Alexi Laiho
Alexi Laiho was a Finnish guitarist, composer, and vocalist. He was best known as the lead guitarist, lead vocalist and founding member of the melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, and was also the guitarist for Sinergy, the Local Band, Kylähullut, and Bodom After Midnight, which formed just prior to his death. Laiho had previously played with Thy Serpent and Impaled Nazarene on occasion, as well as Warmen and Hypocrisy.
8 April 1979
Born on the same birth date (8 April 1979): Amit Trivedi
Born on the same birth day (8 April): Douglas Trumbull • Franco Corelli • Fred Ebb • George Fisher (cartoonist) • Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney • Ivan Supek • John Hicks • Jürgen Moltmann • Michael Benton • Michael Jones (rugby union) • Raoul Jobin • Robin Wright • Sonja Henie • Tim Thomerson • Tine Asmundsen • William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke • William Joseph Chaminade • Yemane Tsegay
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