History Music / Lordi

** Slightly played with with Mr. Lordi himself, who has occasionally given interviews out of costume and in Finnish - but always with his back to the camera: this is mostly because he has a heavy northern Finnish accent.

* Mana - [[CaptainObvious Drums]]
* [[CreepyDoll Hella]] - [[CaptainObvious Keyboards]]

* The Drummer - [[CaptainObvious Drums]]
* The Pianist - [[CaptainObvious Keyboards]]

-->''Would you love a monsterman\\

beauty of the beast''

** "Bringing Back The Balls to Rock" is actually riddled with Shout Outs. The lyrics mention: "Monsters of Rock" and "Breaking The Law", two Music/JudasPriest songs; "SMF" (Music/TwistedSister); "Metal Heart" (Music/{{Accept}}); Love Machine ({{WASP}}); "Looks That Kill" (Music/MotleyCrue); "Youth Gone Wild" (Music/SkidRow); "Creatures Of The Night" (KISS); plus the Music/BlackSabbath allusion mentioned above. And if you really want to get that deep, the expression "Stand Up And Shout" is the title of a {{Dio}} song, and, well, any metalhead when hearing an anthem about "balls" immediately thinks of "Balls To The Wall" (Music/{{Accept}}).

* [[BlondesAreEvil Enary]] - Keyboard

* [[MixAndMatchCritters Otus]] - Drums (Passed away on Feb. 14, 2012)

Former Members:

* ThisIsSPARTA: "'''HARD! ROCK! HALLELUJAH!'''"

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Hard Rock Hallelujah", which broke the record at Eurovision.
** Their performance and subsequent first place at the EurovisionSongContest 2006 are also a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* ThePowerofRock: In a lot of their music videos, they can rock hard enough to raise the dead.

** From Finland, no less (Finland had never finished in the ''top five'' before Lordi, let alone win the whole thing).
*** Finland winning for the first time AND breaking the point record at same time? ''Yes.''

-->''Would you love a monsterman?\\
Could you understand?\\
Beauty of the beast?''

* CreepyChild: The little girl from the first version of [[http://www.video-clips.ru/uploads/posts/2008-07/1217000922_lordi-would-you-love-a-monsterman.jpg Would You Love A Monsterman?]], combined with {{glowing eyes of doom}} (at the end).

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Hard Rock Hallelujah" which broke the record at Eurovision.

A Finnish Hard Rock Band formed in 1996, they are best known for wearing monster costumes on and off of the stage. They won the Eurovision 2006 contest with their single "Hard Rock Hallelujah" which also broke the contests' current record. Their music is [[WordOfGod inspired by]] {{KISS}}, which also led to them performing in costume.

Lordi has also made two horror films, TheKin and DarkFloors, where they star as the monsters. Both were [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs somewhat surreal.]]

* AlbumTitleDrop - In "Hard Rock Hallelujah"

** In "Blood Red Sandman", Lordi sings, "No one leaves/The Monsterican Dream".
* AllDrummersAreAnimals - And the rest of the band too.
* AllThereInTheManual - The backstories of the stage personas.
* AlterEgoActing - The members of Lordi are ''never'' referred to by their real names in authorized works, and only give interviews in full costume, in English as opposed to their native Finnish.

* AnAxeToGrind - Mr. Lordi is usually sporting an axe in the stage shows.

* BuxomIsBetter - Why ''hello'' there, [[http://images.wikia.com/lordi/images/9/93/Enary_in_her_%22Monsterican_Dream%22_Costume..jpg Enary]]!
* ChainsawGood - "Chainsaw Buffet" from ''The Arockalypse''.
* ComicBookAdaptation - Three Lordi graphic novels have been released in Finland.
* CoverVersion - Covers of Music/AliceCooper's "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)" and Accept's "Midnight Mover" have been performed live. They also made a cover of "Autiotalo"/"The House" by Finnish band Dingo.
* CreepyChild - The little girl from the first version of [[http://www.video-clips.ru/uploads/posts/2008-07/1217000922_lordi-would-you-love-a-monsterman.jpg Would You Love A Monsterman?]], combined with {{glowing eyes of doom}} (at the end).

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - "Hard Rock Hallelujah" which broke the record at Eurovision.

* TheDevilIsALoser - TropeNamer.
* HeavyMeta - "Bringing Back the Balls to Rock" from ''The Arockalypse'' and "This is Heavy Metal" from ''Babez for Breakfast''.

* HelicopterFlyswatter - The intro to "Arockalypse" is a spoken news bulletin about a zombie invasion, including a snippet from a reporter who gets knocked out of the sky by a monster climbing a building.
* ImAHumanitarian - "Chainsaw Buffet" again.
* KayfabeMusic - what do you mean, "people in monster suits"?

* MetalScream - All the time.
* NoExportForYou - The albums before ''The Arockalypse'' pretty much have to be sent for, including, funnily enough, ''The Monsterican Dream''. Recently averted after they toured Ozzfest, as ''Get Heavy'' and ''The Monsterican Dream'' can be found in the U.S. with a little effort.
* PerkyGoth - The star of the "Hard Rock Hallelujah" music video.
* ThePowerofRock - In a lot of their music videos, they can rock hard enough to raise the dead.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech - "To Hell With Pop" basically amounts to one of these.
* RockOpera - "This is...the Arockalypse!"
* ShoutOut / SongOfSongTitles - Quite a bit in "Bringing Back the Balls to Rock" from ''The Arockalypse''. Mostly to {{KISS}}, but the one that got ''my'' attention was "[[NeverLiveItDown biting off the heads of bats and doves]]".

* SignatureSong - "Would You Love a Monsterman?", "Devil is a Loser" and "Hard Rock Hallelujah"

* TheMovie - DarkFloors, a horror movie starring the cast of Lordi was released in 2008.

* TitleOfTheDead: "Night of the Loving Dead" from ''The Arockalypse''.

** Slightly played with with Mr. Lordi himself, who has occasionally given interviews out of costume and in Finnish - but always with his back to the camera.

* BeyondTheImpossible - A hard rock band winning Eurovision? ''Yes.''

A Finnish Hard Rock Band formed in 1996, they are best known for wearing monster costumes on and off of the stage. They won the Eurovision 2006 contest with their single "Hard Rock Hallelujah" which also broke the contests' current record. Their music is [[WordofGod inspired by]] KISS, which also led to them performing in costume.

** "Bringing Back The Balls to Rock" is actually riddled with Shout Outs. The lyrics mention: "Monsters of Rock" and "Breaking The Law", two Music/JudasPriest songs; "SMF" (Music/TwistedSister); "Metal Heart" ({{Accept}}); Love Machine ({{WASP}}); "Looks That Kill" (Music/MotleyCrue); "Youth Gone Wild" (Music/SkidRow); "Creatures Of The Night" (KISS); plus the Music/BlackSabbath allusion mentioned above. And if you really want to get that deep, the expression "Stand Up And Shout" is the title of a {{Dio}} song, and, well, any metalhead when hearing an anthem about "balls" immediately thinks of "Balls To The Wall" ({{Accept}}).

* [[MixAndMatchCritters Otus]] - Drums (Passed away on Feb. 15, 2012)

* [[MixAndMatchCritters Otus]] - Drums

** There's also the [[http://www.solarfilms.com/elokuvat/kaikki/darkfloors/en_GB/darkfloors/_files/77848074873733216/default/DF1_0039_390.jpg little autistic girl]] from ''Dark Floors'' ([[MadnessMantra "I want the red crayon!"), although that's partially due to [[spoiler:being driven mad by Mr. Lordi forcing her to relive her father's death over and over]].

** CreepyChild - The little girl from the first version of [[http://www.video-clips.ru/uploads/posts/2008-07/1217000922_lordi-would-you-love-a-monsterman.jpg Would You Love A Monsterman?]], combined with {{glowing eyes of doom}} (at the end).

** "Bringing Back The Balls to Rock" is actually riddled with Shout Outs. The lyrics mention: "Monsters of Rock" and "Breaking The Law", two Music/JudasPriest songs; "SMF" (Twisted Sister); "Metal Heart" ({{Accept}}); Love Machine (WASP); "Looks That Kill" ([[{{Ptitlewsbhxd7l}} Mötley Crüe]]); "Youth Gone Wild" (Skid Row); "Creatures Of The Night" (KISS); plus the Music/BlackSabbath allusion mentioned above. And if you really want to get that deep, the expression "Stand Up And Shout" is the title of a {{Dio}} song, and, well, any metalhead when hearing an anthem about "balls" immediately thinks of "Balls To The Wall" ({{Accept}}).

* {{Kayfabe}} - what do you mean, "people in monster suits"?

** "Bringing Back The Balls to Rock" is actually riddled with Shout Outs. The lyrics mention: "Monsters of Rock" and "Breaking The Law", two JudasPriest songs; "SMF" (Twisted Sister); "Metal Heart" ({{Accept}}); Love Machine (WASP); "Looks That Kill" ([[{{Ptitlewsbhxd7l}} Mötley Crüe]]); "Youth Gone Wild" (Skid Row); "Creatures Of The Night" (KISS); plus the Music/BlackSabbath allusion mentioned above. And if you really want to get that deep, the expression "Stand Up And Shout" is the title of a {{Dio}} song, and, well, any metalhead when hearing an anthem about "balls" immediately thinks of "Balls To The Wall" ({{Accept}}).

* CoverVersion - Covers of AliceCooper's "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)" and Accept's "Midnight Mover" have been performed live. They also made a cover of "Autiotalo"/"The House" by Finnish band Dingo.