Career
He also writes the band"s music along with his bandmates, and contributes majority of the lyrics. He has also written books, hosted a reality television show called "Äijät" ("The men") with Jone Nikula and been a columnist for newspapers. He is known not only for his desperate and dark lyrics and his extraordinary looks and attitude, but also his sense of humour, which can be seen, for example, in November SORI!, where Hynynen is the "special editor-in-chief".
He has also been in a band called Pronssinen Pokaali during 1995-2000.
He has also done several guest appearances, for example in Nightwish (on album Once) and in Viikate (on albums Vuoden synkin juhla and Unholan Urut).