You can tell alexi has matured quite a lot. Im very happy for him that he got it together again and keep making great music along with his band members In CHILDREN OF BODOM!!!
So damn weird when people just take time by asking questions that were asked and answered a million times. Every fan knows about his first guitar and music tastes. It used to be published on their official site for a while in early 2000s. When you ask questions like that you just tell everyone that you don't know anything.
Drunk Alexi is the funniest. However sadly when he is sober he is a much better guitar player. This video of him is some of his better playing on youtube because he can actually see straight lol and he isnt fucking up everything hes showing lol.
AgeofJP That's because those were filmed like 9 or 10 years ago which was probably the end of Alexi's prime period. Between 1997 and 2005 he always seemed to play pretty damn well.
Children of Bodom frontman Alexi Laiho: -received the Dimebag Award for "Best Shredder," and he performed a track off of Bodom's 2008's album, Blooddrunk. -received the "God of Riffs" award at the Metal Hammer 2018 awards in Germany -was honored with a posthumous lifetime achievement award in 2021 by the Finnish radio station SuomiRock. When Dave Mustaine, who brought CoB on tour with Megadeth, mourned the loss of Alexi, he said: “I guess now the heaven heavy metal band has its lead guitar player.” (In his celestial lineup, Alexi would want his deceased friend and collaborator Tomni Lillman on drums.) Laiho was arguably the greatest guitarist of his generation. ...Am grossed out that you would criticize the guitar style of one of the all-time greats, shortly after he passes away. Go practice guitar outside of your comfort zone and learn something, then maybe post a video so you can school us on how it's done, then we can compare and see if you are ready to tour with Megadeth (or any other major artist).