Following this morning report that Lordi drummer Sampsa Astala (AKA Kita) is launching his own bid to become Finland's 2011 entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest with his side-project Stala And So, Lordi have decided to fire him for daring to perform unmasked!"It is our unfortunate task to inform that Kita is no longer a member of Lordi," read...

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Stala And So, the side-project of Lordi drummer Sampsa Astala (AKA Kita) and ex-bassist Niko Hurme (AKA Kalma), are currently battling it out in a realty TV contest in their native Finland to win the chance to represent the country at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.Lordi won Eurovision in 2006 when their track, Hard Rock Hallelujah, polled a r...

STALA & SO. (formerly SO.), the Finnish melodic rock band featuring LORDI drummer Kita (real name: Sampsa Astala) on vocals and ex-LORDI bassist Kalma (real name: Niko Hurme; also known by his current stage name Nick Gore), is competing to represent Finland in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. There will be three weekly semifinals in Ja...

"Babez For Breakfast", the fifth studio album from Finnish heavy metal monsters LORDI, has entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 9. As previously reported, "Babez For Breakfast" sold around 1,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at...