Oh, Lordi!

As reported by Blabbermouth:

According to an interview with LORDI in the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat, the band is being inundated with sex offers from its fans. The group’s mainman, Mr. Lordi (real name: Tomi Putaansuu), reportedly told the paper, “The Germans seem pretty crazy about having sex with me in my masks.” Drummer Kita added that the sex offers seem to be coming from all sides — from women AND from men! That shouldn’t really come as any surprise to Kita, who’s already given an interview to the gay mag Stadtmagazin, making it clear the band have no problems whatsoever with having gay fans.

I had heard stories in years past about Slipknot having the same sort of bizarre fan fetish issues. I don’t know about most of the world, but having sex with someone who is wearing a mask that has been sweated in for countless performances probably wouldn’t be providing the right kind of pheromones to keep the mood moving.

You have to love Lordi though. Yes, they write cheesy pop metal rife with puns, but they stuck it to Eurovision harder than anyone ever has. It’s clear the world does not want another Kylie Minogue or another ABBA. What they want is defiance, insanity, non-conformity, and rock ‘n’ roll. Even if it is sort of goofy and ridiculous.

As for catering to this new-found gay audience of theirs, perhaps we can look forward to the band’s own version of Rammstein’s video for “Mann Gegen Mann.”