IMPERSONATE CHILDREN OF BODOM’S ALEXI LAIHO, WIN AN ESP GUITAR!
Thursday, October 1st, 2009 at 3:00pm by Vince Neilstein
Don’t lie; we know you’ve grabbed your guitar (or a tennis racket, or a broomstick, or the like) and pretended to rock along with your favorite musicians. Hey, we all play guitar too. We know how it is. Normally, you probably don’t want anyone to see you imagining yourself onstage in front of 50,000 screaming fans. But we’re going to give you a good reason to let the whole world watch.
Between now and October 31, you’re going to film yourself doing your very best impersonation of Children of Bodom’s Alexi Laiho. What does that mean? Exactly what it sounds like; you’re going to do whatever it takes* to create a video where we can’t tell you apart from Alexi. You can wear a wig, you can adopt Alexi’s stage moves, or anything you want within reason. But to win, you’d better make us laugh, or blow our minds with your ability to be a clone of Alexi. Our panel of judges will watch each video, and the one we deem the coolest will be selected to win an ESP Alexi Laiho Signature Series LTD AL-600 Scythe guitar!
What kind of video should you make? That’s up to you (but keep it short, no more than five minutes). You can rock out with your guitar (or a guitar-shaped object, for all we care) with Children of Bodom blasting in the background; you can impersonate Alexi being interviewed by a rock mag; you can act out a CoB video… the choice is yours. Most importantly, it might be that the winner does something we’re NOT expecting, so be creative!
After you make your film, upload it at the Metal Injection video upload page. Fill out the entry form so we can get in touch if you win, and that’s it! Make sure your video is submitted before November 1, 2009, read the rules and regulations, and good luck!
If Avril Lavigne signs up for this, no one else stands a chance.
I think they’re actually the same person, so technically thats not allowed
Hilarious. Best promo ever.
WTF is wrong with ESP and including shitty EMG HZs with a signature guitar? Even the higher end model. Those pickups couldn’t blow dudes for Kool-Aid points.
alexi doesnt like the active emg pickups
says it turnes his sound to mush
A lot of experienced audio engineers will tell you this is complete bullshit. Active EMG’s (specifically the 81) are widely regarded as THE most defined metal pickups out there. The HZ’s are hardly even in the same ballpark – and are definitely much more mushy themselves – and thus the reason why they’re only usually included in low end models.
Chances are this is the lowest of the low end models, fuck their giving it away!!!
srsly, just solder in whatever pickup you’d rather have in there…. there’s only one on the bridge…. But I think Petri Lindroos wins without even having to do anything, hahaha!!!! Well, the NORTHER Pete, not the new, badass, leather kilt sportin’, war paintin’ Ensiferum Pete….
Jason Mewes would totally win this.
well if everyone else’s just going to be a cynical ass-nugget about this then I’ll have a go!
I love Alexi Laiho, but I look nothing like him.
http://www.myspace.com/madeofhateofficial should probably just send the guitar to these guys
So basically whoever gets a video of them with their head up their ass wins?
Saw COB live once and Alexi just spit all over the basist the whole time. Banged his head turned and launched loogy goodness all into the oblivious poor bastards hair.
That would be Henkka on bass. Most unfortunate!
There should bo one of these deals where you parrot Steph from the Deftones. Not only is his signiture guitars far fucking better. But I could totally pull off a flawless execution. Smoking a blunt, jamming out and looking fat.
That,s easy! just say “fuck” about five times in every sentence!
Wooah!
:O
If I do like I’m trying to flirt with Alexi?
:D
it is a honor to be participating for the alex guitar, that guitar makes become crazy he/she feels to sound in mp3 or cellular it is incredible
that the metal lives and I hope they come for chili again
(September 10 the 2009)
and thank you for the opportunity
You can all kiss my cock, Alexi Laiho shreds like a beast, eat it.
i want thath guitar i play a lot but my guitar is a crap
it doesn,t matter i get this or not,
but i still priase it….as the damm thing is as sexy as hell…………
just realised it’s only available to the yanks. my life has no meaning anymore.
lol, i just realised the same…thanx god i didnt start recording any video and didn’t start turning my guitar in C dropped or something like that shit…black metal blitzkrieg!!!
http://Www.youtube.com/johnnybass33