Alexi Laiho Biography
Alexi Laiho also known as Alexi “Wildchild” Laiho (birth name; Markku Uula Aleksi Laiho) is a Finnish guitarist, composer and vocalist born on 8th April 1979 in Espoo, Finland. He is the lead guitarist, lead vocalist and founding member of the melodic death metal band ‘Children of Bodom’.
In 2004 he was ranked number 96 out of 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time by Guitar World. Guitar World magazine has also ranked him as one of the 50 fastest guitarists in the world. In addition, Roadrunner Records ranked Laiho at #41 out of 50 of The Greatest Metal Frontmen of All Time.
Alexi Laiho Kylähullut
In 2004 together with Tonmi Lillman (ex-Sinergy) and Vesa Jokinen 69er (from Klamydia) they founded a band called Kylähullut which was created for merely for the entertainment of the musicians, and takes a carefree approach to their music. The band’s discography includes two EP’s, and two full-length albums.
Alexi Laiho Height
Alexi Laiho’s height is 1.73 meters.
Alexi Laiho Children of Bodom
In 1993 Alexi Laiho together with Jaska Raatikainen formed an extreme metal band known as ‘Children of Bodom’. The consists of Alexi Laiho (Lead vocals, guitar), Janne Wirman (keyboards), Henkka Seppälä (bass), Jaska Raatikainen (drums) and Daniel Freyberg (guitar).
‘Children of Bodom’ played at the 2008 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards. There, Laiho also received the Dimebag Award for “Best Shredder,” and he performed a track off of Bodom’s 2008’s album, Blooddrunk. Laiho appears on Canadian thrash metal outfit Annihilator’s 2007 album, Metal, as a guest, performing a guitar solo on the song “Downright Dominate.”
In spring of 2009, Children of Bodom was forced to drop out of their North American “No Fear Energy Tour” when Laiho broke his wrist after falling out of his bunk, when the tour bus took a sharp turn on April 26, 2009, after the show in Palladium Ballroom, Dallas TX. Laiho originally planned to continue touring despite his injury, but was forced to cancel the last six dates when any efforts to alleviate the pain failed.
On 3 July 2012 Children of Bodom announced on their Facebook page that they had to cancel two European shows because Laiho had been taken to the hospital. The band released this statement: “It is with great regret that we are forced to cancel tonight’s show in Oslo as well as tomorrow night’s show in Malmö. Alexi was rushed to the Oslo hospital earlier this evening with extreme stomach pain. The doctors in the emergency unit checked him and while we are still waiting for a diagnosis, they made clear that he will not be able to perform within the next 48 hours. We apologize to all our fans who have bought tickets to these shows – we will try to reschedule both Oslo and Malmö at the earliest possibility. Keep your fingers crossed with us that Alexi will get well again soon!”
Alexi Laiho Photo
On 5 July 2012 the band followed up with another update from their Facebook page: “This is not an easy letter for us to write. Alexi is suffering from a serious infection. He is still in hospital in Oslo under supervision of the doctors and we don’t know yet when they will release him. We have no choice other than canceling Ruisrock in Turku on Saturday as well. This is a very bitter pill for us to swallow. We had decided to do only two festivals in our homeland this summer to make it real special, and now this. We hope that we will be able to make up for this very soon. To all our fans who had been looking forward to rock with us at Ruisrock this weekend, take our apologies and enjoy the festival. In our spirits, we will be there, too.”
Alexi Laiho Guitar
In January 2003 ESP Guitars announced a line of Alexi Laiho Signature Models. The US version guitars are a slightly different shape than what Alexi usually plays, as the SV shape is a copyrighted Jackson shape. So to avoid a lawsuit, ESP made the bottom horn slightly larger and also put in a cut-away to get to the higher frets. Another difference is the use of solid black or yellow pinstripes on the paint finish instead of his traditional pinstriped design which lies on the bevels of the guitar.
The guitar comes in two finishes: black with yellow stripe and white with black stripe. The guitar has a neck-thru 25.5” design, using a 3-pc unfinished maple neck with a 24-fret ebony fingerboard and pearl sawtooth inlays, although Alexi does not actually use these in live shows.
The ESP Alexi includes white binding on neck and head, the ESP custom shop version comes with a natural maple neck while the LTD is painted, and it comes with professional-quality components including a Floyd Rose original tremolo, Gotoh tuners, Schaller straplocks and a single Seymour Duncan AHB-1 in the bridge position, (or an EMG HZ H4 humbucker). Alexi’s personal guitars, as well as Custom shop, Standard, and the models made for the US market are equipped with an MM-04 preamp.
There are seven ESP models that he actually uses (custom shop models are mostly seen in Japan)
1. Scythe (available in Standard version, Custom Shop Version and US version) white with black pinstripes and Scythe inlays, Chrome hardware
2. Arrow Head (Alexi’s first ESP signature) (Only available in Custom Shop version) Black with solid yellow pinstripes very much like the US Alexi and the Alexi 600 but with pearl Arrow Head inlays, Gold hardware
3. Sawtooth (Custom Shop Version) Black with luminous pinstripes and luminous sawtooth inlays (Standard Version) Black with white pinstripes and pearl sawtooth inlays both the CS and STD version are available in chrome or gold hardware
4. Katakana (originally there were 10 made for the Finnish market, now available in a STD version) Black with yellow pinstripes 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 frets with pearl sawtooth inlays katakana (Japanese letter) inlays in the 12 fret which spelled “Alexi”, gold hardware with larger cutaway, frets 21–24 scalloped.
5. Pink Sawtooth (STD&CS) Black with Pink pinstripes pink sawtooth inlays frets 20–24 scalloped, black hardware with larger cutaway
6. Blacky (STD&CS&USA) Matte black with gloss black pinstripes black pearl sawtooth inlays, frets 20–24 scalloped, black nickel hardware with larger cutaway
7. Greeny – Matte black, light green pinstripes and green skeleton.
Note: The 2010 version of Scythe, Sawtooth, and Arrow Head has the larger cutaway like the Pink Sawtooths
Alexi Laiho Wife/ Alexi Laiho Partner
In February 2002 he married Kim Goss during a private ceremony in Finland. Kim is an American singer and keyboardist, best known as front woman and co-founder of the Finnish metal band Sinergy. Before getting married they had dated for four years. In 2004 they separated, but still remain close friends.
Alexi Laiho Kelli Wright
In 2015 he began dating Kelli Wright, an Australian Public Relations Manager, they got engaged in September 2016 before tieing the knot in December 2017 in a private ceremony in Australia.
Alexi Laiho Net Worth
Alexi Laiho is a Finnish singer, composer and guitarist who has a net worth of $6 million. Alexi Laiho has earned his net worth as lead guitarist and lead vocalist for melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, and the guitarist for Sinergy and Kylähullut.
Alexi Laiho Tattoos
He has the letters “COBHC” (Children of Bodom Hate Crew) tattooed on his left hand and “HATE” tattooed on his right hand as an homage to Ozzy Osbourne, who has a similar tattoo with the letters O-Z-Z-Y, except that it is on the left hand.
Children Of Bodom Songs
- Something Wild (1997)
- Hatebreeder (1999)
- Follow the Reaper (2000)
- Hate Crew Deathroll (2003)
- Are You Dead Yet? (2005)
- Blooddrunk (2008)
- Relentless Reckless Forever (2011)
- Halo of Blood (2013)
- I Worship Chaos (2015)
Children Of Bodom Covers
Skeletons in the Closet is the first compilation cover album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, released on September 22, 2009 through Spinefarm Records. The album only contains four unreleased covers for the songs “Hell Is for Children”, “Antisocial”, “War Inside My Head”, and “Waiting”, but the previously released songs are remixed and new details can be heard. The Japanese edition is pressed in SHM-CD format.
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