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On March 9, former CHILDREN OF BODOM members Jaska Raatikainen (drums), Henri “Henkka T. Blacksmith” Seppälä (bass) and Janne Wirman (keyboards) have been interviewed by Chaoszine concerning the band’s second beer collaboration with Fats Lizard brewery titled Homicide Level. Through the chat, they have been requested if they might take into account taking part in a tribute live performance for his or her former bandmate, late CHILDREN OF BODOM frontman Alexi Laiho, who died in December 2020 on the age of 41.
“Nicely, it is a difficult query, after which even the three of us, we now have not likely mentioned about it,” Janne stated (as transcribed by Phoosi.com).
“The way in which I personally really feel about that is Alexi wouldn’t like a tribute present. Alexi would love simply CHILDREN OF BODOM taking part in a present. And although he would get replaced, which is a extremely onerous factor for us, and it is a actually onerous factor in the entire world of heavy steel vocals and guitar taking part in… I do know from expertise with Alexi and going to tribute reveals and stuff like that that he would not [want there to be a tribute show for him].
“So, we now have no ardour to attempt to put collectively a tribute present for Alexi,” Janne defined. “We would play a present sometime. By no means say by no means… However for us, it will not really feel pure to attempt to put a [tribute] present collectively proper now.”
Henkka concurred, saying: “It might be bizarre to play a tribute present for Alexi. And like [Janne] stated, I am fairly positive that he would need any person else to be there to play a tribute present for him. It might really feel awkward to play a tribute present. I am not in opposition to if another folks play CHILDREN OF BODOM music for his reminiscence… And each time I see any person [covering our songs], we all the time share them as a result of that is the very best factor to do. Alexi‘s music will stay ceaselessly.”
Alexi handed away on December 29, 2020 in his house in Helsinki, Finland. He died of alcohol-induced degeneration of the liver and pancreas connective tissue. Moreover, Laiho had a cocktail of painkillers, opioids and insomnia medicine in his system. He had suffered from long-term well being points main as much as his loss of life.
Alexi‘s ashes have been buried in December 2021 — almost a yr after his tragic passing. He was laid to relaxation on the Malmi Cemetery, a big cemetery positioned within the Malmi district in Helsinki, Finland.
Alexi and Jaska based CHILDREN OF BODOM in 1993, and the band was one of the internationally acclaimed steel acts in Finland up till their final farewell live performance in December of 2019. In 2020, Alexi put collectively BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT, which recorded three songs and shot one music video, all of which have been launched posthumously.
Moreover CHILDREN OF BODOM, Laiho had performed in such acts as WARMEN, SINERGY, KYLÄHULLUT and THE LOCAL BAND. Awarded with a Steel Hammer Golden God and a number of other different worldwide prizes, the guitarist was additionally the principle star, main a gaggle of 100 guitar gamers on the Helsinki Competition in 2015 in “100 Guitars From Hel” — a large live performance piece he composed.
Raatikainen, Seppälä and Wirman introduced their departures from CHILDREN OF BODOM in October 2019. Two months later, they confirmed that they have been the rightful homeowners of the CHILDREN OF BODOM model.
CHILDREN OF BODOM performed its ultimate present on December 15, 2019 on the Black Field in Helsinki Ice Corridor. A short while later, Finnish music journal Soundi reported that the rights to the CHILDREN OF BODOM identify are held by AA & Sewira Consulting Oy, the corporate owned by Raatikainen, Seppälä and Wirman. In June 2019, the trio filed an utility with the Nationwide Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, and their utility was subsequently granted for a five-year interval beginning on October 1, 2019. Consequently, Laiho, who was CHILDREN OF BODOM‘s singer, guitarist and principal songwriter, wasn’t approved to make use of the band’s identify with out permission from Wirman, Raatikainen and Seppälä.
