The good people of Finland just selected their 'American Idol' type band. And instead of some cheesy powder puff crap that usually gets picked by the 15-year olds and their 40-year old moms, the people of that cold, cold land went for something a bit more... offbeat. I wish I could post the picture.
**here it is**


As for their act:

They have eight-foot retractable latex Satan wings, sing hits like "Chainsaw Buffet" and blow up slabs of smoking meat on stage.

And the band members:
As he stuck out his tongue menacingly, his red demon eyes glaring, Lordi was surrounded by Kita, an alien-man-beast predator who plays flame-spitting drums inside a cage; Awa, a blood-splattered ghost who howls backup vocals; Ox, a zombie bull who plays bass; and Amen, a mummy in a rubber loincloth who plays guitar.

And, of course, what do they sing about?

"Wings on my back/I got horns on my head/my fangs are sharp/and my eyes are red."

But some people aren't happy -

...critics called for President Tarja Halonen to use her constitutional powers to veto the band and nominate a traditional Finnish folk singer instead.

Constitutional powers? From the woman who looks like the missing stepsister of Conan O'brien?