BANGKOK SHOCKS, SAIGON SHAKES, HANOI ROCKS
HANOI ROCKSMembers:
Michael Monroe (vocals)
Andy McCoy (lead guitar)
Conny Bloom (rhythm guitar)
A.C Christell (bass)
George Atlagic (drums)
Former members:
Nasty Suicide (guitar)
Sam Yaffa (bass)
Razzle (drums)
Stefan Piesnack (guitar)
Nedo Soininen (bass)
Peki Serola (drums)
Tumppi Varonen (drums)
Gyp Casino (drums)
René Berg (bass)
Timo Kaltio (bass)
Timpa Laine (bass)
Costello Hautamäki (guitar)
Stevie Klasson (guitar)
Lacu (drums)
Studio albums:
Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks - 1981, Oriental Beat - 1982, Self Destruction Blues - 1983, Back to Mystery City - 1983, Two Steps From the Move - 1984, Twelve Shots on the Rocks - 2002, Another Hostile Takeover - 2005, Street Poetry - 2007
Some famous songs: Up Around the Bend, Don't You Ever Leave Me,
Taxi Driver, Million Miles Away, A Day Late A Dollar Short
Other facts:
- Hanoi Rocks moved to Stockholm, Sweden in 1980, where they for a while lived on the streets.
- In 1981 the band moved to London. At a Johnny Thunders show Michael Monroe met Razzle. The drummer Gyp Casino used drugs and he got more and more out of control. So Razzle asked to be the new drummer, he took the place as Hanoi Rocks official drummer.
- Razzle died in an car accident 1984. R.I.P
- Hanoi Rocks last shows contained Terry Chimes (The Clash) on drums in 1985.
- Michael Monroe and Andy McCoy got together again in 2001.
- René Berg died in 2002 because of an long alcohol and drug addiction.
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