THE LOCAL BAND Featuring Members Of CHILDREN OF BODOM, THE 69 EYES, SANTA CRUZ And RECKLESS LOVE Perform At 100 Guitars From Hel Aftershow Party; Fan-Filmed Video Online

Following the 100 Guitars From Hel spectacle in Helsinki’s Senate Square on August 14th, the party moved to the Tavastia club. The Local Band – featuring Alexi Laiho (Children Of Bodom), Jussi69 (The 69 Eyes), Archie Kuosmanen (Santa Cruz) and Olli Herman (Reckless Love) entertained the audience with headbanging covers of hair metal songs from the ’80s, including Van Halen, Guns N’ Roses, Poison, Mötley Crüe and more. Fan-filmed video is available below:

On August 14th, Children Of Bodom frontman Alexi Laiho turned the Senate Square in Helsinki, Finland into a metal arena. He composed a commissioned song for the Helsinki Festival, and was backed by 100 on stage. Live stream footage of the performance along with behind-the-scenes clips are available below.

The performance begins at the 36:50 mark.

The chosen guitarists for the event were divided into five groups, and each group had to learn their own parts during July. Check out the five demo clips below:

The core band backing up Laiho for the performance featuring the following musicians:

Kie Von Hertzen (guitars – Von Hertzen Brothers, Don Huonot)
Archie Cruz (guitars – Santa Cruz)
Samy Elbanna (guitars – Lost Society)
Timo Kämäräinen (guitars – Toot Toot)
Tommy Armstrong-Leavitt (guitars)
Jyri Helko (bass – For The Imperium)
Janne Wirman (keyboards – Children Of Bodom)
Jaska Raatikainen (drums – Children Of Bodom)

Check out the 100 Guitars From Hel Facebook page here.