CHILDREN OF BODOM Frontman: 'I'm So Not Into The Whole BLABBERMOUTH Bullshit'

UK's Zero Tolerance magazine recently conducted an interview with CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow.

On the element of CHILDREN OF BODOM's non-fanbase that views him as a bleach-blond pretty boy who insists on making all the rules in his band:

Alexi: Well, the thing is, I write the music and lyrics. The other guys do participate, and we work and rehearse together as a band. Still, there has to be someone who calls the shots, otherwise nothing gets done. I can settle disagreements and be a deciding vote without being a fucking dictator. I guess what I'm trying to say is that those people who think that way also do not live my life. They can think what they want, and I don't care."

On Internet criticism that CHILDREN OF BODOM hasn't paid the dues for the ride which the band currently enjoys:

Alexi: "I think we have. First, we've been doing this shit since we were 13 and 14, and didn't get anything even released until after five years of practicing. We did well enough on that first album to make a second, and well enough on the second to make a third, and so on. I'm not going to intentionally make bad music so that people can feel better about themselves. . . I'm so not into the whole Blabbermouth bullshit, either. I barely go to our own homepage anymore. I have more important things to do than worry about the three guys online hugging each other, trying to decide if I'm 'metal enough' or not."

Read the entire interview in the March/April 2008 issue of Zero Tolerance.