The Local Band is a great supergroup of rockers featuring Alexi Laiho 0f Children Of Bodom, Jussi69 of The 69Eyes, Olli Herman of Reckless Love and Archie Cruz of Santa Cruz. What started as a group of friends having drinks in Los Angeles at Christmas time in 2013, soon flourished into a high demand rock band. As the story goes:
It was a warm dark night before Christmas in Los Angeles in 2013. Jussi 69 (The 69 Eyes) and Alexi Laiho (Children Of Bodom) met in Hollywood, had a couple of drinks and…
Alexi: “Dude, we gotta get together, play some Poison, Mötley and drink some Jack.”
Jussi: “Ok, when?”
Alexi: “Christmas.”
Jussi: “Cool.”They shook hands and swore that they really were going to make this happen. The key word and the whole idea behind The Local Band would be to have FUN. No stress, no pressure, and definitely no business plans.
Right after Jussi and Alexi decided to do this, it was obvious they would need a charismatic singer, one who could handle all the classic hard rock super hits, from Jump to Girls, Girls, Girls, amongst all their other favorites. Jussi decided to send a message to Reckless Love´s Olli Herman.
”Naturally, I was immediately exited and kept saying: “Yes – HELLYEAH!!!”, over and over again while listening to Jussi talk me through the idea. Nothing could’ve kept me from taking part after I heard we would only perform killer songs from all the greatest 80’s hair metal bands. I couldn’t believe it. All my favourites!! I was extatic”, says Olli.
To complete the line-up they got Archie Cruz from Santa Cruz to play bass. Now this crazy crew was ready to rock!
They were only to play for one night but have since released a debut EP “Locals Only – Dark Edition” and have played many shows and festivals. Check out the new video for their song, Untouched here, crank it up loud for some balls to the wall ROCK!:
We hope they will make some plans to come out to the US and play, especially here in California so we can bring you full coverage! Meanwhile, make sure to pick up their EP and visit their social media sites for updated information.
~ Marisol
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