FINALLY. Unfortunately, their lead singer, Mr. Lordi, also claims to have "come up with the concept ten years ago," failing to note, once again, that GWAR came up with it -- and did a much better job of ot -- twenty years ago.
Mr. Lordi said:
We can sell out stadiums by ourselves in Finland, but now we're playing as part of the Ozzfest, and it's been great. We have to work very hard to win over the people who have never heard of us before, and we really love the challenge. We play before 10,000 people, and maybe 9,000 of them hate us, but there's still 1,000 who didn't, and we'll just build from there.
I strongly suspect 1,000 is a rather grand overstatement.
As for his whole "creation," he said:
It's weird, but I came up with the concept for this band - the look and the music -10 years ago, and nobody wanted it. Some record companies said they liked the music, but the look was too dark. Others said they liked the look, but they didn't like the music and hated the singer. Well, I'm a pretty stubborn guy; it's my way or the highway, so I told them both no deal. Who's laughing now?
Again, seriously, can someone please call them on this crap? Admit it -- you saw GWAR and said, "that's a cool idea, we should do that." Omitted the blood and omitted the actual rock -- because let's face it, "Hard Rock Hallelujah" is a joke.
I hope GWAR kicks their asses some day.
