Cultural Impact
The Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, who are also from Espoo, derive their name from the lake. All the band members looked for good names in their local phone book after the record label said they needed to change their name (as they had previously signed to another label as Inearthed). When they stumbled upon Lake Bodom, they felt it was a name with impact and one behind which was a story they found interesting.
Read more about this topic: Lake Bodom Murders
Famous quotes containing the words cultural and/or impact:
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—Carl Bernstein (b. 1944)
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