“Kill City Kills” was one of McCoy’s oldest songs, which he had written when he was hanging around at a Finnish block called Kill City. McCoy had translated the song, whose title means “I Want You” in Swedish, into English and claimed it as his own. In November 1980, the band struck a deal with Johanna Kustannus and released its debut single, “I Want You / Kill City Kills.” “I Want You” was a new version of the Swedish song “Vill ha dig” by Heartbreak. When the band moved to Stockholm, its members lived mostly in the streets, begging for money, except Andy McCoy, who lived with his wealthy girlfriend. By then Peki had left the band, and when it relocated to Stockholm, they hired an old friend of Monroe and McCoy’s, drummer Gyp Casino. McCoy replaced Stefan Piesnack, who had been arrested for drug possession, and Yaffa replaced Nedo. In late 1980 Andy McCoy left Pelle Miljoona Oy to join Hanoi Rocks, and was later joined by another former Pelle Miljoona Oy member, bassist Sami Yaffa. Vesterinen soon became the band’s manager after speaking with McCoy and Monroe. The band toured Finnish clubs, playing McCoy and Monroe’s own songs and covers like Cheap Trick’s “He’s a Whore,” The Police’s “Born in the 50’s” and MC5’s “Looking at You.” At one of the band’s first shows was Seppo Vesterinen, who had brought big name artists like Iggy Pop and Frank Zappa to Finland. The original lineup of Hanoi Rocks was Michael Monroe on vocals, former Pelle Miljoona Oy guitarist Stefan Piesnack, Monroe’s guitarist Nasty Suicide, bassist Nedo Soininen, and drummer Peki Sirola. McCoy allowed Monroe to form the band with an agreement that McCoy would join later. McCoy did not join the band immediately, because he was the guitarist for the Finnish punk band Pelle Miljoona Oy. Hanoi Rocks was formed in Helsinki in 1980 by Michael Monroe (Matti Fagerholm) and his friend, guitarist Andy McCoy (Antti Hulkko). Although musically closer to traditional rock n’ roll and punk, Hanoi Rocks have been cited as a major influence in the glam metal genre for bands such as Guns N’ Roses, Skid Row and Poison.Īccording to Finnish radio and TV personality Jone Nikula, who was the band’s tour manager in the 2000s, Hanoi Rocks’s albums have sold between 780,000 and 1,000,000 copies around the world, but mostly in Scandinavia and Japan. Original vocalist Michael Monroe and guitarist Andy McCoy reunited in 2001 with a new line-up of Hanoi Rocks until 2009. The band broke up in June 1985 after the drummer Nicholas “Razzle” Dingley had died in a car accident during their first US tour in December 1984. They were the first Finnish band to chart in the UK and they were also popular in Japan. Please click here to log in or create a Username for leaving comments.Hanoi Rocks was a Finnish rock band formed in 1979. You cannot leave comments for this CD because you are ""Highwired", "fashion", it's all good and swings like a good hookers hips should. Don't be afraid of this one, Electric Boys and Hanoi still-alives rock hard here. It's Hanoi Rocks! The kings of sleaze, those furry Finnish bastards. Long as they are at least 4 songs in length.Įxisting comments about this CD From: rick kerch vzlaįirst comment?.what's up guys?.no Hanoi Rocks fans here?.Jesus Christ.anyway one of the things i like about the Rocks is that they have always kept it ue to their sound,no alteration,pure Glam/Dirty/Mean Rock'n'Roll and Michael Monroe has a pact with the Devil hahaha!!!.the years passes over him like nothing.talkin' about the album,well pure quality.song such as "Highwired","Teenage Revolution","Transcendental Groove","This One's For Rock'n'Roll"(hell yeah!,nice song),"Powertrip","Walkin' Away","Tootin' Star" are that will keep your feet stomping and not to mention the funny little song "Fumblefoot And Busy Bee".get this album,honestly,you won't regret it.90/100 Please only submit officialĬD releases no bootlegs or cassette-only or LP-only releases.ĮPs and CD-singles from Hanoi Rocks are also welcome to be added, as Even if it is an obscure greatest-hits or liveĬompilation CD, we want to add it to the site. The ultimate goal is to make the discographies here at Heavy HarmoniesĪs complete as possible. Notice that a particular Hanoi Rocks CD release or compilation is missingįrom the list above, please submit that CD using the CD submission page. The music discographies on this site are works in progress. Live tracks, etc.), please post them in the corrections section of the If you see any errors or omissions in the CD information shown above,Įither in the musician credits or song listings (cover song credits, Personnel Michael Monroe lead vocals, harmonica, saxophoneĪndy McCoy lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocalsĬonny Bloom lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
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