When Valo cried as an infant his father would play Tapio Rautavaara's "Sininen Uni ('The Blue Dream')" for him, and his mother would take him into her arms and dance.
At this, baby Ville would cease to cry.
Before becoming the lead singer of HIM, he had been in the bands
Eloveena Boys, Aurora, Charlie Parker, Terapia, Winha, Unga
Kaskelottär, Natas, B.L.O.O.D., Kemoterapia and Donits-Osmo. He also
played bass, drums and guitar.
His father Kari was a taxi driver when Ville was born,but later owned
an adult shop.