The album had just been released when disaster struck in December of that same year: Razzle was killed in a car accident (the driver was Vince Neil, singer with the band Mötley Crüe). They recorded their fifth album in January 1984 with producer Bob Ezrin in his home town Toronto. In 1983 the band signed to CBS Records and appeared to be on the cusp of gaining commercial acceptance. In Finland, however, Hanoi Rocks is known as the Finnish rock band who at their time had come closest to real international fame, only much later giving way to such groups as HIM. 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. Wharton (better known as Vince Neil) lost the control of his car while going to local off-license and busted the other cars on the road.Hanoi Rocks was a Finnish glam rock band formed in 1979, whose most successful period came in the early 1980s. Razzle died on 9 December 1984 in an accident where a drunkard Vincent N. And although Knox continued performing and recording with a band called Fallen Angels, members of Hanoi never played live with him except Nasty who every now and then visited the band's line-up.ĩ December 1984 – Redondo Beach, California, USA In 1983 Sami, Nasty Suicide and Razzle recorded an album with Knox (Vibrators) that was titled as Fallen Angels. In addition to Hanoi Rocks Razzle, Sami and Andy visited Japanese Yasuaki Honda's album Angel Of Glass. Nevertheless Razzle's picture was printed on the cover of Self Destruction Blues, he didn't play a single bar in the record. After Hanoi had sacked Gyp Casino they hired Razzle as his substitute. Razzle was convinced that Hanoi was the band he was destined to join in. He later went to see them at ZigZag Club where they were playing. Razzle saw Hanoi Rocks for the first time when he was reading Sounds-magazine. In 1982 they released a live EP ”The Living End” which was recorded in the band's last concert at 100 Club in London. In 1981 they recorded a single The Masque / War Zone. He also played (and even recorded) in a band The Dark and they were playing very heavy punk rock, near heavy metal according to Razzle. According to him, they tried to sound like Alice Cooper. Nobody knows about the band's line-up but it is pretty much sure that Razzle was involved in one of them. Razzle's first band that was noticed in the rock scene was Demon Preacher (formed by Nik Fiend who later formed a band called Alien Sex Fiend).
at a band that had a very sophisticated name: Fuck Pigs. In 1980 Razzle moved to London and played in many small time punk-bands e.g.
He attended many local bands at Binstead, one was called Thin Red Line. Nicholas ”Razzle” Dingley started banging drums in 1977 when he was inspired by the music of Sex Pistols and The Damned.
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