People can ridicule alexi personally..pretty fuckin dumb because i dont think anyone here knows him personally (could be wrong) but whatever...i could care less about any of this shit...as long as the music rocks then its all good. I will agree that COB's music has got a bit more simplified since exposure in the US, but that doesnt mean its worse. Hell..Pantera was simple shit but they fucking rocked. Alexi is a phenominal musician and just decided to take a different direction for some new material..so what. Its better than the same shit every album I suppose. Bodoms music is still up their in my favorite shit to listen to category along with Symphony X, Cacophony, Wintersun and all that other good technical shit.