Whole name: Antto Einari Melasniemi
(Keyboards 1997 - 1998)

Birthdate and place: 20.11.1975 Helsinki, Finland (passport says he was born in Kustavi, but that's wrong location for it!)
Tattoos: none
Before HIM: He started with different machines, saxophones and percussions before he found keyboards.

After HIM: He works as a cook in France. He worked in Amsterdam before France. He lived first 5 years in Helsinki, then he moved with his family to Järvenpää (about 30 kilometres to north from Helsinki). His father stays in Helsinki and Antto spent his weekends there with his friends. First musical thing for Antto was the music of Mika and Turkka Mali (brothers), duo that plays traditional finnish songs made by themselves. Antto is cousin of Joel Melasniemi, who played with Ville in Donits-Osmo Experience. Joel was the link between Antto and Ville and they became friends in that way.
In the beginning he played some kind of backgrounds for HIM. They needed the sound of rain for their demo and they asked for Antto to play it. "It's not planned that Antto stays in HIM, but it's just happened" says Ville. One day he realized that he's the part of the band and he plays on their gigs...

There was a funny situation for membership of Antto when they went to shot their first video in Germany. It was for Wicked Game and band plays in dark scene where's raining and snowing and there are some girls with tight PVC-trousers. The director of the video thought that there is a singer, guitarist, bassplayer and drummer in the band. No-one told him that there is a keyboard player also in HIM and that's reason why Antto is not in the video. He appeares in the end of video for couple of seconds as a snowman

HIM's first keyboard player
The biggest reason for department of Antto and HIM was his personality. He was not systematic and everything's got broken where he touched.
He had fights with Ville and Ville didn't tolerate his laziness.