![]() It’s so sad that this went on to be their last for about two decades. It’s still a great pleasure to listen to this album, but I just cannot rank it on par with Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks and Back to Mystery City. The retitled rehash of Don’t You ever Leave Me from Hanoi’s first is competent, yet redundant for a fan like myself who worships every record released by the Finns before this. My personal favourite is track number three, I Can’t Get It. In the wake of Quiet Riot’s Slade remake, hair metal treatment of old rocking songs appeared as the easy route to many a rocker. The fact that it starts with a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s hit Up Around the Bend screams hunger for easy chart success. It comes across as a bit institutionalized. It sure is sonically superior, courtesy of Bob Ezrin’s slick production, but that’s also one of its weaknesses. Maxwell Marco Martello: Hanoi Rocks’ “make it or break it” album is my least favourite of their classic period. ![]() Vince f***in' Neil has never apologised to the rest of the band, according to Andy McCoy. Unfortunately, Razzle was killed within months of it's release. This major label debut should've launched them into the big time. "The album marked Hanoi at their overall peak, perhaps less charming than on, for example, '82's Self Destruction Blues, but brimming with confidence, surrounded by good help, thick, muscular, adequately in tune with their essence to refrain from dishing what could have been an overflow of heavy metal." ( Martin Poppoff (opens in new tab))ĭavid Heaton: Great album from one of the best live bands I've ever seen. "The record was paced well, shot like a cannon with joyous lead single Up Around The Bend, written by Creedence Clearwater Revival (lone alternate choice: Bad Moon Rising by the same band), spilling into the hard rock of High School, eventually into the torrid and florid traditional balladry of Million Miles Away and Don't You Ever Leave Me (a remake of a track from the band's '80 debut) and back out again with the hard rock of Boiler and Cutting Corners. You cannot help but notice Razzle’s impact on the band, having him on the drums."In terms of combining the attitude, gang shouts, punk energy, and classic rock burn of the band, things couldn't be better - Monroe sounds phenomenal, the McCoy/Suicide guitar team comes up with some great riffs and even better trade-offs, and the Yaffa/Razzle rhythm section keep it all chugging." ( AllMusic (opens in new tab)) Thanks to the band’s guitarist Andy McCoy for quite some great lyrics that make the song stand out amongst the band’s songs. Starting us off at number ten is the song “Malibu Beach Nightmare,” simply called many “Malibu Beach.” The song features in the Finnish rock and glam-punk band’s 1983 album, Back to Mystery City. Here we usher in our top 10 Hanoi Rocks songs. And as you can guess, the band has had quite a reshuffle of their line up with the total number of members ever to grace the stage under the name Hanoi Rocks hitting twenty. However, the band would later rejuvenate their love for rock music, having the band team up from 2001 to 2009. ![]() ![]() Sadly, the band would disband following the death of their recent new man in their lineup, drummer Nicholas “Razzle” Dingley, who died in a car accident in December 1984. In the first years of their inception, Hanoi Rocks would tour tons of Finnish clubs for live performances playing Monroe and McCoy’s songs and covers to other songs. The band was quite popular, having them be the first Finnish band to chart in the UK. Other founding members were guitarist Stefan Piesnack, drummer Peki Sirola, and bassist Nedo Soininen. The two would have a pact that Andy would join the band later on to have a smooth transition from his previous band to the new Hanoi Rocks band. Our Top 10 Hanoi Rocks Songs takes a look at a legendary rock band from Finland that played a big role in the 1980s Glam Metal Scene.Formed in 1978, Hanoi Rocks is a band that puts Finland on the map for rock music thanks to vocalist Michael Monroe aka Matti Fagerholm, and guitarist Andy McCoy aka Antti Hulkko, formerly in the punk band Pelle Miljoona Oy, for their efforts to see the Hanoi Rocks band established. Photo: Tuomas Vitikainen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons ![]()
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