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I neither vote for the review nor for the work, which I discovered through Sergio Messina's blog. Today (4.3.08) SM published his article on the eurofestival written for RUMORE, on his site (http://www.radiogladio.it/avvisi/2008/02/04/festival-della-canzone-pazzesca/). Lordi will surely be of interest in the eurofestival context (and from that perspective, I consider your review valid). Instead, I’m pasting the paragraph where your champions are mentioned:
"You should see the Eurofestival. Just go on Youtube and half an hour of strong laughter is guaranteed. I would start with the winning song of 2006, Hard Rock Hallelujah, by Lordi, “a Finnish hard rock/heavy metal band, known especially for the theatricality inspired by 80s horror cinema that constitutes the main, if not exclusive, theme of the group’s image and lyrics. Each member is masked as a monster and has their own nickname, in order to separate the band's fantastical imagery from the private lives of the musicians. For this reason, Lordi do not wish to be photographed without their stage costumes, and when a Finnish tabloid published a photo in which the lead singer's unmakeuped face was glimpsed, Mr. Lordi called it an insult to the band's work, which has been dedicated to building its image for ten years." (from Wikipedia): hilarious."
with a link to the youtube video