Lordi is a self-taught professional FX-make-up artist. Each costume and make-up has been designed, sculpted and detail painted by himself. It takes up to five hours to get the whole band applied in make-up and dressed in the multi-part rubber suits.
The stage set, which contains two stone towers with gargoyles on top, a wide stone logo and a whole lot of horrific props, were also done by the band from the scratch.

Lordi also drew a 12-page Lordi comic book, which was given to consumers as a bonus gift when they purchased the first single "Would You Love A Monsterman?". The single went gold and reached #1 in the Finnish single charts.

Lordi entered the studio to record their debut album "Get Heavy" with producer T.T. Oksala in early 2002.

Musically Lordi is strongly inspired by 80's heavy metal melodies, with a twist of modern day programming. Simple, striking, ass-kicking heavy rock!

The album was finally mixed in London at SARM STUDIOS by Kevin Shirley, who's previous work includes names like Iron Maiden, Aerosmith and The Black Crowes among others.

Being a strongly visual band, Lordi shot their first video, "Would You Love A Monsterman ???", in a staged horror forest. It was designed by the professionals that were behind Ozzy Osbourne's image.

The video was also co-scripted by Lordi, who drew the storyboards. The "Would You Love A Monsterman ???" video gives a glimpse of what to expect from the up-coming Lordi stage shows: pyros, special effects and monsters.


(Information taken from the Lordi Electric Press Kit)

Even though most people think that Lordi is a brand-new band that got lucky with a hit, the band actually recorded their first demo back in 1992.

In 1997 over half the current members were in the band. Before the first official album "Get Heavy" Lordi has recorded over hundred demo tracks.

In 2004 Lordi's second full-lenght "The Monsterican Dream" was released. There are two different versions of this album: A basic version, and a special edition including the horror short movie "The Kin" as a DVD. The DVD is for adults over 18 years only !

At the end of 2004, The band went finally into the international marketing, as the singed a contract with the English label Sancutary, and released their Hybrid album The Monster Show with a bonus DVD, including all of their Music Videos, that wasn't such a big succes, because it was only a best - off.

In 2005 the band prepeared gor their up coming Europe tour, European Monstour.

The Yeah 2005, was also the year of change for the band. Both, keyboardist Enary and bassist Kalma left the band. At the time of recording of the third studio album, they where replaced by Awa (keyboard) and Ox (bass).

In 2006, the band changed their costumes from dark and dusty to great 80s rock outfits, and brought them to the finish preremoval to the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah.
Later they released their third studio album, The Arockalypse, with guest stars such as, Udo Dirkschnedier (Accept, UDO), Bruce Kulick (Kiss, Union), Dee Snider and Jay Jay French (both Twisted Sister). Tis was also Lordi's most succesfull album.

On 20th May 2006, Lordi won ESC 2006.
To celebrate their victory in the Eurovision Song Contest, Lordi held a public, free, open-air concert in the Market Square in Helsinki, Finland, on 26 May 2006. At the concert, President of Finland Tarja Halonen made an official appearance to give Lordi a bronze key flag Award for exemplary Finnish work. The concert was reported to have been attended by over 90,000 people from all over Finland and even other countries, some even on their first ever trip to Helsinki. The concert was the biggest public event to that day in Helsinki. On this occasion, the world record for most people ever to sing karaoke was (successfully) attempted by apprOximately 80,000 people, singing Hard Rock Hallelujah. The previous record was held by 50,000 Irish rugby fans.

In may 2007, the band began with the filming of the Solar Films producted film "Dark Floors". Later in Summer 2007 the band took place on the Ozzfest tour. Later in October 2007 Lordi toured with Type o Negative.

In February 2008, Lordi finally released their Movie "Dark Floors".
At the end of 2008, they released their fourth studio album "Deadache"

Source : Wikipedia