The fruits of their labour were to be picked by bands heavily influenced by Hanoi Rocks, both musically and visually, like Guns ‘n’ Roses for example. Eventually early 1985 Hanoi Rocks threw in the the towel and disbanded. The rest of the US tour was cancelled and consequently the bass player Sam Yaffa quit the band. The death of a friend was a devastating blow to the band and it never recovered. But then tragedy struck the band: Razzle, the drummer was killed in a car crash in California on December 9th 1984. Already having a following in the United States, Hanoi Rocks had gained momentum of such scale that a breakthrough as a result of not more than a year of touring was imminent. to tour the US for real for the first time. Hanoi Rocks had just released their major label debut on CBS, the now legendary “Two Steps From The Move”, and were in L.A. Alongside their gruelling live schedule they managed to record five albums and with each release gained new ground until the final breakthrough was looming ahead. Hanoi Rocks played anytime, anyplace and with anybody daring enough to share the stage with them and built their following a bit more, gig by gig. Loud and proud, flamboyant and full of attitude, they quickly gained fame outside of Scandinavia, first in the UK, then in Asia, continental Europe and finally in the US. Later that year Casino was fired and replaced by Razzle (Nicholas Dingley).īack in 1980, when the band took its early steps in Finland and Sweden, they already were something else. 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. Lyrical themes revolve around the topics of love and its trials and tribulations, and suburban alienation. Their music fuses elements of blues, punk, rock, as well as the original rock ‘n’ roll of Chuck Berry and Little Richard. The vocalist Michael Monroe and guitarist Andy McCoy from the original line-up came back together in 2002 musically the band is influenced by artists such as the New York Dolls, The Stooges and The Rolling Stones. The band broke up in 1985 due largely to the death of their drummer. whose most successful period came in the early 1980s. Maybe Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath… and of course, Hanoi Rocks. ” That’s something very few bands can claim to their name. Hanoi Rocks are a Finnish band formed in 1979, “The rock band that changed the course of rock.
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