You Know What I Mean?

It's 6:30 p.m. Finland time and Ville Valo is at his home in Helsinki just after returning from Spain. He's been on a lengthy press tour, but it is nearly over and on October 18th he will begin the HIM Tour in the U.S.

Ville just chatted with Buzznet and told us all about Venus Doom, his family and what inspires him.  He also offered us insight into his celebrity friendships (Kat Von D and Bam -- to name a few).

While his bandmates are avid chess players, Ville's passionate about books.  He's currently reading Rat Scabies and The Holy Grail -- which he referred to as "the punk rock treatment on the DaVinci Code."  Edgar Allan Poe is another one of his favorites to read in his spare time, especially on airplanes. 

When I asked Ville to describe Venus Doom in three-to-five words, he responded, "Love. Metal. Again." Way to be cryptic, Ville! But its always been your enigmatic side that draws us to you so.

He grew up listening to ACDC, Iron Maiden and Peter Steel from Type O Negative, he tells us. He's also been a big fan of Reggae since his teens and has alot of Jamaican idols -- such a fan in fact that at age 14 he started to grow dreadlocks.

Ville's very much a family man and when asked what he misses most when he's away from home, he quickly responded "....my guitar.....my mom, my dad and my little brother." Words of wisdom to all of you from this Rock God, "Keep on reading your books and be nice to your parents!"

For all of you who wear contact lenses, put 'em away and break out your glasses....Ville's likes his girls in frames (wink wink).

Wanna know the way to Ville's heart? Click the "play" button and find out!

 


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Okay, so I know what you are thinking... WHY do I get to have a call with Ville???

Well... I am doing it for all of you and I need your help. Submit your questions you want me to ask Ville and I will try my best to squeeze in as many of your questions as I can.

I will re-cap my interview with Ville right here, so check back tomorrow (9/28) by noon PST and I will post the interview responses here!!  While you are waiting click HERE to put the image below as a tiled background image on your Buzznet profile!!



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OKay so one time I was trying to run a contest and everyone was saying they couldnt submit their journal entries. Its so wrong that I would run a contest and the people trying to get it right and win couldnt even do so.

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BRING ME THE HORIZON has issued the following update:

"BRING ME THE HORIZON regret to announce that the remaining shows from the 17th until the 21st of September will be cancelled and rescheduled for early 2008. Unfortunately this is beyond the bands control — transportation problems — and they are very sorry they have disappointed their fans and supporters. Needless to say, they will be blowing the rooves off places on the 2008 tour."

Good news for those fans that live in Australia, BRING ME THE HORIZON has been added to three dates on Australia's Gigantour featuring MEGADETH, STATIC-X, DEVILDRIVER and LACUNA COIL:

Nov. 13 - Melbourne, Australia @ Festival Hall Nov. 15 - Sydney, Australia @ Luna Park Big Top Nov. 18 - Brisbane, Australia @ Riverstage

If you are devasted about this news and really are urging to see the band --- headover to the Bring Me the Horizon profile, because photos & videos are being posted daily from their day with Buzznet in Hollywood.

Are you ever curious about what one band thinks of another and which bands actually listen and respect eachother? Buzznet wants to know all, so Mike Lewis the rhytm guitarist of Lostprophets shared his opinions based on the 5 questions DJ Rossstar provided him (below). Read through his then share your opinion in the VMAS forum.

1. Do you still think the MTV VMA's are as important to the music world as they used to be?
Answer by Mike Lewis: I dont think MTV or music channels in general are as important these days.. Its almost as if the music video is dead.. All the music channels play now is reality shows. Music television that doesn't play music.. quite the oxymoron!
 
 2. Who are you looking forward to seeing perform this year? Who was your favorite VMA performer of all time?
Answer by Mike Lewis: To be honest i never really watch them and i have no idea whos playing this year.  The whole show is usually just a bunch of people reading autocue very very badly and looking extremely awkward. I enjoyed sarah silverman hosting the movie awards this year, at least she had a personality. Britney when she had the snake was pretty cool, i remember that one..
 
 3. If you could choose the performance line up for the VMAS , who would you choose?
Answer by Mike Lewis: oh god knows...  as long as the black eyed peas or fergie was nowhere near it i'm pretty easy going, then again she might piss her pants again. JT is always fun to watch, and britney would have to be there just to see what the fuck shes gonna do next!
 
 4. Who are you routing for in these categories?
- Category 1: Best New Artist
 Amy Winehouse: "Rehab," "You Know I'm No Good"
Carrie Underwood: "Before He Cheats"
Gym Class Heroes: "Clothes Off," "Cupid's Chokehold/ Breakfast in America"
Lily Allen: "Alfie," "Smile," "LDN"
Peter Bjorn and John: "Young Folks"

Answer by Mike Lewis: I'd back Lily Allen out of that list.. her dad is rad!
 
- Category 2: Best Group
Fall Out Boy: "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race," "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs"
 Gym Class Heroes: "Clothes Off," "Cupid's Chokehold/ Breakfast in America"
Linkin Park: "What I've Done"
Maroon 5: "Makes Me Wonder"
White Stripes: "Icky Thump"
 
 Answer by Mike Lewis: Fall Out Boy cos they’re nice chaps
 
 5. If you were nominated for an MTV VMA, which award would you most
 want to win and who would you thank?
 Answer by Mike Lewis: Best Haircut. My Hairdresser.

DISNEY BAN MACHINE HEAD

Disney have banned the band Machine Head! The band was due to play at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, which is on property owned by Disneyland. The corporation decided 48 hours before the scheduled performance of Machine Head to evaluate the band, and well, the evaluation did not result happily ever after. Live Nation quickly turned around an alternate plan and the band will now be playing at the Glasshouse in Pomona, CA on 9/7/07 to start off the Black Tyranny Tour.

"While the enactment of this new blanket rule applies to all upcoming heavy metal shows at the House Of Blues Anaheim (with some metal bands having been banned from performing on name alone), Machine Head is the first band to actually have tickets go on sale, and remain on sale for 2 months, before intense pressure and vague threats of liability from the Corporation left the promoter with no choice but to remove the show from the venue."

So basically what all of this means is Disney might just reject metal altogether. I personally am curious what questions are asked during this evaluation process and is this going to become a trend in process? Isn't an entertainment venue supposed to cater to the attendees and the music fans?

For Panasonicyouth's opinion on this matter visit here.

A lot of Buzznet members from all over the world are saying goodbye to summer 07' and are prepping themselves for  back to school time. Don't think you are alone walking the intimidating halls of school, because believe it or not someone out there has it worse then you. So stop fearing that you might wear the wrong outfit, you already have failed a quiz, you don't know what to say to your summer crush, your music on your iPod feels outdated, because you have friends right here on Buzznet to confide in.

For information on back to school check out this variety of information & stories and I promise you will not feel alone.
"What the School"
"Top 10 Excuses Not to do Homework"
"School Uniforms- ewww"
"Starting School"
"Favorite Song About School"
"Back to School"

Rolling Stone’s next cover documents the hip-hop story of the year: Kanye West and 50 Cent, whose new albums are coming out on the same date, September 11th.

"My first album was the highest-selling LP of 2003," 50 Cent says, pointing to the fact that 2003's Get Rich or Die Tryin' moved more than 800,000 copies in the four days after it dropped. He goes on to note that his follow-up, The Massacre, was the second-highest-selling album of 2005. "

50 Cent has locked down the G-UNIT following and will always have respect from everyone who has been shot 8 times. Kanye West's new album titled 'Graduation' reaches out to even the most indie listening hipsters, with samples from Daft Punk, P.Y.T, and even a little John Mayer.

It is pretty interesting how having the same release date as an artist that might be considered a competitor can very much effect both the reputation of the artists and the record sales. For Kanye West & 50 Cent I really can not make any predictions on who is going to sell more records, but what I can say is that they both are going to have some serious competition come September 18th, when Chamillionaire shows up with the 'Ultimate Victory.'

WHAT DO YOU THINK?