About Hanoi Rocks
Hanoi Rocks were a Finnish rock band formed in 1979. They were the first Finnish band to chart in the UK and were also popular in Japan. By 1984, the band was considered to be on the verge of an international breakthrough when they released their first major label album for CBS and headed for their first US tour. The tour was cut short when their drummer Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley died in a drunk driving incident with Vince Neil behind the wheel in December 1984. The band never recovered from the loss and announced their split in June 1985. After their initial break-up, lead singer Michael Monroe became the first Finnish artist to chart on the American Billboard 200 in 1989. Monroe and original lead guitarist Andy McCoy reunited in 2001 with a new lineup that lasted until 2009. Although musically closer to traditional rock n' roll and punk, Hanoi Rocks has been cited as a major influence in the glam metal genre for bands such as Guns N' Roses, Skid Row and Poison. According 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, mostly in Scandinavia and Japan
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Discography
Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks (1981)
Oriental Beat (1982)
Self Destruction Blues (1982)
Back to Mystery City (1983)
Self Destruction Blues / Back to Mystery City (1984)
Two Steps From the Move (1984)
The Best of Hanoi Rocks (1985)
Self Destruction Blues (1985)
Million Miles Away (1985)
Dead by Christmas (1986)
Bangkok Shocks Saigon Shakes Hanoi Rocks / Oriental Beat (1988)
Up Around the Bend: Super Best (1989)
The Collection (1989)
Tracks From a Broken Dream (1990)
Lean On Me (1992)
