What does HIM stand for?
- Ville'
s comments on this issue (from Soundi 6-7/2001):
Well, sometimes I wish that we’d picked other name for the band than HIM. The name constantly pisses me off. It’
s utterly terrible! HIM! The upside is that it doesn’t actually mean anything, there are just three letters which are pronounced similarily in basically every language. It’
s practical.
In almost every interview someone asks what does HIM stand for. I can’t even remember our latest lie about that. When Hanson was hot, we said it means Hanson Is Murder. The name doesn’t have a particular
history. His Infernal Majesty was a totally different band. I think HIM derives from some
death metal joke. And it was our protest to Haile Selassie’
s rastafarian religion, he used to be called His Imperial Majesty. But nowadays because of Linde’
s hair, we actually might be supporting him.