Alexi Laiho: The Wildchild who influenced a generation of metal guitarists

It was on the instruction of Alexi Laiho that I did one of the stupidest and most dangerous things I’ve ever done. In the middle of the night, in the middle of December, just outside Helsinki – a city where freezing temperatures are such A Thing that many of the centre’s walkways are in tunnels to stop you turning into a snowman – I and a group of others gamely climbed off a pontoon into the Baltic sea in the pitch dark. Having been in a sauna in the middle of the night (there is no good answer to the ​‘Why?’ here), part dare, part matter of fact statement, the man pointed to the huge expanse of water a short, naked jog from the nice, warm shed as the ideal place to cool off. Alexi stood on the sidelines and laughed his head off as it slowly daw...

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