Any News on second axe swinger?

[Mammoth]

Been away for a while, any news on who's to fill ALE's shoes?

 

[Yetti]

from Metal Maniacs Feb '04 issue:

Children of Bodom mainman Alexi Laiho recently spoke to Outburn magazine about the depature of Alexander "Aku" Kuoppa and the impact it's had on the band's morale. "I gotta be honest, it did affect us a lot," he said. "He was an important part of the band, just like every other member. He was a part of Children of Bodom and my best friend, definitely. There's no bad blood between us or anything like that. The whole thing was like, overnight, a 180-degree turn, what he did with his whole life. It's kind of the legendary thing: he hooked up with a chick and now he wants to be a family man. We've always had a steady lineup, and thats how we want to keep it. Right now, we're going to have this one guy[Roope Latvala] be a session member for the rest of touring. He's actually the guy who plays in the other band i play in, Sinergy, and after that, we'll have more time to sit down and really think about who it's gonna be. There are so many people who could do it playing-wise. That's not the problem - it has to be the personality that fits in, the whole attitude. There's so much more than just playing."


that's it. word for word. :Spin:

 

[Day_Before_Dawn]

Speaking of Roope. Is it me or does he seem to not be using his ESP?.
Maybe Im just looking at old pictures. But I havent seen a picture of him using his Star once yet. He doesn't cover up the Jackson logo either.
Anyone care to inform me if im am infact totally wrong here. Or he is taking the free guitars and using his fave Jackson?

 

[CadalMord]

Well, if you had to choose between playing a cool Jackson model or a silly-looking esp, which would you choose?

And the ESP deal was made with the old line-up, so Roope has no obligation to use esp when playing with CoB.

 

[BodomiC]

but does this mean that in Sinergy he will be obligated?

 

[stoned&drunk]

Hmm.. I thought that all CoB members got endorsement, and when aku left and roope came he got one too.. But im not sure. Roope is playing till the end of summer, i remember reading somewhere..

 

[Yetti]

Roope isnt in CoB, so i don't see why he should play his ESP if he doesn't want to.

 

[CadalMord]

but does this mean that in Sinergy he will be obligated?

Why would he be? Sinergy has no endorsement deal with ESP.

Hmm.. I thought that all CoB members got endorsement, and when aku left and roope came he got one too.. But im not sure. Roope is playing till the end of summer, i remember reading somewhere..

Nope. CoB made the endorsement deal. Then Ale left ---> Roope came in as a SESSION GUITARIST. So, as he is not a "real member" of CoB, he has no obligation to use the ESP.

edit: and, at least to my knowledge, ESP don't produce keyboards or drums, so Janne and Jaska have no endorsement with them. Jaska got endorsement with Pearl, I think (?). and I'm guessing that Janne pretty much "builds" his own keyboards or something like that..

 

[ND24/7]

And then... Roope got a deal with ESP even if he's a session guitarist... But Indeed... I haven't seen him playing live with his ESP at all... http://www.musamaailma.fi/bandikamat/uutiset/33.phtml

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

I really like those guitars but the headstock looks gay as hell.

 

[delt]

At both montréal shows he was playing his (real) Rhoads.

 

[BodomiC]

so tell me, what for did he sign that deal? Is it just some fame to have your own custom model named after you or what? cant get that...

 

[asphyXy]

When I talked to Roope in New York, he said he might stay in Children of Bodom.

 

[Stun]

I think it's highly possible Roope will stay in the band...

Also, Roope has his own deal with ESP. But it's also true that he hasn't been using his ESP on tour... I don't know what's up with that. He must just like his Jackson more (but if ESP found out they'd probably get mad).

 

[RockBodom]

if they found out, they have grounds to terminate the contract immediately..im fairly sure i remember when COB got the endorsement, Alexi worked it out for Sinergy as well....this was in some interview i think....wish i could place who/where etc now...really do..

edit: they have grounds to terminate if he doesnt play his signature ESP in -Sinergy- ....he can use whatever outside of that, but im sure ESP would like him to use their stuff constantly...but since they didnt cover him in COB, he's free to do whatever...Id like to see if the contract carries over to COB if he does join up for good though. More than likely it will...I dont see why it wouldnt.

 

[the_drip]

this is a good indicator of what Roope thinks of his STar ESP.

 

[BodomiC]

oh yes So I cant wait to see Sinegry live then with Roopas Star on stage

 

[CadalMord]

Err.. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Roope signed any deal with ESP. He may have some relations to the random star model or something, but I'm thinking that he just happened to buy some ESP. At least that's what I imagined when Kai @ Musamaailma was speaking about Roope's guitar order or something.

edit: oh yeah, just have to remind you that don't start taking my "not-so-sure information" too seriously, since I don't play the guitar, I don't really own a guitar, and I really don't know much about them.

 

[the polish bastard]

At the Vancouver COB show , he wasnt using his "Star" ESP

 

[Stun]

Roope definitely has an ESP deal. I've seen him posing with an ESP for them.