Linde Lindström
| Linde Lindström | |
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Lindström performing in 2013
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Mikko Viljami Lindström |
| Also known as | Daniel Lioneye, Lily Lazer |
| Born | 12 August 1976 |
| Origin | Klaukkala, Finland |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar, bass, vocals |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Associated acts | HIM, Daniel Lioneye, WhoCares |
| Website | Official website |
| Notable instruments | |
| Gibson SG | |
Mikko Viljami Lindström (born August 12, 1976), more commonly known as "Linde", is a Finnish musician and songwriter. He is best known as the guitarist of the Finnish rock band HIM. With HIM, Lindström has released eight studio albums, many of which have been certified gold and platinum. Lindström has also released two solo albums, under the pseudonym Daniel Lioneye, as well as collaborated with several other artists in the supergroup WhoCares.
Mikko Viljami Lindström was born on August 12, 1976, in Klaukkala, Finland. Lindström's father was an engineer, while his mother worked Finnair. Lindström also has a younger brother who was born in 1980. At age 10, Lindström received a Landola acoustic guitar for Christmas, and the first song he learned was "Heaven's on Fire" by Kiss. Soon thereafter Lindström began taking guitar lessons.
Lindström met future HIM-bandmate Ville Valo in seventh grade at the Oulunkylä comprehensive school. The two later began playing together in a band called Aurora. As a teenager, Lindström was also arrested twice. The first arrest came when Lindström and a group of friends were charged with theft and breaking-and-entering for breaking the windows of a rehabilitation center for war veterans, and sneaking in to swim in the establishment's pool. At age 15, Lindström was also arrested for driving under the influence. Lindström applied to the Sibelius High School of music and dance, but was rejected, and began attending Käpylä night school. Lindström was permitted not to perform Finland's national military service, as he was deemed "insane, incapable for warfare."
HIM was formed in the early 1990s by Ville Valo and bassist Mikko "Mige" Paananen, under the name His Infernal Majesty. The band however broke-up in 1993, but was reformed in 1995, by Valo and Lindström. Later rejoined by Mige, as well as keyboardist Antto Melasniemi and drummer Juhana "Pätkä" Rantala, the band, now called "HIM", released their debut album Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666 in 1997. In 2000, now with drummer Gas Lipstick and keyboardist Juska Salminen, HIM released Razorblade Romance, which reached number 1 in Finland, Austria and Germany. Its first single, "Join Me in Death", also charted at number 1 in Finland and Germany, eventually going platinum in the former.
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