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Alexi Laiho (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈɑleksi ˈlɑi̯ho]; born Markku Uula Aleksi Laiho; [1] 8 April 1979 – 29 December 2020) [2] was a Finnish guitarist, composer, and vocalist.
The Local Band is a Finnish hard rock supergroup formed in 2013. The band got its start when Children of Bodom's Alexi Laiho and The 69 Eyes' Jussi 69 expressed interest in playing some of their favorite songs together. [1]
Alexi Laiho (1979–2020), full name Markku Uula Aleksi Laiho, Finnish singer, composer, and guitarist of the death metal band Children of Bodom; Alexi Lalas (born 1970), American soccer player; Alexi Murdoch, British singer-songwriter; Alexi Ogando (born 1983), American baseball player; Alexi Zentner, Canadian-American author
The name Buchan is derived from the district of Buchan, in the north east of Aberdeenshire and Banffshire. [1] The ancient Mormaerdom and Earldom of Buchan came into the hands of the Clan Comyn, but they later lost it after they were defeated by Robert the Bruce. [1]
The genesis of the name Buchan is shrouded in uncertainty, [4] but may be of Pictish origin. [4] The name may involve an equivalent of Welsh buwch meaning "a cow". [4] [5] American academic Thomas Clancy has noted cautiously the similarity between the territory names Buchan and Marr to those of the Welsh commotes Cantref Bychan and Cantref Mawr, meaning "small commote" and "large commote ...
The Buchanites are remembered in Scottish literature in the works of John Galt, who was a four-year-old child in Irvine when the sect was expelled.According to Galt's autobiography, he "with many children also accompanied her, but my mother in a state of distraction pursued, and drew me back by the lug and the horn.
Sir Edward Leithen is a fictional character in several of John Buchan's novels: The Power-House, John Macnab, The Dancing Floor, The Gap in the Curtain and Sick Heart River. These were published over a number of years, the first in 1916 (although "The Power House" was originally published in a magazine in 1913), and the last in 1941, one year ...
In 1522 his uncle died, and George Buchanan, who was at that time severely ill, [7] was unable to stay in Paris and returned to Scotland. After recovering from his illness, he joined the French auxiliaries who had been brought over to Scotland by John Stewart, Duke of Albany, and took part in an unsuccessful siege of Wark Castle on the border with England in late 1523. [8]