# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mika-karppinen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:38:41.916Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mika-karppinen"
name: "Mika Karppinen"
slug: "mika-karppinen"
description: "Mika Kristian Karppinen, better known as Gas Lipstick, is a Swedish-Finnish musician, best known as the previous drummer of the Finnish gothic rock band HIM. He is also a drummer for other bands currently on hiatus, such as deathgrind group To Separate the Flesh from the Bones, heavy metal group Bendover, punk group Valvontakomissio, and punk group Ääritila."
tagline: "Finnish rock musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gas_Lipstick_-_Ilosaarirock_2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1971-02-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.91742666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Mixu666"
    handle:    "Mixu666"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/gaslipstickofficial"
    handle:    "gaslipstickofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1890007/"
    handle:    "nm1890007"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/515014"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ميكا كارپينين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mika_Karppinen"
    title: "Mika Karppinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_Lipstick"
    title: "Gas Lipstick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mika_Karppinen"
    title: "Mika Karppinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mika_Karppinen"
    title: "Mika Karppinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_Lipstick"
    title: "Gas Lipstick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_Lipstick"
    title: "Gas Lipstick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_Lipstick"
    title: "Gas Lipstick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_Lipstick"
    title: "Gas Lipstick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Карппинен, Мика"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikka_Kirstian_Karppinen_(Gas_Lipstick)"
    title: "Mikka Kirstian Karppinen (Gas Lipstick)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mika_Karppinen"
    title: "Mika Karppinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/700621b0-ad46-44dd-ae32-a53aa1fb5261"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26029"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1451972"
    title: "Mika Karppinen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump