"What do you fuckin' mean I should not show off on my solos?-I have busted my ass practicing all my life just for that!!!-I will fuckin' show off as much as I want!!"- Alexi Laiho RIP
I can remember the first time listening to Hatebreeder like 'sometimes i think these guys are just showing off...and you know what? I'm totally OK with that' 😂
@@BradleyHallGuitar I'll say it for sure. He's more than a guitar idol to you but also to others like me. But also he was my first forte into death metal itself or melodic death metal as well. So to me he is both an idol and definitely the main and true reason how I got into death metal in general.
@@markdemars7648 My biggest idol, also for me the reason i got into Death and melodeath. Rly sad we wont get to see him again :(, i'm looking forward to Bodom After Midnight to release the stuff they already made together, but it's also sad knowing it's the last time we can look forward to new Alexi stuff. He was waay too young and will forever be missed.
As a finn, I feel like we've not only lost a guitar legend, but a national hero of sorts. We finnish people admire other finns who are able to put Finland on the map + he was an amazing metal musician, he will be sorely missed by many people around the world and that warms my heart despite the horrible event.
Thank you for expressing this. I can only hope that many of your countrymen and women know that Finland produced one of the greatest metal guitarists and songwriters who ever lived.
@@rudolfschenker He is almost considered a saint in the Finnish metal scene and even people who don't listen to metal at all, like my mother, paid attention to the news of his passing. It is not exaggeration to say that he was the greatest Finnish metal musician of his generation and inspired nearly all Finnish metalheads alive today. He will be sorely missed.
@@rudolfschenker Oh, everyone here knows who he was. He was a national icon, everyone had at least heard of him. He was frequently on television, and especially within the past decade took part in many public events as well, like his "100 guitars from Hel" -project from a few years back. When the news came out, it was in all the headlines, and it felt like Finland just... paused for a moment. Can't believe he's gone... Every guitarist in Finland who's under 30 years old wanted to be Alexi Laiho.
My guitar playing is strongly influenced by him, he will live forever while there's someone who can still play and remember the legend, the wild child. Hate Crew forever!!!
@@F-Andre Well, he was awfully slim and looked malnurished for a long time. Now, I'm very thin too, but he just didn't look healthy, you could see it from his face. His look was probably(quite certainly) a result of heavy alcohol and drug use in the past. He could've had a liver problem or just some of his organs had been damaged long ago. Ofc there's the probability of suicide too.
Actually it didn't. He has been in a bad shape for awhile now. I remember a finnish rock radio interview he was in 2019 and he looked literally just skin and bones.
34 and gutted. My goal was to be like him at 14 lol. they never made a good album past hatecrew, but by then he already achieved more than any musician could ever hope for. Such a guitar hero to our generation. RIP.
@@TheSteinbitt its kinda obnoxious to say they never made a "good" album past hatecrew. i'd argue are you dead yet is a good/almost great album. and their latest album hexed is good/bordering on great too
@@jordang9152 agreed. However, for me it was pretty much the first 4 albums that made (and kept) me a fan. Had COB started their career with AYDY and forward, I don’t know if I would have become the diehard that I am today. And Hexed was definitely refreshing.
Totally agree with you. He was the guitar idol of our generation, like VH was in his time. I remember listening to Hatebreeder with my friends and trying to figure out some licks. We wanted to be like him, play like him. And to think he was 19/20 when he recorded Hatebreeder is just insane. His music is the soundtrack of my teens, no doubt about it. RIP Alexi WildChild Laiho
@@imalexbojorquez Even my Mom heard about it all the way over here in Germany, and she immediately knew I´d be really fucking sad. Alexi is one of the main reasons why I play guitar, CoB shaped my taste in music so much I can´t even put it into words....
"Downfall" is probably my favorite solo of his, and it's also a strong contender for my favorite COB song. COB was one of those foundational bands that got be into heavy music (Melodeath specifically), and just like Bradley (and many more in the comments, I'm sure) his style of playing has greatly influenced my own. It's a damn shame, but at the very least, Alexi left an impressive legacy for someone so young.
Downfall is my favourite solo too!! It was that solo that got me hooked to Children of Bodom. I still remember hearing it for the first time, that's jaw-dropping stuff bro
I'm late 30s, and I remember hearing "Something Wild" as a 16 year old, and just being amazed that someone just a couple years older than me was achieving at such a high level, internationally. Amazingly inspiring.
Top 3 albums of all time. Something wild is a masterpiece with a bit of everything from black metal, neoclassical, power metal, shredding and pure metal!
I spent my entire ninth grade learning Kissing the Shadows note for note. I wouldn't be half the guitarist I am today without Alexi's influence. RIP, brother.
Same here. I’ve listened to one or two of their albums. Their good, just not my cup of tea but hearing about this made me genuinely sad. If and when any of his post Bodom stuff comes out I’ll give it a listen in his honour.
He was one of the reasons for me to pick up the guitar again when i was a high school student. He was one of my biggest influences with John Petrucci and Randy Rhoads. I can't describe how sad i am right now, i still can't believe it. Rest in peace Alexi, you will be missed.
Really great tribute, and I agree about him being the Van Halen of our generation. Scary enough I posted a tribute video to Alexi Laiho a month ago on this exact date. Anyways, you really choosed the extra Nice parts from his catalouge. Awsome work man! 👊
It's so sad, I just discovered Children of Bodom last year. So disappointing to hear that he passed. He continues to inspire me as a young musician. \m/
Big chunk of growing up was spent listening to CoB and Alexi's killer playing - 2021 sucks. Great video man - showing some of them tough licks he had!!
Same for me, since i was 15 CoB was always on my playlist, and i had like 1gb mp3 player back then. so, mostly it was all my playlist. PS he passed in december, so it's 2020 fault. and that fucking year sucked till the last days.
Kissing the shadows is not a solo , its a death metal orgasm symphony , a masterpiece that will forever stay in the throne of death metal guitar tunes history
It is a sad day, very sad day. 😭 Follow the reaper is my favourite album from COB. Genius! I bought my flying V because of him back in 2007. He will be missed.
Beautiful tribute, I can see Alexi with a beer in his hand and a big ass shit eating grin on his face, watching you pay homage to his masterwork...much love bro and thank you for this, it is extremely appreciated by me, as Alexi Laiho is my favorite guitarist of all time. A lot of tears have been shed today, and CoB has been on repeat since I heard the news. Cheers, to one of Metal's heaviest hitters. R.I.P.
Alexi was the reason I learned to play the guitar in the first place. Wouldnt be where i am now without him. R.I.P. Alexi your music will never be forgotten.
My wife really loves COB and Alexi. She have seen them over 20 times and have every album signed. I myself remember him at a festival we both attended, he as an artist with COB and me as a rep for diff bands. Sat in the instrument display tent (music retailer tent) which had around 200 people in it at the time playing various versions of Smoke on the water, when this scrawny short pale guy with glasses and a cap sat down beside me in the Jackson booth and started playing some Malmsteen licks on this Green Meanie with me and a acquaintance of mine. We both knew who this guy was and just let him be him self for about 30 minutes when we all of a sudden started playing Downfall and later Needled. A group of 10 Finnish, mildly inebriated, COB fans noticed us and our session ended. That was a nice day. (Got my ass signed by Satchel that day as well)
Eventhough I never reached the awesome level of his playing, damn he was one of my guitar idols as well. His songwriting is exeptional, and that mix of classical elements and metal is what got me into metal and opened the door to a whole new world for mir. RIP
I never listened to Children of Bodom but I knew who Alexi was and respected him for his insane guitar abilities (I still have the metal guitar DVD he did). I wasn’t into the screaming stuff when I first gave them a listen about 13 years ago. When I read he had passed I was shocked and saddened and started listening to some CoB, now I’m older and angrier I’ve been digging the crap out of their albums haha. Sooooo many good songs I’ve been missing out on that I wasn’t ready to hear back then.
R.I.P to a fucking legend! 2021 has a really bad start & you might be one of the fastest person who can learn so fast... I mean 10 solos within just a few hours
Great tribute Bradley! I love that you included "Oops I did it again." This is truly devastating, glad I caught Bodom back in 2016 it was such an amazing show. Gonna miss Alexi so much R.I.P. Wildchild 😭🙏🏾🤘🏾
I was also thinking that, Alexi Laiho is the EVH for people in their 20's and 30's. I was and still am heartbroken from the news, i loved COB and Alexi, amazing musician and songwriter and he will be forever be missed. Thank you for this tribute Bradley. R.i.p. Wildchild.
Kissing the Shadows just makes me happy. That dueling solo is absolutely dynamite. God damn I miss Alexi. What an unreal musician. Wicked tribute compilation dude!
Thank you for doing this. As an 18 year-old guitarist in progress, Alexi has been one of my biggest inspirations (and part of the reason I started painting my nails black!) Happy to see the "Oops!" solo getting some love, that cover is a total meme, but the musicianship is still legitimately awesome!
Listen to Downfall, the solo is literally the best thing you'll ever hear Or listen to anything from Follow the Reaper, it's easily their best work, with songs like Hate Me, Kissing the Shadows and Children of Decadence
big fan of a song called Needled 24/7. im not a huge CoB but Downfall/Needled 24/7 were usually always 2 go-to songs i would always have on my playlist. There were a few others too but these were my favs
He was the Randy Rhoads of our generation dude. He definitely reopened the way and made it cool to be good at guitar again. In a sea of breakdowns, he was a flashy beacon of excellent lead work. The look, the style, everything was on point. Hell of a sad way to start the new year
“Kissing the Shadows” is one of my favorite songs and you nailed that solo! 🙌🏻 What a way to start a tribute! Alexi is proud of you wherever he may be...
Literally the man who made me pick up a guitar. Still is one of my biggest inspirations, and forever will be. So glad I got to see CoB at least once, but damn.. His playing wasn't the best technically, but it always was to me for some reason. His playing was just so fun, inspiring and awesome, and so was his writingskills. The world just got a whole lot darker for a lot of people.. Rest in peace, you magnificent man.
This is the loss that hits home worse than anything. For 20 years, there's been no other group whose music I can relate to in the same manner. So many moments I'' remember always. If I had to pick a top moment, I'd pick the latest. Watching the band live in pouring rain. My first ever metal gig not completely drunk. They start playing Hecate's Nightmare. Never cared much for that song. Then the songs picks up the pace. The intensity suddenly rises. Things are moving. Then the chorus come the first time, and pyro flames blow high as hell, the stage is engulfed in flames. The song is heavy as fuck, the album version sounds like Britney Spears next to that live version. The high point of the great show. Sure wish I'd have done something else for the last 20 years other than drinking and missing out so much while going to gigs.
I remember going thru every single COB related article, video or interview during my teenage years, I was living and breathing that band. I'll always remember not only the music, but also the funny interview moments, on stage shenanigans with Janne and the crazy backstage/studio material they relased over the years. Thank you for everything Alexi
I'm sure the majority of us have lost at least one musician that was an inspiration to us. While it is sad to see Alexi leave us at a young age, it makes us reflect on his work as an amazing guitarist and musician. Alexi, Thanks for your amazing work, and wherever you are, I'm sure you are rocking it on with all our fellow passed on idols. Bradley thanks for this epic tribute!
Kind of "funny" to see how people of my generation, which is yours (I'm 30 now), react to this tragic event. CoB was the first extreme metal band I really listened to, and I loved it mainly because of the incredible guitar work (Alexi of course, but Roope is an amazing player too). My first step on guitar was Maiden and Metallica, my second step was CoB. I played so many riffs, tried to play so many solos, Alexi was my first guitar idol, my first inspiration. I barely stopped listening to CoB for several years, even if I came back to it with nostalgia sometimes. But when I learned the news, I was deeply sad. As if a part of myself, as a musician and a passionate, was gone. As you, I listened all the amazing songs and solos that made my musician youth, and I was blown away. First, because the stuff still sounds amazing today, I still think that Alexi is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, melodic metal composer from our generation. But especially because I realized that many elements of my guitar playing today, are from Alexi's playing, even if I barely don't listen to that kind of stuff anymore. From his solos of course, but also from his riffs (Hate Crew Deathroll/Are You Dead Yet/Blooddrunk era is sooooooooo good for this). Great video as always Bradley, and thank you for the honest tribute. I feel the same as you, and thanks to tributes like yours, his work and musicianship will be spread to current generations. And most of all, thank you Alexi, may you rest in peace. You were a true metalhead, with both good and bad sides of it. Your work and your influence will live forever in the music you loved.
I knew Alexi/COB from old articles in Guitar Player magazine about his beef with Petrucci/Dream Theater, Judging by his music, I thought they are on the same age, then I just I realized he just in early 20s at that time! What a legend. Rest in Peace Wildchild
@@Gramasz Laiho hates how DT played like a robot and even mentions Labrie looked like Opera singer rather than rock lol. That beef carried onto first Gigantour and Laiho refused to be on the same bill with them.
@@oktaperdana9414 lol DT played like robots some of their songs. But others not so much.. Its common joke here to call DT and Petrucci cold. Its true for some songs but not much for others, especially in some slower Petrucci solos where he has a soulfull touch
All the guitar heros I looked up to as a child are pretty much gone now, Alexi was one of the first to blow my tiny little mind as a tot. Not going to lie, he influenced my playing in ways I'll never understand. While it might take some years for me to ever reach their level, occasionally I'll write something and have a brief burst of of inspiration that just screams their style. I wouldn't be half the player I am today without trying to learn from this guy. Honestly can't thank him enough, he will be missed. R.I.P. man.
Well done man - I hadn’t listened to bodom in probably 10 years but you brought it all back. Saw Alexi passed on dragonforce s channel - hit me in the feels
That was the exact same thing I went through when I heard the news, right down to realizing how much his playing influenced mine! Silent Night...Bodom Night.
its absurd just how memorable he managed to be with each solo despite absolutely igniting the fretboard. one of a kind player. hes the reason im into melodic death metal. hurts extra bad as well cuz he was an icon in my countries music scene.
Great video man, Alexi has always been a huge inspiration of mine, I’m glad I was able to see COB live! Keep up the great content and shredding! RIP Alexi
@@ceteletec8113 nah, "I was only 21 when I died" on the album. And Alexi didn't turn 41 yet, he would have turned later this year, so technically he died at the age of 40
It is nice seeing real tributes like this, there are a lot of people looking for views with just a slideshow of pics, but I really enjoy "true tributes" like yours. Thanks! Also, long-time subscriber, I was kinda excepting your video hehe.
I am honestly on the verge of crying, children of bodom was one of my favourite bands growing up, and Alexi is one of my greatest inspirations in both technique and songwriting Thank you for this awesome tribute. RIP a legend
Just discovered your channel - and finding this tribute was priceless! Firstly, a huge well done for your performance! I think that you got his 'spirit' and 'vibe'! Wonderful job - and thanks for including Next in Line, which is one of my favorite CoB songs... As a peer with Alexi Laiho (1979), I discovered them when "Something Wild" came out, and due to the fact that we were the same age (as with the majority of the band), I kind of felt that he was a schoolmate of mine! So I was devastated with his death - and still am, to be honest. I love his crazy ideas, his musical genious, his dexterity and musical education, so contrary with his looks! Add to all these his humble character and approachfulness (if this word exists) and then you get the recipe for his success!
Laiho was the reason I bought an electrical guitar. I watched him playing with dropped jaw as a teenager and wanted to get from basic chords to that level. I never reached that level, but at least I was able to play most of the riffs and easier solo parts. RIP you absolute legend!
Thanks for that video Bradley!! Alexi was a true inspiration for a lot of guitarist that spents many hours just trying to do the things that he did on the guitar. Thanks for your respect on the video, and keep metal alive. Is the only way that musicians of this category live in our hearts forever. A hug, nice work - your awesome by the way. Greeting from Chile
I've been a Bodom fan for a couple of years now, I've always loved and idolized Alexi, especially because he was such an exceptional guitar player, honestly waking up to hear the news that he had died was a complete buzzkill especially because I had just restarted my Bodom idolization and was getting back into listening to COB daily again. I'll always remember the day I heard my first COB song, can't remember how I found it but somehow I ended up listening to Sixpounder and that just hooked me in. I'm super sad that I never got to see Alexi play live and I will always tear myself up for missing the chance to see Bodom After Midnight's first gig, especially because I was in Helsinki at the time they were playing. Amazing tribute Bradley! I'm sure Alexi is looking down at all of us with a cold pint of beer and smiling.
Alexi was undoubtedly the EVH for 90's kids. My life changed completely when a classmate of mine who was into a new genre of metal every month showed me CoB's Follow The Reaper on his beat up Sony Ericsson music phone during lunch in 8th grade. I was into bands like Green Day and A7X at the time, and I had never heard guitar playing like that before. Almost over night I'd printed out almost their entire discography of tabs and downloaded all the instructional DVD's off of thepiratebay. Most of us as kids dreamed of being able to do what he did and play at that level. His playing pushed me to woodshed certain pieces and solos(The arpeggios in Silent Night, Bodom Night, come to mind and I still can't play the sweeps in Hatebreeder clean.) for hours on end until I got them down. He had that star quality and energy that few others besides maybe James Hetfield or Randy Rhoads had. I was afforded a unique experience in 2015 when I was invited to perform in Helsinki with him for the "100 Guitars From Hel." I got a call from his agent the night before that they wanted me and two others to be part of the press conference for the event the next day. We hung out and chatted for a while, and he was just down to earth a solid, really nice dude. Even to a punk kid with a guitar like I was. For some reason him and his crew and band took a liking to me and told me that I always had a welcome spot on their guest list for any show. Thanks to them I was able to see a few shows from the side stage, and hang out with the band after shows in the bus and in some bars and hotels and they always treated me like one of them after that. Good times. Alexi was always kind, funny, and overall a really good dude. I remember even sending some videos of me learning some parts for some songs there weren't good tabs for and he told me if I got it down or it was wrong. Overall, I owe so much of my guitar journey to Alexi, and I probably wouldn't still be playing if it weren't for his music. Like I said previously, many kids dream of being shred gods and rockstars in their teens, and it's thanks to him that I got to experience playing in front of 15,000 people and to experience what I must have been like to do that for a living. But to be able to experience that, with the man who inspired me to want to do that is something incredibly special, and something that I'll value and look back on for the rest of my life. I've got so many great memories and stories thanks to him. RIP Alexi. You were one of a kind.
I've been looking for a good tribute to the band that influenced me the most in highschool. You did Alexi and Bodom proud! Rock on Brother and RIP Alexi!! Thank you !
I remember when I first heard Alexi play, it was the cover of the Four Seasons by Vivaldi and I was amazed! What always sparked my interest in Alexis' work was how it was super heavy and shredy but also melodic as all hell!! He will be missed
I remember how obsessed I was with this band last year. I'm just paying a visit to my all-time favorite COB songs. Rest in Peace Alexi. It's just the start of a whole new year and we can't believe you died this early. You will always be missed and will remain a huge inspiration into the world of music especially metal. So... Are you dead yet?
thank you for that very fast post. i really adored cob when I was younger. they introduced me to melodic death metal and i still love their music. thinking of learning the vivaldi summer parts on a bass with a friend just to tribute alexi and of course roope. they will stay in my mind and ears all life
Can't believe it'll be 2 years in less than a week. I cried like a fucking baby when I heard. CoB is what got me into metal, be as bold as you want Brad, he was the EVH of fucking death metal. Was listening to them today and came across this video.
I was shocked when i saw that Laiho was dead... He was my idol and always will be. He made me start playing guitar and he got me into "extreme metal" and classical music.
Children of Bodom was one of the first metal bands I got into, they were my favorite for several years and I'm very glad I got to see them once, though I wish the circumstances had been better, I'm still glad to have seen them. Alexi's music is always going to be a big part of me
