Mige (musician)

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox musical artist Mikko Henrik Julius Paananen (born 19 December 1974), better known as Mige, is a Finnish musician, best known as the bassist and founding member of the gothic rock band HIM. Born to an artistic family, Mige attended the Sibelius Upper Secondary School of music and dance, when he first formed HIM with Ville Valo. The band broke up after Mige began his national military service, but they reformed in 1995. HIM would go on to release eight studio albums and become one of the most commercially successful Finnish bands of all time.<ref name="Historiaa">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="HSArkisto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The band announced their retirement in March 2017, and played their final show on New Year's Eve 2017.

Aside from HIM, Mige has performed several times with Daniel Lioneye, the side-project of HIM guitarist Linde Lindström. In 2010, Mige released a solo album, titled Cimmerica, under the pseudonym MZ.

Early life

Mikko "Mige" Paananen was born on 19 December 1974 in Helsinki.<ref name="SynninViemää33">Juho K. Juntunen (2002). "HIM – Synnin viemää" p.33. WSOY</ref> His father was an oboist for the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, while his mother worked as a freelance actor.<ref name="SynninViemää33" /><ref name="MetalHammerPg70">Metal Hammer Presents HIM: Tears On Tape Fanpack Magazine – pg. 70</ref> Mige also has an older brother, nicknamed "Helmut".<ref name="SynninViemää33" /> The Paananen family lived in Oulunkylä, where Mige went to school and met future bandmate Ville Valo. Mige's parents divorced when he was thirteen, and he moved to Tuusula with his mother.<ref name="SynninViemää34">Juho K. Juntunen (2002). "HIM – Synnin viemää" p.34. WSOY</ref> While attending the Sibelius Upper Secondary School, Mige moved to Kallio for a year to live with a friend.<ref name="SynninViemää35">Juho K. Juntunen (2002). "HIM – Synnin viemää" p.35. WSOY</ref> He then moved to Vallila, where he lived alone for some time, before moving back to live with his mother in Tuusula.<ref name="SynninViemää36">Juho K. Juntunen (2002). "HIM – Synnin viemää" p.36. WSOY</ref>

Mige began playing drums at age ten, before switching to guitar and eventually bass.<ref name="MetalHammerPg70" /> He eventually graduated from the Sibelius Upper Secondary School of music and dance.<ref name="SynninViemää34" /> Mige's parents initially discouraged their son's interest to pursue a musical career, but eventually warmed-up to the idea.<ref name="MetalHammerPg70" /><ref name="SynninViemää34" /> Mige also attend gardening school and for a while worked as a gardener for the city of Helsinki.<ref name="MetalHammerPg70" />

Career

HIM

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Mige performing with HIM in São Paulo, Brazil, in March 2014

In 1991, Ville Valo and Mige formed His Infernal Majesty.<ref name="SynninViemää23">Juho K. Juntunen (2002). "HIM – Synnin viemää" p.23. WSOY</ref> The band broke-up however, when Mige began his national military service in 1993.<ref name="SynninViemää23" /> His Infernal Majesty was later reformed in 1995, by Valo and guitarist Mikko "Linde" Lindström, who were soon rejoined by Mige.<ref name="SynninViemää23" /> After the additions of keyboardist Antto Melasniemi and drummer Juhana "Pätkä" Rantala, the band, now called HIM, released their debut album Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666 in 1997.<ref name="Greatest666">Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666 album sleeve notes.</ref> In 2000, now with drummer Gas Lipstick and keyboardist Juska Salminen, HIM released Razorblade Romance, which reached number 1 in Finland, Austria and Germany.<ref name="FIN">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="FIN2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="GER">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="AUT">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Its first single, "Join Me in Death", also charted at number 1 in Finland and Germany, eventually going platinum in the former.<ref name="FIN" /><ref name="FIN2" /><ref name="GER" /><ref name="FINcerts">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Following the addition of Janne "Burton" Puurtinen on keyboards, the band released Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights and Love Metal in 2001 and 2003, respectively. Both cracked the top ten in several countries, and became the band's first albums to chart in the United Kingdom and the United States.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="US">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

After relocating to the US, HIM released Dark Light in 2005, which became the group's most successful album to date, going gold in Germany, the UK, the US, and platinum in Finland.<ref name="FINcerts" /><ref name="GERcerts">Template:Cite certification</ref><ref name="UScerts">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2007, HIM released Venus Doom, which went gold in Finland and Germany, and gave the band their highest US-chart position at number 12.<ref name="FINcerts" /><ref name="US" /><ref name="GERcerts" /> After 2010's Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, the band went on hiatus after drummer Gas Lipstick was diagnosed with a repetitive stress injury and nerve damage in his hands.<ref name="MetalHammerPg10">Metal Hammer Presents HIM: Tears On Tape Fanpack Magazine – pg. 10</ref> After eight months of uncertainty, the band regrouped and eventually released the album Tears on Tape in 2013.<ref name="MetalHammerPg10" /> In 2015, Gas Lipstick announced his departure from HIM after 16 years, to pursue other musical projects.<ref name="Gas">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was subsequently replaced by Jukka "Kosmo" Kröger.<ref name="Kosmo">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 5 March 2017, HIM announced the end of the band following a farewell tour in 2017.<ref name="Loppu">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ISTauko">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The band played their final show on New Year's Eve 2017 as a part of their annual Helldone Festival.<ref name="Helldone2017">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Other musical work

In 2001, Mige played bass on the album The King of Rock 'n Roll by Daniel Lioneye, which also included Linde Lindström on guitar and vocals, and Ville Valo on drums.<ref name="Soundi1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The band had played a handful of shows prior, and embarked on a three-date festival tour across Finland after the album's release.<ref name="SynninViemää185">Juho K. Juntunen (2002). "HIM – Synnin viemää" p.185. WSOY</ref> In 2010, Mige, under the pseudonym MZ, released the album Cimmerica, which was mixed by Ville Valo.<ref name="Cimmerica">Cimmerica album sleeve notes.</ref><ref name="MetalHammerPg71">Metal Hammer Presents HIM: Tears On Tape Fanpack Magazine – pg. 71</ref> In February 2011, Daniel Lioneye toured the US in support of Cradle of Filth, with the line-up of Mige, Lindström, Burton on keyboards, Seppo Tarvainen on drums, and Manu Patel on backing vocals.<ref name="VOL2Tour">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On 30 December 2014, the original line-up of Daniel Lioneye reunited for a performance at HIM's annual New Year's Eve festival Helldone.<ref name="Soundi2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 29 June 2016, it was announced that Daniel Lioneye would release its third album Vol. III on 19 August 2016, with Lindström on guitar and vocals, Mige on bass, Burton on keyboards and Seppo Tarvainen on drums.<ref name="Soundi1" /> The band also announced five tour dates across Finland for September 2016.<ref name="Soundi1" /> Daniel Lioneye was also scheduled to perform several European shows later in the fall, but the dates were cancelled after Tarvainen suffered a broken arm.<ref name="RockCity">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Equipment

Mige currently uses Fender Jazz Basses.<ref name="Dunlop" /> He previously used a Fender Precision Bass, as well as a Gibson Thunderbird, as seen in the music video for "Join Me in Death" among others.<ref name="Dunlop" /><ref name="JoinMe1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref><ref name="RightHere">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref> Mige uses a Fender Super Bassman amp head, as well as a Dunlop 105Q Bass Wah and a Death by Audio Soundwave Breakdown fuzz pedal.<ref name="Dunlop">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Finnvox">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He previously used a Mesa Boogie Bass 400+ amplifier.<ref name="Dunlop" />

Discography

HIM

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Daniel Lioneye

  • The King of Rock 'n Roll (2001)
  • Vol. III (2016)

MZ

  • Cimmerica (2010)

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