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RIP Alexi Laiho

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Dead at 41 after a long illness. Gutted. Another monster player I never managed to see live and now I never will. :cry:
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hamo wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:50 pm Dead at 41 after a long illness. Gutted. Another monster player I never managed to see live and now I never will. :cry:
2021 already?!??!?!?! :(
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Yeah was reading about this earlier, sad news. I thrashed CoB hard when I was in high school.
Loving it so far

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Damn. Same for me - I remember watching his instructional DVD in awe back then.

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jeremyb wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 11:00 pm
hamo wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:50 pm Dead at 41 after a long illness. Gutted. Another monster player I never managed to see live and now I never will. :cry:
2021 already?!??!?!?! :(
I think technically he died last year because he died last week but it only got released to the public overnight.

Loved CoB during the late 90's

Sad day (my auntie died over night also)
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Oh sad, he was young!

Sorry to hear about your auntie, Willow - condolences...

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willow13 wrote: Tue Jan 05, 2021 7:14 am
jeremyb wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 11:00 pm
hamo wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:50 pm Dead at 41 after a long illness. Gutted. Another monster player I never managed to see live and now I never will. :cry:
2021 already?!??!?!?! :(
I think technically he died last year because he died last week but it only got released to the public overnight.

Loved CoB during the late 90's

Sad day (my auntie died over night also)
Sorry to hear that mate
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CoB has some amazing stuff around their debut. IMO the quintessential example of a band's style becoming more and more generic through its catalogue and a parody of itself. Heard Alexi was a heavy drinker with messy live performances, but he seems like a good person.

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"Cash on the ballot, money to burn, Dealey Plaza, make a left-hand turn" Bob Dylan is a genius

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41 used to seem old...... 😔

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Man he looks ill in this :(

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murky wrote: Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:56 pm 41 used to seem old...... 😔
It seems young to me, at the age of *cough* 37
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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Chucked on a bit of CoB this morning cause I never really gave them a listen (or any post thrash metal really),
I can honestly say that I absolutely love that band! The harmonies and riffs are incredible!
Will be getting heavy rotation on my part :thumbup:

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jeremyb wrote: Thu Jan 07, 2021 5:44 pm Man he looks ill in this :(

I didn't think he looked too bad there. This one however... you can tell he is seriously sick



Still no official cause of death but seems like a lot of people are saying that it might have been stomach cancer

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Slowy wrote: That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.

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