Interview with Gas Lipstick of HIM 

Awesome, really enjoyed the interview. HIM forever 🖤

Venus Doom rules the universe. I know some people don't like Scream Works, but I think it's one of their best albums. Every song is fantastic

Great interview thank you. Gas is an excellent drummer

Gas always awesome. After Venus Doom, I lost track of the band entirely. I was a fan since the 90s, however, I have only had a chance of seeing them live in the farewell tour. Unfortunately, by that time, their prime was gone, the spark had long been gone as well. The music went into a direction that did not resonate with me, at all. Valo's vocals also started to sound more and more strained. Glad to see all of them are doing well these days. Doing their own thing. I do have to say one thing, listening to VV solo album, you can immediately tell, whether you enjoy the music or not, that the band was so much more than Ville... All of the band members had such a major role in making the music sound the way it did.

& there goes the mystery of how "slippery when dead" could sound both so awesome yet so freakin' weird at times. haha. great interview btw i really enjoyed it.

Had the pleasure to meet Gas in Athens back in 2007 during Venus Doom tour. This interview really earned my utmost respect for him. It is quite evident there is still tension between him and Ville however he is decent and man enough to put that aside and give due respect and wish me well. Such an amazing person Mr Lipstick is! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Dark Light, Screamworks, Love Metal and Venus Doom...my H.I.M. favorites.

Awesome interview. Thanks for posting🖤🖤

Thank you for this

That part you talk about the one note where he hit the ride on play dead always had me puzzled. I always thought he mucked it up haha

15:00 Kevin Shirley

Does anyone know what happened between Gas and Ville?

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An ex bandmate can say something critical about VV if he wants. It wasn't even that bad of a comment. We all need to look in the mirror at times. You guys don't even know what really went on behind closed doors. Maybe VV was being an egotist and he was just done with being controlled by HIM. He explained his heart wasn't in it anymore. Bands grow apart just like marriages and friendships. I know it would be amazing to see them together but they both have great projects going and are happy with that. Listen to the old albums and be content with what they gave us so far. Many lead singers can really grow big heads. And we know its hard for a bunch of male egos to function in a single room.

I will always think HIM as my favorite band and that all the members were masters on their craft. I haven't heard anyone similar to each one of them. I understand why some people might be bothered with what Gas said but I don't think he hates his career with HIM or anything like that. He did praise the band and Ville but it is obvious that through the 20 years they spend together something happened that made them grow apart to the point of no longer talking. Ville on his own has said that he did treat some situations in a way that he regrets and that now he knows he would have done things differently and he too doesn't regret the HIM years. Obviously his sound live will be different with a new band but that doesn't mean that his live shows are not good, quite the opposite they are really good. I do too wish for a reunion 100% and I know that the fanbase would love that and make the tickets disappear faster than we think. But for that to happen, these relationships need to mend. And that will only happen when they decide to. It is sad to think of a lost friendship that went through so many different things together (20 years almost and touring is a lot) but I don't think there is a deep hatred between them as many thing. They are both happy to what they do and that is important. Great interview! Hopefully we will see more HIM member there

So, I have a different take, and it involves the people discussing the interviews on other platforms. It's sad to see that people are ruthless on both ends - Ville's solo project and why HIM disbanded. It's almost like those people cannot accept the fact that certain life events changed them, and the choices they make do not harm anyone, unless it's intentional. There's this unnecessary hyperfixation and hyperanalysis about why Ville is the way he is now, where all the other band members are, and all that other craziness that just gets disgusting at times, because it's more or less breaching those people's personal lives to a point where they start living through them just to discover something hidden. Why do that? There's already enough said out there, why dig for more; plus, those people need to learn that even the biggest bands in the industry out there have scandals, misunderstandings, and disagreements. It's all about compromising, and it's perfectly fine when a band disbands if they cannot compromise entirely. I couldn't be more proud of everyone's choice of path after HIM. It's pretty commendable, especially after they've been doing it for so long before it happened. I want to see them all do their thing and be happy.

No idea what happened behind closed doors and non of my business. I am just gutted that during HIMs last gig in Finland..everyone was there, everyone! Except gas. Even the old drummer and juska, everyone but gas. Felt it was like a almost complete puzzle but with one missing piece. Thought i would get to see gas again when he teamed up with linde in flat earth.. but he left that abruptly also.

As much as I love Ville Valo as an artist I do think we need to remember that he’s capable of making mistakes just like everyone else, even he himself admits as much. I don’t understand why some fans are so overly protective in situations where they don’t even know what happened or what was said. It’s better to remain neutral and let Ville and Gas sort out whatever problems they have on their own rather than speculating and adding more fuel to the fire. Anyways, great interview. I’m glad that Gas is still able to do what he’s passionate about so many years after HIM disbanded.

Holy shit! That’s an awesome interview! Gas is one of my favourite drummers! His playing got amazing on Venus doom and screamworks

Glad to see Gas is still healthy and rockin' as well

Gas rules, glad to see he's doing great.

My respect for H.I.M. has gone through the roof because of their hate of The Beatles. The most over rated crap in the world 🙂

It's good to see and listen to Gas Lipstick again, I always wonder what Mige is doing because he doesn't see himself playing in any band or project, just like Linde we are waiting for an interview with other members please guys

I remember "Jesus Döner" being a funny song by Kyyria. I enjoyed that one. Was always a big HIM fan and glad to see Gas again. Greetings from Germany by the way! 👋

I actually really like Slippery When Dead, but i agree the electronic drums have no feeling/doesn’t sound no where near as good.

Thanks for such a great interview! You asked some really good questions. I love Gas, and Im glad to hear he’s happy doing his thing with The Solitude and so many other projects. He’s been a big influence of mine as a drummer. Will definitely check out your band October Noir! Also, Woods of Ypres would be in my top 10 favorite bands! Ya got good taste in music bro!

Thank you for mentioning Moscow!! Was very interesting to watch! Many things clarified! Greetings from Russia

Speaking of Burton being really quiet, there's an interview with only him, Linde and Migé. That was a really quiet interview. Interesting to see.

"He should maybe look in the mirrow" 😢

Love the interview. I don't find many interviews of Gas so this is a joy to find😊 I always wondered how he played. I love the big bombastic sound

I do love you Gas, but the first HIM drummer, in 1998 was amazing. Can you tell the story of why he was out, and went to To Die For ?

Well done! You have revealed something we always wanted to know. P.S. In Dementia Gas had played with Roope Latvala (ex-guitar player of Children of Bodom).

Gas is amazing drummer and I understand he is sating about trash metal drum. HE DID Him was better.

Amazing interview. Thank you for this.

FYI Gas and Natali are no more together. She has a new man in her life and they became parents of a baby girl few months ago...

Great interview! Gas is a legend.

Thank you for this interview with Gas, I enjoyed it very much🤘❤️

Great interview! Very interesting. Filled in some gaps. Gas is one of my favorite drummers!

This is awesome. Thank you Tyler. And thank you Gas, you are in my top 5 drummers. I started to listening HIM when I was about 17 years old. Now I am almost 40 and you are still and you will be forever in my heart. We ha(d)ve a tons of bands, but you were absolutely unique band. Greetings from Czech Republic.

Dark Light change my light on life when came to like love and shit I mean I was 14 when it came out so it made me feel very sentimental when it came to understanding how to love the girl I had at the time so yea. Best album front to back

Not to anti-toot my own horn, but some years ago I tried to prove something by having this shitty attitude to Gas. He's a really "feet on the ground" dude. I guess this is a bit of an indirect apology. Great interview.

Great interview 👍

Than you, GAS ❤

Dark light was the peak of there greatness. I find that him and ville sober albums were bot as good as previous.

❤ Dear GAS...such a beautiful human!

Venus Doom was a masterpiece from first to last note. Gas, major respect to you man and I follow your work, but if it wasn’t for Ville, you wouldn’t be on the map the way you are. Ville is a visionary, changed my life through his work and will always respect and support him. 🤘🏻

This guy's so good and not for the obvious reasons, he's playing is kind of basic but he somehow fits so well, i like his playing on separate the flesh from the bones as well, solid as a rock!

Wow, this was a great interview, loved the honesty and all the stories told from Mikas' side. Thank you so much for this 🙌

Oh! This is special.

Gas 💄 lipstick o yeahhhhhhh. Good to. See you my friend, it's been a long since the last time that I saw you play with HIM and company.. ✌️✌️

Loved this interview ❤

What an amazing interview, makes you kind of nostalgic. Was obsessed with HIM for the longest time.

Amazing and talented drummer 🤘

Very cool. Love that slippery demo. Ha. I always go back to old music as well. Be cool to see Mige, Burton and it course Lily Lazer. Lioneye's music is good. But yeah, I haven't really seen stuff with Burton. Didn't they do a Xmas record or something?

great interview, thanks for sharing!

What is the name of the band you mentioned at 55:55 please? I couldn't quite catch it. What a great interview, enjoyed listening to your chat, and thanks for sharing all these bands that you like. Can't wait to check them all out, especially Trees of Eternity and Swallow the Sun.

Damn how many times he was yawning, so rude to the interviewer.

He is the best drummer of all time. If you don't know he has a Mario Lemieux "66" tat and has been a great friend for many friends. Reason why I have been a die hard HIM fan for 20 years

Sick interview. Gas is a total dude.

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Wow, to say he isn’t interested in Villes new album is shocking. Considering he was with that band for so long, and ville was the main part of that. He was the mastermind, he was everything. Ville is such a down to earth human being I can’t imagine him being disrespectful in any way to gas..

Gas dissapoints me ...I just gonna say that i love new VV Album Neon Noir and the musicians that are with Ville now are great!, i love when Ville was with Agents and i love HIM, i dont like when musicians talk about other musicians not very nicely...I will keeping supporting Ville Valo forever.

Thank you @The Noir Hour for introducing me to The Solitude and conducting an amazing interview 🔥🔥🔥

Thank you for a very great interview! 🇸🇪

Все очевидно, Вилле можно не петь и просто стоять и ничего не делать, у него харизма и внешность от природы. Людям важна внешность, а потом уже песни и всё остальное. А другим надо играть и причем хорошо, чтобы получить такое же признание. Вало также никогда не отзывался плохо о своих коллегах и друзьях и не выносил это на всеобщее обозрение.

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He seems a bit bitter? Maybe it’s just charisma he’s lacking. Ville oozes charisma and charm and brooding sexuality. Sigh…

Has anyone ever told you that you sound exactly like Danny McBride? Damn near identical!

Damn, Gas Lipstick really hates letting people talk, that was hard to watch.

You should interview all the members

Such an underrated musician! Gas is the man! Such a great drum sound.