BIO.

Mikko Viljami Lindström, better known as Linde Lindström, is the current guitarist in the Finnish rock band, HIM.

He was born 12th August, 1976, Klaukkala, Nurmijärvi, Finland. Linde's father worked as engineer and mother worked in Finnair (Finnish airline-company) when he was child.

His father was a big fan of Elvis. The music of Elvis, in turn, influenced little Linde.

At the age of 10, his parents gave him his first guitar- an acoustic mini Landola, as a Christmas gift. The first song he learned to play on his guitar was ‘Heavens on Fire’ by Kiss. Kiss were one of his first main musical interests.

Soon Linde started guitar lessons & his parents recognised his musical talent, and supported his playing. Linde joined the same school as Ville after comprehensive school, and unlike Ville remained there for two more years.

Linde has been a member of several bands. The main one - Aurora, in the late 1980’s, where Linde played guitar. The band itself played their own songs, and were generally quite offensive.

FACTS

NAME: Mikko Viljami Lindström.

NICKS: Linde, Lily Lazer, Daniel Lioneye.

BIRTHPLACE: Klaukkala, Nurmijärvi
BIRTHTIME: 12th August, 1976

SIGN: Leo.

EYES COLOUR: Blue.

HAIR COLOUR: Blonde.

IDOLS: Jimi Hendrix, Iggy Pop, Steve Vai, John Lee Hooker, Tony Iommi, Philip McClean, and Elvis Presley.

ROLE OF THE BAND: Guitarist

LINDE'S INSTRUMENT:
Guitar: Gibson SG
Amplifiers: Laney VH100R
Loudspeakers: Laney 4x12"
Pedals: a lot of different fuzz/wah/tremolo/octave etc.
Ear monitors

ALSO CAN PLAY: bass, kantele, sing (Daniel Lioneye)
(*Kantele is a Finnish instrument with strings, played horizontally. Traditional kantele has 5 strings and it's made from one piece of wood. There are also different variations for the amount of strings, the biggest instrument containing 40 strings.)

BANDS BEFORE HIM: Blood - Guitar 1986 - 1989

Kemoterapia -Guitar 1989 - 199?

SIDE PROJECTS: Daniel Lioneye - Vocals, Guitar (2001)

Aurora - Guitar

MORE

More info.

In the studio, Linde primarily uses Gibson SGs, and uses them exclusively live. For the recording of 'Venus Doom', Linde also used baritone guitars by ESP and Danelectro, as well as a Fender Telecaster for some solos. He has used Gibson Les Pauls, Fender Stratocasters, and a Gretsch Chet Atkins model for his clean sounds.

Early in his career, he was known to play a Jackson Soloist and a Gibson Flying V with a Bigsby tremolo.

One guitar that Linde owns is a Gibson Flying V that used to belong to Andy McCoy.

Lindström means "linden stream," and is derived from the Swedish words lind meaning "linden (lime) tree," and ström which means "stream".

Quotes

"What A Fuck!"
-comment about the whole circus after the 'Join Me' release, German magazine RockHard 01/2000

"I'm a sensitive man, I have to be treated gently"

Links

Linde Bebo Group