision Song Contest victory The Arockalypse(2006–2008) Deadache(2008–2009) Current situation (2009–present))

早期队员

乐队现在成员

专辑

单曲和EP

历史

乐队现在成员

Lordi

成员

主唱 - Lordi

吉他 - Amen

贝斯 - Ox\\

键盘 - Awa

鼓手 - Kita

（鼓手Kita于2010年10月4日宣布离开LORDI.)

发展历史

2006年5月20日，芬兰重金属摇滚乐队洛尔迪在希腊首都雅典举行的2006雅典欧洲电视歌曲大赛上击败所有对手，捧走最高奖项，并为芬兰夺得了 2007年欧洲电视歌曲大赛的主办权。欧洲电视歌曲大赛是欧洲广播电视联盟组织、由主办方国家电视台承办的一项重大艺术类赛事。这项赛事已有51年的历史，并成为全世界收视率最高的文艺类电视节目之一。这个现场是在他们得奖后26号在芬兰本土开的一个现场,当时有8-9万名来自芬兰本地的歌迷到达现场,Lordi演唱了他们至今最为出名的几首歌曲。

经过40年的努力，芬兰终于在比赛中获胜。Lordi乐队以其反传统单曲《重金属哈利路亚》（Hard Rock Hallelujah），震撼并愉悦了观众，赢得了该赛事的历史最好成绩——292分，且高出亚军俄罗斯40分。

芬兰总统Tarja Halonen向粘着魔鬼面具的Lordi乐队发去贺电；芬兰文化部长Tanja Karpela说，Lordi的胜利表明芬兰的音乐在国外也是能够成功的。有官员表示，明年芬兰作为东道主将会上演最好的比赛。芬兰国家广播公司YLE运营总裁Mikael Jungner说道，这件事就好像芬兰中了头彩。

5月21日，虽然有雨，赫尔辛基的大街小巷仍然挤满了为Lordi庆祝的人群，大家挥舞着芬兰国旗，大声唱着Lordi的歌；汽车行驶在湿漉漉的街道上，一路鸣笛。

成就

芬兰是个比较内敛的国家，2006年3月以来，当Lordi赢得芬兰参赛的入场券时，许多芬兰人还担心这样的乐队会破坏国家的声誉呢。作为音乐大师西贝柳斯故乡的芬兰，除去几位歌剧表演者和作曲家之外，几乎没有在国际大赛上获得过成功。芬兰在欧洲电视网歌曲大赛中一度没有成绩，甚至两次因担心成为倒数第一而退出比赛。

终于，这支乐队向为其投票的观众致意，主唱将手中的双头斧高高举起，他们的表演灵感来自20世纪70年代的摇滚乐队Kiss。主唱Tomi在一个新闻发布会上说道，他们的成功证明除流行音乐与摇滚乐之外，还有不同的音乐形式，那才应该是欧洲电视网比赛的目的。

欧洲电视网歌曲大赛以往的获胜者虽已星光黯淡，不过大赛却曾为一众明星奠定了辉煌事业的基础，其中包括Abba乐队和席琳迪翁等等。

芬兰北部城市罗凡涅米将在2006年6月9日对Lordi乐队进行嘉奖庆典。Lordi主唱Tomi Putaansuu正是罗凡涅米人，他将获得一块私人领地；乐队其他成员则将成为该市的荣誉市民，包括来自万塔市（Vantaa）的鼓手Kita，波尔沃的键盘手Awa，艾斯堡的贝司手Ox 和曼撒拉（Mäntsälä）的吉他手Amen。罗凡涅米中心的Sampo广场也将正式更名为Lordi广场。庆典连接着当日晚间的音乐会，这也是乐队环球之旅的开球仪式。此外，罗凡涅米市还向芬兰国家广播公司YLE表示，该市已为主办2007年欧洲电视网歌曲大赛做好准备。

历史

Formation (1996–2002)

Lordi was formed in 1996 after Tomi Putaansuu (Mr. Lordi), Jussi Sydänmaa (Amen) and Sami Keinänen (G-stealer) met in Stockholm, where they had gone to see Kissperform. Inspired by Kiss, their vision was to perform with spectacular pyrotechnics and monster masks. In 1997 Erna Siikavirta (Enary) joined the band onkeyboard.

In 1999, the group recorded their first album, Bend Over And Pray The Lord. Tiainen, the owner of their record company, had originally planned to publish the album; however, the company did not have sufficient resources to market it. Tiainen recommended Lordi to the record label Kimmo Hirvonen's Records, owned by Anaconda. The album was never released because Anaconda Records went bankrupt shortly before the planned release date. The band never performed with the original line-up, though they had been promised a record release gig in 1999. During the same year G-Stealer left the band because of work commitments and was replaced by Sami Wolking(Magnum), whom Mr. Lordi had met via Kiss Army Finland. In 2000, drummer Sampsa Astala (Kita) joined Lordi—the band had originally planned to use MIDI drum tracks in place of a real drummer.

Get Heavy(2002–2003)

After several failed attempts at obtaining a recording contract, Lordi signed a record deal with Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) Finland in 2002. In July, the band released their first single, "Would You Love A Monsterman?", which rose to number one and spawned a music video. During the summer the band went under the auspices of producer TT Oksala's Finnvox Studios to record their first album, though debut recording ran into several problems.

In autumn 2002, bassist Magnum left the band for personal reasons and was replaced by Niko Hurme (Kalma). Though Lordi's debut album had already been recorded when Kalma joined, he appeared in the album art and the composition of the accounts. Their debut album Get Heavy was released in November, with a cover design loosely based on Kiss's Love Gun album. The original first sketch of the cover was based on Kiss's Destroyer album. The album won the 2003 Emma award for best domestic hard rock or heavy metal album, and Get Heavy has sold more than 67,000 copies. It was certified platinum in Finland in 2003 and multi-platinum in 2006.

Lordi played their first gig on 8 December 2002, in Helsinki at the Nosturi Club. In 2003, Lordi appeared at several music events in Finland and abroad, especially in Germany, where they played as a part of the Wacken Road Show. During some of the Germany tour, Lordi played as Nightwish's warm-up act. The tour boosted both bands' popularity in Germany and helped them sign a recording contract with the German record company Drakkar. Nightwish had already achieved solid success of joint concerts in Germany and Lordi also raised their profile in Germany.

Popularity waning (2004–2005)

At the beginning of 2004, Lordi began recording their next studio album. This time the album was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa, with whom the band got along well. This second album was first released on 14 April 2004 as The Monsterican Dream. Two songs from the album, "My Heaven Is Your Hell" and "Blood Red Sandman", have since been released as singles. Corresponding with the release of the album, the band's costumes and image were also reformed. The special edition of the album also contained a DVD of the band's own short film, The Kin. The film, despite the success of the album it was attached to, has been poorly received. The Monsterican Dreamwent gold in 2006, and platinum in 2007; the album has now sold about 33,000 copies.

In February 2005, The Monster Show, a compilation album, was released by Sanctuary Records. Sanctuary had originally intended to market a collection of records in the United States, but these plans were halted due to financial problems. Sanctuary, however, published a compilation album in the UK. In Finland, a collection was published by Sony BMG.

The idea of The Monster Show disc collection has its roots in spring 2004, around the release of The Monsterican Dream album. Tomi Putaansuu, while interviewing the band Kiss for Inferno magazine, gave the band's lead singer, Gene Simmons, a copy of Lordi's debut album, Get Heavy (2002). Later, Simmons' assistant announced that Simmons would be willing to publish Lordi's albums in the United States., but if the band would like to share sales revenue, it would be better to publish with Sanctuary Records. Sanctuary did not want to publish either of the studio albums individually, and instead preferred a compilation of the best songs. Thus, songs were picked from Get Heavy and The Monsterican Dream, and collected in the compilation album The Monster Show. The collection was published in the spring of 2005 during the European Monstour.

Meanwhile, the internal atmosphere of the band increased in intensity and led to a dispute between members. Later that year, bassist Kalma wanted to resign because of family and financial problems. Tomi Putaansuu, trying to persuade Kalma to stay, suggested that he just play the biggest tours and other contractually obligated performances. Kalma, however, did not relent, because he wanted to be involved with the band either in full or not at all. Kalma did, however, play the bass units for the future The Arockalypse album. Kalma left the band just before Lordi entered the Eurovision Song Contest qualifier.

Two new members joined the band, keyboardist Leena Peisa and bassist Samer el Nahhal. Their former keyboardist, Enary, left to play for Children of Bodom. This change in members spawned more alterations to the band's costumes. "Awa monster costume presented at age 26 were killed young lady, who had risen from the dead. "OX's name was originally conceived el Nahhal real first name, Samer. Since Samer is an Egyptian name, Putaansuu reached the conclusion that sounds ridiculous, as if the Egyptian hard rock band would affect a member named "Tapani". The name "OX" refers to the bull, so el Nahhal monster character was created a hybrid of man and bull.

Eurovision Song Contest victory

On 20 May 2006, Lordi made history by winning the Eurovision Song Contest held in Athens with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah", becoming the first Finnish group to win the contest. The song scored 292 points, which was an all-time points record until Alexander Rybak broke it in the 2009 contest with 387 points. Only three countries - Armenia, Albania and Monaco - did not give a single point to Finland. Eight countries gave Finland a full 12 points. Lordi was also a semi-final number one and even got 292 points, which was historic, as they were the first competitors to win both the semifinals and the finals. Pasi Rantanen from the bandThunderstone performed backing vocals for the performance, wearing a Gene Simmons Kiss mask.

The Arockalypse(2006–2008)

Lordi opened the fall of 2006 Bringing Back the Balls to Europe tour; the concert DVD was released in February 2007 as Bringing Back the Balls to Stockholm 2006. The tour ended with a surprise: during the last gig in London, 31 October, the band's former bassist, Niko Hurme, was on stage.

In November 2006, Lordi headlined the MTV Europe Music Awards, and Mr. Lordi presented the "Best Rock" award. Around the same time, Bill Aucoin, best known as the original manager of Kiss, became Lordi's manager.

In spring 2007, Lordi created the Bringing Back the Balls tour, which toured in Japan and the Baltic countries. In May, the band was involved in the Helsinki Eurovision song contest and opened the competition with their winning song "Hard Rock Hallelujah".

In early summer 2007 in Oulu, the members of Lordi participated in filming of the horror film Dark Floors, which premiered on 8 February 2008. In July 2007, Lordi toured North America with the Ozzfest festival.

After the Ozzfest tour ended in late August, Lordi went on a short break. In September, it was announced that the band would go on a new tour of the U.S. beginning on 12 October 2007, as the opening act for Type O Negative. The tour ended on 31 October 2007. During the tour, the band's tour staff was subjected to violence, as the band's tour manager Rikk Scholvinck and the security men were shot at by unknown assailants during a concert. The shooters fled the scene with a stolen car before the police arrived. At the end of the tour the band returned to Finland to record the theme song for Dark Floors.

Deadache(2008–2009)

Lordi began recording their fourth album in the spring of 2008 and the album was released on 29 October 2008. The album, Deadache, was produced by Nino Laurenne. The release spurred yet another change in the band's costumes. The album was similar in style to its predecessors, melodic hard rock and heavy metal, though with morekauhutematiikkaa. Prior to the completion of the disc, it was revealed that it featured more piano solos than its predecessors, and that the recital "Missing Miss Charlene" featured a child singing. The album's first single was called "Bite It Like a Bulldog", and it was published on 3 September 2008.

Lordi announced before the release of the album that Deadache would be marketed internationally, like its immediate predecessor. "It goes without saying that the song contest edellislevyn distorted the situation, and this can not be sold in any case, the same number in Europe or, especially in Finland. We know that Finland is likely to disc stamped with the flop, even if it would sell double platinum, it does not sell 100 000 copies," Putaansuu Evening newspaper said in August 2008.

Shortly after the publication of Deadache Lordi made a tour of the United States in November in conjunction with Lizzy Borden. Lordi performed "Bite It Like A Bulldog" on the NBC show Late Night With Conan O'Brien on 6 November 2008.

Current situation (2009–present)

The first single, called This is Heavy Metal, from the forthcoming album, Babez For Breakfast, is expected to be released in August 2010, with a tentative release for the album in September. Putaansuu, spent a week in Los Angeles with Jeremy Rubolino and former Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick writing two new tracks, "Cut Off My Head" and "Call Off The Wedding". Michael Wagener will be the producer for Lordi's fifth album. Pre-production is currently underway and the recording sessions are scheduled to begin during February 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee. In March 2010 Mark Slaughter and Bruce Kulick played in a part of their new song.

早期队员

G-Stealer (Sami Keinänen) - bass guitar (1996-1999)

Magnum (Sami Wolking) - bass guitar (1999-2002)

Kalma (Niko Hurme) - bass guitar (2002-2005)

Enary (Erna Siikavirta) - keyboard (1997-2005)

乐队现在成员

Mr. Lordi (Tomi Putaansuu) - vocals (1996-)

Amen (Jussi Sydänmaa) - guitar (1996-)

OX (Samer el Nahhal) - bass guitar (2005-)

Awa (Leena Peisa) - keyboard (2005-)

Kita (Sampsa Astala) - drums (2000-)

专辑

Get Heavy (2002)

The Monsterican Dream (2004)

The Monster Show (2005)

The Arockalypse (2006)

Deadache (2008)

Zombilation – The Greatest Cuts (2009)

Babez For Breakfast (2010)

单曲和EP

Would You Love a Monsterman? (2002)

Devil is a Loser (2003)

Blood Red Sandman (2004)

My Heaven is Your Hell (2004)

Hard Rock Hallelujah (2006)

Would You Love a Monsterman? 2006 (2006)

It Snows in Hell (2006)

Who's Your Daddy? (2006)

They only come out at night (2007)

Beast Loose in Paradise (2008)

Bite it Like a Bulldog (2008)

Deadache (2008)

This Is Heavy Metal (2010)