Mige (musician)
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Mige performing in 2013
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| Birth name | Mikko Henrik Julius Paananen |
| Also known as | Migé Amour, Michael Eros, MZ |
| Born | 19 December 1974 |
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| Instruments | Bass guitar |
| Associated acts | HIM, Daniel Lioneye |
| Website | heartagram |
Mikko Henrik Julius Paananen (born 19 December 1974), better known as Mige, is a Finnish musician and songwriter, best known as the bassist and founding member of the gothic rock band HIM. The band have released eight studio albums and are one the most commercially successful Finnish bands of all time, with several gold and platinum albums and singles. Mige has also performed and recorded several times with Daniel Lioneye, the side-project of HIM's Linde Lindström, as well as released a solo album in 2010, under the pseudonym MZ.
Mikko Henrik Julius Paananen (better known as Mige) was born on 19 December 1974. His father was an oboist in the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, while his mother was a freelance actor. Paananen also has an older brother, nicknamed "Helmut". The Paananen-family lived in Oulunkylä, Finland, until Mige's parent's divorced when he was 13. Mige then moved to Tuusula with his mother, where he lived until he moved in with a friend in Kallio, while in high school. Mige then later moved to Vallila, where he lived alone for some time.
Mige began playing drums at age 10, before switching to guitar and eventually bass. He was later accepted to the Sibelius High School of music and dance, from where he eventually graduated. Mige's parents initially discouraged their son's intent to pursue a musical career, but eventually warmed-up to the idea. Mige did also attend gardening school, and worked as a gardener for the city of Helsinki.
HIM was formed in the early 1990s by Mige and vocalist Ville Valo, under the name His Infernal Majesty. The band however broke-up, when Mige began his national military service in 1993. His Infernal Majesty was later reformed in 1995, by Valo and guitarist Linde Lindström, who were soon rejoined by Mige. After the additions of 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. Following the addition of Janne "Burton" Puurtinen on keyboards, the band released Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights and Love Metal in 2001 and 2003, respectively. Both cracked the top ten in several countries, and became the band's first albums to chart in the United Kingdom and the United States.
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