Mr Lordi | |
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Mr Lordi on stage during Lordi's concert in 2013.
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Background information | |
Birth name | Tomi Petteri Putaansuu |
Also known as | Mr Lordi Hulk from Hell Biomechanic Man Mr L |
Born |
Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland |
15 February 1974
Genres | Heavy metal, power metal, hard rock |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, painter, special effects make-up artist, actor, comics artist, graphic designer |
Instruments | Vocals, guitar, drums |
Years active | 1987–present |
Associated acts | Lordi, Wanda Whips Wall Street, Double Beat Und Bodys, Aliens, Holy Shit, Metalox |
Tomi Petteri Putaansuu (born 15 February 1974) is a Finnish musician, businessman, special effect make-up artist, songwriter, actor, painter, comics artist and graphic designer. He is best known by his stage name Mr Lordi a.k.a. Mr L.
Mr Lordi is best known as the lead vocalist in the heavy metal/hard rock band Lordi. In the band he is responsible for songwriting and creating all the masks, costumes, graphics and stage props.
Mr Lordi has written songs and painted cover artworks for many bands and artists like Rotten Sound, Jope Ruonansuu, Domination Black, Grandevils and Agnes Pihlava. He has also had a few art exhibitions in Finland.
All publicity photographs of Mr Lordi have his face concealed with his mask and stage makeup. However, many tabloids have published fake photos of his unmasked face. A real published photograph of his unmasked face was taken in the early 1990s, as the chairman of Kiss Army Finland.
Before Lordi, Mr L had played in many rock bands from Rovaniemi, best known as the lead singer for his former band Wanda Whips Wall Street. He founded Lordi as his solo project in 1992, when he was 18 years old. He produced the first demo, Napalm Market, in 1993. Mr L described Lordi's desired sound as "a song made by Kiss back in 1983, covered by Pantera in 1992 and remixed by Puff Daddy". Lordi became a band four years later when Mr Lordi met Lordi's original line-up during a Finnish Kiss cruise, organised by himself as a president of Kiss Army Finland.