The re-release of Hanoi Rocks' albums on CD was in large part due to efforts by Guns N' Roses via their own record label UZI Suicide. They have been cited as an influence by major bands such as Guns N' Roses and Manic Street Preachers. Later that year Casino was fired and replaced by Razzle (Nicholas Dingley).Īlthough the band never gained significant commercial success, they have a considerable cult following and critical acclaim for their 'sleazy' yet melodic style of music. In 1981 they moved to Stockholm and in 1982 to London to take advantage of the livelier music scene in these cities. The following year Piesnack, Sirola and Nedo were replaced by guitar player Andy McCoy (Antti Hulkko), bass player Sam Yaffa (Sami Takamäki) and drummer Gyp Casino (Jesper Sporre). Hanoi Rocks was formed in Helsinki in 1979 and the first line-up included vocalist and saxophone player Michael Monroe (Matti Fagerholm), guitar player Nasty Suicide (Jan Stenfors), guitar player Stefan Piesnack, bass player Nedo and drummer Peki Sirola. Although their album sales are strong, they are more widely known for their energetic live performances.
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According to Finnish radio and TV personality Jone Nikula (who was also Hanoi Rocks' tour manager in the 2000s), Hanoi Rocks' albums have sold between 780,000 and 1,000,000 copies around the world, but mostly in Scandinavia and Japan. They were also one of the first rock bands to tour in Asia, and were the first western rock band to play in Delhi. In the 80s, Hanoi Rocks were the most successful Finnish band internationally and are still popular in the United States, Japan, and the UK. Original members vocalist Michael Monroe and guitarist Andy McCoy reunited in 2001 and were active with the new line-up of Hanoi Rocks until 2009. The band broke up in 1985 after their drummer Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley died in a car accident a year earlier. I don’t have to try anymore.’ I always try to do a better show, and that keeps me hungry.Hanoi Rocks was a Finnish glam rock band formed in 1979, whose most successful period came in the early 1980s.
I always strive for greatness, which I’ll luckily never achieve because it would be boring to wake up one day and go ‘I’m good enough. As long as I love doing this and I’m doing it well, then why not? I’m still trying to get better at what I do. Monroe adds, “What else am I gonna do? I love making music. Eventually, it shows how you think about life or your attitude, but rock and roll has provided me a way of staying young forever.” “You may see some old people crouching down and looking frail. “By the time you’re 60 you have the face you deserve, meaning that your personality starts showing,” he says. It all has a lot to do with the attitude, says Monroe. You can play golf all the time, and he says ‘I can play golf all the time anyway.'” “‘I’m 74 and I feel better than ever.’ People keep telling him ‘why don’t you retire. “He said ‘Michael you’re only 60,'” shares Monroe. Thinking of his new age milestone, Monroe jokes about a relevant exchange he recently had while on tour with longtime friend Alice Cooper. “And I think ‘I Live Too Fast to Die Young’ is the perfect title for me now that I’m 60.” “It really turned out better than I expected,” he says. The film also features one touching scene with Monroe’s mother Toini Marjatta Kiilas as she remembered the late Hanoi Rocks drummer Razzle, who died at the age of 24 in a car accident involving Mötley Crüe vocalist Vince Neil in 1984, the tragedy leading to the band’s initial breakup in 1985.įor the album Monroe says he decided to go into a new studio with new engineering, working out of Inkfish Studios in Helsinki. “It’ll be definitely worth seeing a different kind of movie, even if you’re not into me or rock and roll in general.” “This is gonna be really exceptional and a very different rock and roll story, and I can’t wait to see where it goes,” says Monroe. Directed by Saku Perinnön, the film features archival footage along with new interviews with members of Hanoi Rocks, Def Leppard’s Joe Elliot, Van Zandt, Mott the Hoople’s Ian Hunter, Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters, Guns N’ Roses’ Slash and Duff McKagan, and producer Bob Ezrin, who produced Hanoi Rocks’ fifth album, Two Steps from the Move, in 1985, among others. Part of the duo’s work on Oriental Beat in the studio was also filmed for the upcoming documentary on Monroe’s life, set for release in 2023.
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