#True story of hanoi rocks full

Casino was replaced in 1982 by Nicholas 'Razzle' Dingley who became an integral member of HANOI ROCKS. HANOI ROCKS, the first Finnish rock band to make an international breakthrough, recorded their first three albums with the original lineup: 'Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks' (1981), 'Oriental Beat' (1982) and 'Self Destruction Blues' (1982). Monroe and McCoy founded HANOI ROCKS in the late 1970s and the band's original lineup was established in 1980. When host Eddie Trunk pointed out that other reunion tours had materialized in the past after what were initially supposed to be one-off gigs and that Michael should 'never say never,' Monroe quipped: 'I say 'never say never say never.' ' This will be just one time - this one time.'

#True story of hanoi rocks full

The next day, it was all sold out and everybody wants to be there.'Īsked if he thinks there is a chance that this HANOI ROCKS reunion will lead to a full tour or more shows, Michael said: 'No. And we announced that the end of the show will be the original lineup doing a set of HANOI songs. It was surreal to be with everybody right there - all five of us together - after 40 years. We should let people know.' The Ice Hall in Helsinki was already over half sold out, but then we had this press conference, and I had Gyp Casino come over too - all five of us - and it was fun.

Then Sami Yaffa told me one night, 'Are you sure you don't wanna let people know ahead of time? Because if fans find out about this later on afterwards, they're gonna be pissed off.' So I said, 'You're right. This was the only way and the only time to do it, for the right reasons. Why don't we do a few HANOI songs in the end?' And then we were gonna have it as a surprise, and everybody agreed. All the guys will be there, the original lineup. Fine.' So then I started thinking about it. If I have time from my world tour, I may have time to show up and maybe I'll come and do 'Tragedy'.' 'Okay. He said, 'I heard you've got this 60th-birthday celebration. I met with Gyp Casino, the original drummer from HANOI, in Stockholm last December when we were filming my documentary… a cool guy nice memories. Regarding how the gig came about, he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): 'What happened was Sami Yaffa and Nasty Suicide were gonna be there anyway, since Sami is in my band playing the bass. Monroe discussed the HANOI ROCKS reunion during a September 14 appearance on SiriusXM's 'Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk'.

This will DEMOLITION 23's first performance since the band's breakup in 1995. Led by Monroe, the band rose to great cult fame, although they only released one album ( 'Demolition 23') in 1994 and broke up shortly afterwards. The 'support band' for the show will be the reunited DEMOLITION 23. The quintet, which started a historic chapter in the world's music scene, was seen on stage for the last time at Helsinki's Tavastia on July 27, 1982. As the grand finale of the concert, the original lineup of HANOI ROCKS, one of Finland's most significant rock bands of all time, will take the stage: Monroe, Andy McCoy, Sami Yaffa, Nasty Suicide and Gyp Casino. Michael Monroe, who turned 60 in June, will celebrate the milestone with a bang at the Helsinki Ice Hall on September 23.