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Children of Bodom Bassist Comments on New York Show

posted Jun 4, 2009 at 4:13 PM by darkstar.  (7 Comments)

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Children of Bodom bassist, Henkka T. Blacksmith, has commented on the band's May 9th show in New York, following frontman Alexi Laiho's injury:

"New York show was a disaster. Something that we have been always afraid of. And during the last two weeks of the No Fear -tour we were really afraid during every show, we had no idea if Alexi's ribs and shoulder would make it through the set.

"Last hit in Hellhounds on my Trail and I saw a guitar flying into the Jaska's drum riser. Alexi was gone. I knew that now it was too much, and then back of the stage I saw him, and crew said he can't go on. It's horrible feeling, when there's a couple of thousand fans in New York city waiting for next song. There was nothing we could do though... It sucks.

"Two weeks of rest and we rehearsed again, and it seemed better. The shoulder is fully healed, but a broken rib is still hurting when singing. First show since 'NYC disaster' was to be in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Rock Hard -festival. Before the show we just had to hope for the best, that everything would go ok. During the show I saw that he was gonna make it, even though still not able to move normally, but the look in Alexi's face was totally different than during the last days of the tour. We pulled it off, and German crowd was good, as it always is in Rock Hard. Thanks everybody who was there! Next week, we go to Pohjanmaa, Seinäjoki where Provinssirock is held. Looking forward, crazy drunken Finns and almost nightless nights."

Children of Bodom will be teaming up with fellow Finns Amorphis on a South American tour this fall. Dates are:

Sept. 08 Buenos Aires, Argentina - Teatro Flores
Sept. 10 Santiago de Chile, Chile - Teatro Teleton
Sept. 12 Sao Paulo, Brazil - Via Funchal
Sept. 15 Mexico City, Mexico - Circo Volador
Sept. 16 Monterrey, Mexico - Monterrey Metal Fest at Arena Santa Lucía

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7 Comments on "Children of Bodom Bassist Comments on NYC Show"

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1. Blindgreed1 writes:

That had to suck.

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2. nutsinstool writes:

wow.. thats metal... at least he gave it the old college dropout try.

# Jun 5, 2009 @ 5:15 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. wilco writes:

yeah good for him

got a question to you all
need to send a music file to a friend from i tunes
but how do i do that
i am a real dumdass with computors

# Jun 5, 2009 @ 6:45 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. Tomo writes:

computors, ha

# Jun 5, 2009 @ 7:50 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. andrewdmfc writes:

i was at that show, it really sucked to see alexi walk off but you could really see it in his face that he couldn't keep playing. Can't wait for them to come back to new york

# Jun 5, 2009 @ 10:29 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. Blindgreed1 writes:

Wilco: After you download it to your computer, create an email and select the file as an attatchment and click send.

# Jun 5, 2009 @ 10:42 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. godlike writes:

Wilco - Check your email bro.!!

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