- Hanoi Rocks was founded in Helsinki, but fairly soon the energetic rock band started to look for the fame first in Stockholm, Sweden and then London, England. Since the 1981 debut album "Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks" the band fairly soon became popular in Europe and Asia. In the late 1984 the group was about to break in the USA too. But in Los Angeles, December 9th 1984 Hanoi Rock drummer Razzle died in a car accident, when Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil lost the control of his new sports car. This event lead into numerous lineup changes and in mid-1985 Hanoi Rocks broke up.
In summer 2001 the lead figures of Hanoi Rocks, vocalist/saxophonist Michael Monroe and guitarist Andy McCoy re-joined their forces for a Finnish concert tour under name "Michael Monroe & Andy McCoy - Hanoi Revisited". The next year came the official announcement that Hanoi Rocks had made a comeback.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- Pictured on one of six Finnish postage stamps celebrating Finnish Rock Bands, issued 11 September 2015. Price on day of issue was 1.10 Euros.
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