This CD is totally oblivious to post-'80s developments in hard rock the album sounds like it could have been recorded 20 years earlier. When the '90s came to a close, it seemed like a safe bet that Hanoi would never see the light of day again, but much to the surprise of die-hard pop-metal enthusiasts, founding members Michael Monroe and Andy McCoy re-formed Hanoi Rocks in 2002 with a new lineup that included guitarist Costello, bassist Timpa, and drummer Lacu - and the result of that reunion is Twelve Shots on the Rocks. Although Hanoi called it quits in 1985, their influence on pop-metal remained quite strong throughout the late '80s - and it wasn't until the Nirvana/ Pearl Jam/grunge upheaval of 1992-1993 that their influence started to decline. Guns, and Poison) that they might as well have grown up next to the Whiskey-a-Go-Go. Hanoi Rocks, of course, was formed in Finland, but their trashy, hedonistic, decadent hard rock/pop-metal boogie influenced so many Los Angeles headbangers (including Mötley Crüe, Guns N' Roses, Warrant, Faster Pussycat, L.A. "Suomen vanhat albumilistat: 1981".In the early- to mid-'80s, Hanoi Rocks was the quintessential Sunset Strip hair band - and they weren't even from southern California. ^ "What Are the Songs in Peacemaker Episode 5? - Looper".Hanoi Rocks: All Those Wasted Years, LIKE, 2008.
^ Ari Väntänen, Michael Monroe & Andy McCoy."Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks". "Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks > Overview". ^ Phillips, William Cogan, Brian (2009).
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The song "11th Street Kids" was featured in the episode titled "Monkey Dory" of the 2022 HBO Max original series Peacemaker. The album appears several times in the 2000 film High Fidelity. "Don't Never Leave Me" was re-recorded and released as " Don't You Ever Leave Me" on Hanoi Rocks' fifth album Two Steps from the Move. "Walking With My Angel" is a cover of a song from 1961 by Bobby Vee.
The biggest hit of the album was " Tragedy". The album was originally going to be titled Some Like It Hot or Some Like It Cut, but Jim Pembroke suggested the name Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks, which the band ultimately chose.
Also Michael Monroe says that he can't listen to his singing on the first Hanoi-album, as his voice wasn't very good yet. Even though the album is regarded by many as good, Andy McCoy commented in the December, 1981 issue of Soundi that Johansson ruined many of the songs.
While the album was produced by Andy McCoy and Michael Monroe under the name "The Muddy Twins" (inspired by " The Glimmer Twins"), the album was recorded by Swedish Seppo Johansson, who worked at the studio. Released: February 1981 (Finland, Sweden), April 1982 (Japan)īangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks is the first studio album by the Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks, released in 1981.īangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks was recorded in January 1981, between Hanoi Rocks' club shows.
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