Hanoi Rocks The Tragic Story Of The Band & Death Of Razzle

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Today we take a look at the legendary Finnish Band Hanoi Rocks who influenced countless greats like Guns N' Roses, Skid Row, Motley Crue in addition to the tragic death of drummer Razzle
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Hanoi Rocks frontman Mike Monroe was born as Matti Antero Kristian Fagerholm in 1962 in Finland. His father was a famous radio and TV personality. Monroe would reveal in his autobiography thatsHis real first exposure to rock n’ roll was seeing Black Sabbath perform a show in paris on TV and that memory would stay with him for the rest of his life. Also influencing monroe at a young age was the first wo concerts he ever went to as a kid which was the band slade and sweet. And in 1976 Monroe would play in a band called Madness and he just happened to share the same rehearsal space and drummer with guitarist Andy Mccoy Who played in a punk rock band named Briard. It was there that the two met and started talking and started hit it off and Monroe at one point almost joined Mccoy’s band, but was told he had to cut his hair. While Monroe was against cutting his hair, the seeds of Hanoi Rocks were being carefully planted as he would tell Louder Sound “the punk thing was great, but you can join our punk band if you cut your hair. What? To be in punk fashion. Im not going to be a slave to fashion he’d remember so i said no and me and andy talked about putting a real band together the way we thought a cool rock band should be and that’s how Hanoi started.After skipping the army I wasn’t going to cut my hair just to be in a band he’d say
Monroe eventually left home and moved to Stockholm, Sweden and started another punk band called Nymphomaniac. The band would quickly fell apart and Michael moved back to Helsinki. By the summer of 1979 monroe was back again in Sweden and would meet future hanoi rocks rhythm guitarist Nasty Sicide through Andy McCoy. Andy was in a new band at the time named Pelle (pellay) Miljoona but was still interested in forming a band with monroe. Riding the bus one day Andy suggested the band name "Chinese Rocks" named after the Johnny Thunders song and then "Hanoi Rocks" and well the rest was history.
And Hanoi Rocks would be formed in 1979, but funny enough Mccoy wasn’t in the first incarnation of the group because he was still playing in his other band. But Mccoy did have an understanding with Monroe that he would eventually join Hanoi Rocks. The only members of the classic lineup who were in the first incarnation of the band were mike monroe and nasty sicide. The band soon hit the Finnish club circuit playing a mix of Cheap Trick, MC5 and The Police covers along with songs Monroe and Mccoy had written. At one of the band’s early shows a fellow named Seppo who was responsible for bringing iggy pop and the stooges to finland was in attendance and showed an interest in managing the band. We’ll talk a little more about him later.
When Mccoy was ready to join the group they would relocate to Sweden and have drummer gyp casino and bassist Sami Yaffa joining the band. This is where things got difficult for the band. Most of the members were literally living in the street as Monroe would tell loudersound
When we started Hanoi Rocks we were homeless. I had a few hundred Finnish marks, not much, when I left home and ended up in Stockholm. So me, Sami Yaffa and Nasty Suicide were living on the streets for the first six months, begging for change. We’d beg enough to get a hamburger to share, or a bottle of wine to forget about the hunger. We befriended other homeless people. We’d sometimes go to a bar and I’d chat up some girl, and when she’d invite me to her house, I’d say: “Do you mind if my friends come along?” Then when we got to the house we’d head straight for the fridge. He would go on to reveal that
Andy would live with his girlfriend during the time and Gyp had an apartment during their time in Sweden. It was life on the streets that would eventually shape the group’s attitude, image and sound. And According to Monroe, Sweden was merely a stopover for the band whose final destination was London, England because as he saw it that’s where the centre of the music scene seemed to be at the time. He would go on to reveal to Loudersound that the band got no love from their home county saying
Later that same year the band headed into the studio to record their debut record titled Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks. Originally released only in the Scanadanvian countries, the album became a top 5 hit in their Finland

[@rnrtruestories]

throw your suggestions for future topics below!

[@rokanrollannie1]

Great story, however this accident took place in Redondo Beach not Hollywood.

[@kenny_karen]

Any possibility of doing something about Hillel Slovak from the Red Hot Chili Peppers?

[@michaelvolgare4454]

Johnny Thunders

[@catncheese6815]

Smack, finnish rockband that influenced but no one knows about them. Nirvana played their song, gnr guys liked them etc

[@Retrokaiser]

A few requests. - The time that a Pennywise/Bad Religion/NOFX show lead to a riot. - The Residents 1st world tour that nearly broke up the band. - TISM's infamous performance on Hey Hey It's Saturday. - The weird sh*t that Killing Joke got up to while on tour.

[@Elise-yu5pe]

I feel like when people say a band is underrated the band isn't but in this case Hanoi really is underrated.

[@afterburner2869]

I feel like when someone says a band is underrated, they are saying more people should think like they do.

[@StephenS-2024]

@@afterburner2869 yeah.

[@cjaquilino]

AFTERBURNER That or there’s a reason they’re underrated. They’re doing something that doesn’t appeal to a greater audience.

[@jb-yi4di]

@@afterburner2869 Spot on.

[@colinmclaughlin9047]

Aldo Nova was better. If anything Hanoi was overrated.

[@boopah4365]

If that had been you or I driving that car, we'd STILL be in prison.

[@RevanMartinez]

💯

[@joeberben1982]

Yup..

[@DerScheisse]

*_S H O T C A L L E R_*

[@Baffled_King]

Maybe today. But at that time, people were getting slaps on the wrist for drunk driving accidents, even with injuries and fatalities. It was only in the late 80's that CA started taking drunk driving more seriously.

[@boopah4365]

@@Baffled_King In 1983 my best friends dad got into an accident while drinking which caused a fatality and he got 18 years.

[@citizenshane8932]

Razzle’s death scene from “Dirt” was eerily haunting. I still have it stuck in my head. Poor guy, if the movie is factual and he really did go out like that he went out like a G or rather a MFing Rockstar. Rest in Power, Raz!!!!

[@Me-lc5xr]

I cried so much it was so sad! I wish Vince wasn’t driving :(

[@THEGM]

I watched the dirt a few months after experiancing a hard car accident with my family, that almost killed my sister. After watching that scene i couldnt sleep for several days. The part where vince tries to wake raz up and then we see his mangled face haunted me for months.

[@brianporter138]

I'm sure the director of the movie made most of that scene up for dramatic effect. Was really weird.

[@morrispalter6079]

In the movie, the car they were driving in was a Corvette that Vince crashed. In actuality, Vince was driving a Pantera...film budget I guess..! haha!

[@airmangoon]

@@morrispalter6079 it was 72 pantera

[@grimmdixie7162]

"Nasty Suicide is now a pharmacist."... Now, that's something you don't hear very often. 😳

[@rnrtruestories]

yeah i thought he was in the netflix documentary the pharmacist .....kidding of course

[@petrirantanen]

Thanks man. You did research and told their story very good. I really appreciate this because I were there when they started here in Finland. I remember first seeing them in TV and I loved it. My mom said to me "You better not become a punk like those guys" Next day I had Hanoi Rocks written on my hand with a magic marker and dyed my hair black. My dad told me that "Don't come home son until your hair looks normal" I was away about a week and came back home. I wore a Hanoi Ricks shirt at school and took a few beatings because of that but I never took my shirt off because of them. When they played their last concert in Helsinki, it was televised and my mom was watching it me and she cried when Michael Monroe burst into tears during "Million Miles Away" and I remember thinking "Hypocrite"lol. I was a kid back then. Again thank you for doing justice for the band that made me fall in love with Rock N' Roll. Cheers from Finland, Petri

[@heathlamping6528]

"I'll disown you if you ever come home looking like that" is wat my mom said to me when she first seen a picture of the Misfits in a magazine i had haha.

[@petrirantanen]

@@heathlamping6528 Parents. You "hate" them as a teen because they don't let you everything you want but you'll always end up loving them of course. Hehe I'm sure same kind of conversations have been in many house holds. Or at least were back when I was a teen. I love Misfits but just the Danzig era. I have tons of punk friends who dig their later material too but for some reason it never did nothing to me. Stay safe out there my friend!

[@heathlamping6528]

@@petrirantanen yeah, me and mom are cool, she learned that the music is harmless, well to me anyways, and i grew up, hell my house is next to my moms

[@petrirantanen]

@@heathlamping6528 My brother took my mom to Rammstein concert few years ago and she said it rocked! She's really into rock and metal. I go see my mom weekly and I lived with her few months after building I lived burnt down

[@heathlamping6528]

@@petrirantanen as we get older we realise that it's not that bad having parents

[@johnke7]

I saw them at the Marquee club in London in 1982 when they first arrived in England. Absolutely unbelievable. They should have become the most famous band on the planet.

[@larsgsanger3105]

Agree🧡❤️

[@thepagecollective]

When you deliver flowers in New York, you sometimes deliver to the famous or formerly famous, and they look at you in a particular way. If their fame is in the past, even if they are good with it, they look at you like they both want and don;t want you to recognize them. They don't want to be forgotten, but they don't want to be remembered. That Michael Monroe when I delivered him flowers in the East Village in...1991? I didn't know who he was, but looked up his name because he looked at me that way famous people do.

[@lordrathut]

Isn't that where they recorded that amazing live album?

[@johnke7]

@@lordrathut Yes, and I was there for every night of it. I think there were three.

[@michaelmarifern9541]

With the help of Charlie Harper getting them to London as well.

[@RefinedRetroReviews]

"Nasty Suicide is now a pharmacist." Wow I bet he uses his normal given name professionally. Imagine seeing that stage name when you go to fill your script.

[@peter.4015]

The dream job

[@dionyates2482]

I think the whole band were pharmacists, of a sort... ;-)

[@CamiMack5616]

Real name is Jan-Markus Stenfors

[@thomasbowe9956]

that would be awesome!

[@Squirrelconga]

🤭

[@manifestgtr]

Dude...can you imagine, you’re playing a show, an audience member confronts you and says he’s better than you. Then it turns out he IS and he ends up replacing you? Even if that guy is becoming a liability with his heroin use, that’s fucking ridiculously brutal..

[@lacyinmon1004]

I heard about the death of Razzle and I was shocked as a child. It's a shame how he died. Vince had no business driving that night.

[@smokinj91604]

RIP Razzle 🌹

[@nealdamkjer192]

Welp, now we know where Poison got their look.

[@user-mv9tt4st9k]

LOL.

[@Clown-Hunter]

It’s true.

[@gizzy2403]

'Look What th Cat Dragged in' album cover had 2b th gayest 1 ever! I couldn't stand 2 look @ it & did not buy it

[@sethmiller5632]

And Guns n Roses 100%

[@davidwatson1144]

My dad thought poison was a girl's band when he saw look what the cat dragged in. Then it really confused him when he heard them sing

[@robwalsh9843]

"Then I saw Razzle's hat in the street..." Wow, awful.

[@jerseydevil6218]

In the movie ' The Dirt' it shows when Razzle leaves the house,he puts his hat on Vince's wife

[@pekka3858]

@@jerseydevil6218 Wow! Movies are almost like a real world!

[@lordrathut]

I thought it was his shoe. Also, the movie shows them in a Corvette C4 but it was a Pantera. Still red though

[@scottclark7592]

Nasty suicide is now a pharmacist-one of the best lines ever!

[@samuellaakso7012]

Till this day, Michael is the coolest guy I have ever had a pleasure to know. Hanoi Rocks my top 3 favorite bands for life 🤘🏻🇫🇮 Thanks for covering this. Grads from Finland.

[@larsgsanger3105]

❤️🌹

[@StephenS-2024]

" Cut my hair? What?...I'm not going to be a slave to fashion. " That's hilarious. Considering...

[@dennislindqvist8443]

Lol!

[@rosiegratz8377]

Wearing women’s clothing cough cough!

[@StephenS-2024]

@@rosiegratz8377 😜

[@mdnblues]

I mean, him wearing jewellery and makeup doesn't mean he's a slave to fashion. He never dressed like that because it was trendy - but cutting his hair for a trend could be considered being a slave to what's trendy at the time, so he's not wrong. And as far as I know, Monroe still has long hair to this day.

[@Kimble81]

Michael Monroe won the best female artist award in one of the British music magazine reader polls sometime in the early 80's. That's cool!

[@likkidixx]

That's humour, love it.

[@tasosdiaforetico7377]

Wasn't it cc Deville?

[@henrifin]

I recall him being in both hottest male and female list of a Finnish magazine Suosikki.

[@salvareche9968]

The most underrated rock band ever. Truly one of a kind.

[@salvareche9968]

@Chad Brad I see your point, but if by glam you mean hair-metal I don't think they ever were. Anyways, yes, the first album is probably the most original and unique.

[@WillyMcCoy50]

Lots of respect for Hanoi from the beginning until the death of Razzle. We used to play their records when they would be released out here in Seattle. I was in bands and also a good friend of Duffs. Duff split the band and went to LA with our blessings. Duff called from LA and invited us down to check out his new band. In fact Guns n Roses first show was here in Seattle. When we would visit LA we got to know the rest of his Guns mates and West Arkeen their song writer. There were Hanoi posters all over the rehearsal room behind the Sunset Grill and they were aiming at Hanoi song smithing and look. Heavily. It was a lot of fun. I see Duff every so often and pick up where we left off. I like Guns but found The Dolls and Hanoi still the mark to shoot for. Allah you fucks that say sucked and Hanoi in the same sentence are filled with more seamen than a Russian submarine.

[@jtvalentine6]

More like overrated

[@Spright91]

meh

[@MJ98774]

I clicked on the thumbnail because I thought it was Lindsay Lohan. Turns out it's some old dude in drag. WTF?

[@effess8698]

Razzle was laid to rest in a peaceful churchyard at Binstead on the Isle of Wight (off the south coast of England). I've been there a few times- his grave marker is always decorated with drumsticks and little trinkets. Last time I saw Michael Monroe performing live was a few years ago supporting Motorhead. He was clambering all over his PA system so clearly that broken ankle didn't slow him down very much...

[@TracieSmithpomeranian]

I fell in love with Hanoi Rocks via Michael Monroe when I was 17. I still love his (and Hanoi Rock's) music at 51. I have an appreciation for their (his) music.

[@dionyates2482]

0:34 I honestly thought Sebastian Bach was Stephanie Seymour for a few seconds

[@thomasbowe9956]

that's great lol

[@Squirrelconga]

Hopefully you didn't get a Woodrow! 😱

[@amandafranklin1914]

That band saved my life. No joke. Still love Michael to this day.

[@metaldreams3595]

Their songs made that big an impression on you huh?

[@amandafranklin1914]

@@metaldreams3595 Basically. I was very depressed and close to doing something drastic. They made me feel very hopeful. Then the accident happened, but somehow it didn't set me back.

[@dorahammerle3685]

Now do Johnny Thunders! I know you did the Dolls, but would love a deeper dive into Johnny.

[@jonesy2111]

Absolutely! Him and Jerry Nolan's friendship, musical comradery

[@jetboy_]

yesterday would’ve been JTs 68th birthday. 🏴‍☠️🖤♾

[@jonesy2111]

@Matthew721 79 No doubt

[@milanmorrow8047]

Absolutely!

[@daveshort6568]

YES

[@wayneperry7077]

I was at a party in Kansas in the mid 80's and there was this beautiful blonde girl there who was a high school exchange student. I asked her where she was from, and she said Finland. I said oh, where Hanoi Rocks is from, I really like that band. She was so impressed that I knew who they were, she gave me their Two steps from the Move cassette tape she had in her purse, lol.

[@tractorfan7655]

Anybody who calls Hanoi Rocks a hair metal band clearly has never heard them, they were straight up a rock n roll band and nobody sounded the way they did. Been a fan of theirs over 30 years and still play their albums regularly.

[@user-qr7ee2cp4y]

I wouldn't call them straight up rock like the stones, aerosmith, or zeppelin. I'd call them punk or early glam like the pistols or David bowtie. Self destruction blues is a great album too...

[@joshuatraffanstedt2695]

Nah them boys glam metal. One only has to look at them to see that.

[@screamrad218]

You want to know what a glam metal band looks like? Go check out Van Halen in 1985. Hanoi Rocks had a punk/hard rock thing about them.

[@davehoward22]

True,but they kinda started that look

[@a.b.3666]

Joshua Traffanstedt well, take a look at the NY Dolls...you couldn’t tell either that they were a punk rock band.

[@Kimble81]

"Seppo" --> Seppo Vesterinen, a famous Finnish band manager who also managed HIM among other bands

[@BoilerBloodline]

Slade is one of the most influential yet unsung rock bands ever.

[@dennislindqvist8443]

Far, far away...

[@MattC78]

I think they did the song Come on feel the noise first.

[@Pamplemousse82223]

​@@dennislindqvist8443 Run Run Away

[@kevincampbell9526]

Everyone should own a copy of Monroe's solo album 'Not Fakin' It'. Kick-ass record.

[@larsgsanger3105]

Kick ass🔥☠️🔥

[@hekatejayne2238]

"I saw razzle's hat. In the street." The wrong guy died.

[@leomakinen9505]

Vince>razzle

[@atomicfuxze4997]

couldve happened to anyone, vince knows he was wrong. he has to live with that. but im sure razzle isnt mad at him up in heaven. hes waiting for him

[@mdnblues]

I don't like Vince and I wish he had actually served a proper sentence in jail - however, i'd say, in a tragic way, he has paid for the life he took by losing another life.

[@connarvangrant6141]

The band that should have been. Inspired so many bands. Long live Hanoi!

[@joelhulkko1756]

Andy mccoy or Antti Hulkko is actually my little cousin😀

[@nimim.markomikkila1673]

A fun fact: Andy McCoy has played with each original Hanoi-member in the same band at some point after 1985.

[@toddrichardson8595]

Powerful story.. Vince Neil bought his way out of prison time...

[@pulaski1]

Even his 30, sorry, 20 days in jail was deferred until the end of the Crue tour! ..... His jail time was just part of his post-tour wind-down!

[@JohnDoe-ep1cp]

That's what all rich people do lol

[@ericyoumans2670]

Vince Neil was a bankable Star. Powerful record label executives had great incentive to make sure he didn’t get locked up.

[@johnbjorkell2275]

American justice system at its finest

[@jerseydevil6218]

Vince Neil lost his daughter Skylar so he did pay

[@darrenkrivit6854]

Truly a tragic story. Shows how quickly things can change based on a simple decision

[@ANGSTIOMPPU]

One of the best. True pioneers for many famous 80´s rock bands to come after them.

[@NateB1976]

Man I remember seeing the video for the Micheal Monroe song "Dead, jail or rock n roll" really late at night on the weekends on MTV. Or on Headbangers Ball. I always thought it was a cool song and would ask my friends about it but no one ever knew who I was talking about.

[@larsgsanger3105]

🧡❤️

[@AaronStark1993]

One of my all time favorite bands. Very underrated.

[@larsgsanger3105]

❤️

[@LeftistUprising]

I've never seen that much charisma amongst rockers! The MC5, Van Halen (first iteration) both come to my mind. These guys were having fun and were so authentic. I really respect Michael Monroe's reason for disbanding in '85.

[@nathaniellinsz9682]

The accident happened in Redondo Beach, not Hollywood.

[@roninnotasheeplikeyou.2631]

Exactly. Right near the corner of Topaz St & the Esplenade. Crazy part is I do not understand why Neil decided to drive. The liquor store they were going to is not even a 30 second walk from where Neil was living which is a highrise apartment complex overlooking the ocean called the Delphi. Both the Delphi & liquor store are still there. About a minute from my house. I was coming up from the beach after surfing right after it happened.

[@juliansmith6217]

Stephen. Erangey Everyone at the party was drunk out of their mind and had no fucking clue what they were doing. Vince thought it would be a good idea to show razzle his new sports car.

[@nadiar.4638]

@@roninnotasheeplikeyou.2631 boys being boys and seeing how fast his new car could go

[@Alkoholic666]

@@nadiar.4638 tffütttyyyttty

[@volcanope]

Woo, Hanoi Rocks! I really think they could've been the biggest rock band on earth had Razzle not died

[@SamLazier]

There was the potential, but they were already too deep in the drugs and the members were already starting to be in bad terms with each other. They would have disbanded in a way or another before the big break, unfortunately.. They were just couple years too much ahead of their time.

[@44long33]

Great video. I remember seeing it on the news and reading about it in the music magazines. Channel is growing like crazy 👍

[@punkyduckscn2732]

I knew Remy in London in the 90’s. He was a character . Miss him a lot still. Hanoi was a great band!

[@chrisbridston3438]

When saying Hanoi RockS.. it must be YELLED... HHHHHaannnnnnnoiiii Rocccccccccks!!🤟🏽

[@u.s.n.retired1995]

These guys are gorgeous. Interesting info. I'm not into punk, glam rock but, I find these stories interesting. Hearing about that vehicle accident saddened me. We've all done dumb things in our youth, too bad a death was involved.

[@Junkyard_Gypsy87]

Love this video. Hanoi are one of my favourite bands. I don't know if you've done one but I would love to see a video on Mother Love Bone/Andrew Wood

[@PanamaMe]

Hell yes!

[@winterlynn9012]

Yess!!

[@NathanHassall]

When I was 17 my friend told me I could join his punk rock band if I cut my hair off so I buzzed it all off and then the next day he told me they were switching to a hair metal band and I was like...you JEEEEeeeRRRKKK!

[@gregorytimmons4777]

As Ashton Kutcher used to say on That 70's Show... BURN!

[@john6953]

Thank you for this channel, man. I appreciate the knowledge you bring us 🤘👄✌️

[@katherinepoindexter4380]

I became a fan of Michael Monroe only after he said his wife was the love of his life..that's what got me hooked. I started to listen to his music after that.

[@donluego9448]

That's all it took for you to be a fan? Wow!

[@katherinepoindexter4380]

@@donluego9448 Yep..a man with that kind of integrity was worth listening to. I never would have listen to his music otherwise.

[@jeffbenzos6344]

@@katherinepoindexter4380 you act like it’s impossible to find a loyal person. Must be a you problem.

[@Syclone0044]

@@katherinepoindexter4380 Well, I’ve never cheated on any of my girlfriends. If I start a band, expect me to hit you up.

[@tallalexander]

Brilliant video from a brilliant channel. Thanks for your content 👍🏻

[@CRASSMAN69]

you never fail to impress me with your surgical research. i love it.

[@myinfinity309]

Thank you for doing a story on Hanio Rocks! I loved them!

[@tuathde1529]

Hanoi Rocks was an electrifying band. One of the most ear-catching groups of the early 80's. Tragic to think of the music that was never made.

[@tightmachinehula6599]

Awesome 😎 thanks for doing this.....Hanoi Rocks is one of the greatest rock bands ever....and I love this channel 🤘

[@benjilee329]

Thanks for this video. I never knew anything about Hanoi Rocks. You made this a good presentation.

[@Jamboolio]

This was great, thanks!

[@matthewchild]

Very entertaining and informative. Thank you.

[@fearhunger3983]

It's worth mentioning that Michael Monroe has had a great run with his new band from 2010 onwards. The new band also got Sam Yaffa of Hanoi in it and revolving guitarists including Ginger from The Wildhearts and Dregen from The Hellacopters depending on which album you listen. I totally recommend checking that stuff out (especially the first few albums). I prefer it over most of Hanoi's discography and in general it's really cool punk-ish rock.

[@larsgsanger3105]

Sami r u kidding me?

[@justinwilliam4644]

Great content, goes into great depths, found this super interesting!!!

[@sulosky]

Thank you for making this video. For to add Michael Monroe and Andy McCoy both are still making great songs. Andy just released his new album and It's pure gold.

[@larsgsanger3105]

🧡❤️

[@beaverman011]

That's why there's 2 sets of laws in America. One for the rich and famous who buy their way out and the other for poor slobs like us who would be sentenced to life in prison for vehicular manslaughter.

[@sandrabecht4489]

Ron Tolley calm down - this applies for 100% of the countries. And much worse than in the US.

[@likkidixx]

@@sandrabecht4489 I wouldn't agree on that opinion

[@joshuatraffanstedt2695]

You cant get life for vehicular manslaughter unless you're a repeat dui/dwi offender. Money buys you more prominent defense. That kind of attorney plays golf with the judges and prosecutors, and when he's paid well he calls in favors for his clients. Then when he works a pro bono case (court appointed), they'll all work together to throw the book at that poor bastard. I caught a felony and since I'm poor, they offered me 3 years.. I could have gotten 20 so I signed for it. It was a simple robbery. Young and stupid.. in a capitalist country it's hard to become rich unless you're extremely talented at something, passionate about it and relentless. You have to be ready to destroy everything in your path. That's why psychopaths are usually the most successful. They dont care whose lives they destroy to obtain their goals. That includes lawyers, judges, rock stars, CEOs, politicians, bankers, you name it.

[@robertgodlewski8553]

@@joshuatraffanstedt2695 I couldn't have said it better. Never make a mistake as a kid unless you have rich parents!

[@joshuatraffanstedt2695]

@@robertgodlewski8553 yes sir!

[@adg1390]

My favorite band

[@darthmetallus1977]

I was surprised to learn a couple years ago that Razzle was from the town I was born in before emigrating to America

[@mattmclain2694]

Awesome video!

[@playbackphantasy]

very informative video of such a kool band. Thanks

[@CheapNightOut]

F*** Yeah!! Great to see new Hanoi content! Major Influence for sure

[@JimmyCooper-bl6hz]

Thanks for sharing

[@lisa.user-xm7kz2tb6x]

Hello RNRTS & everyone, I just found your channel, this one my first listen. I like how you told this story & of the interconnectedness of which as I as a very young rocker in Chicagoland at the time was just hearing bands on the radio. Chicago stations were great at exposing us to bands from abroad, an education! Blessings & love to everyone involved in this one story. Thanks RNRTS, my education continues! Love to all, lisa ✌️🩷🎶

[@rnrtruestories]

Welcome aboard!

[@taciturncancer]

Awesome Video!!! Hanoi Rocks was an amazing band!

[@ministerofdarkness]

A kick ass Rock N Roll band period. 🎸Great video Syd.🎸

[@BasementPepperoni]

I just started listening to this band like a month or so ago, and I can't believe that I NEVER had any of their albums when I was younger. Also I have been looking for something new to listen to and haven't been rockin out to this kind of music for years. It's a dam shame how the band fell apart after the Motley Cru accident, these guys were talented as hell!

[@celticvixen8002]

Saw them in 83 and 84 in the UK....brilliant gigs! Remember how gutted I felt when Razzle was killed. I think Vince Neil got away with murder.... he bought his way out of jail. Anyone else would have done a few years, not a couple of weeks.

[@williamrogers9004]

They both were partying together and didn't think twice about driving. So yes, he should've done prison time, but believe me he had demons fro. It, and he didn't 'kill' him on purpose. In a world where gun -nuts are always intentionally shooting people, because they see them robbing a tv from a neighbor, ect... tbose are true psycho's who are just waiting for any opportunity to kill someone w there beloved gun!! We should be more compassionate to people who accidentally kill a friend by living reckless, it would be hard to live with that on your conscience

[@ERASEREPLACEPLACE]

This was good one, guy! I'm now REALLY interested in this band I'd never heard of except very briefly in relation to Vince Neil's car accident.

[@waldemardaninsky2428]

I saw them live back in 2008 or 2009, at the azkena Rock fest and the gig was awesome... Even they played at the evening. Incredible energy they spill.

[@larsgsanger3105]

❤️

[@jr3213]

Great video

[@catncheese6815]

One of my fav bands ever!! Great sound, right energy, nice looks. They were something else. Sad how it ended. And sad how underrated they are! Also could you cover band called smack? Another finnish band that couldve became big if things went differently. Nirvana played their song and gnr liked them etc, so they def influenced a bit

[@audgepodge381]

One of my favourite bands! ♥️

[@larsgsanger3105]

❤️

[@stuarttaylor3642]

My favourite band of all time! True story, went to the Michael Monroe gig in London at the time of Not Fakin It with my full-on make-up, peroxide blond hair, and gold jacket (circa 1989) and the very next week there was a personal ad inside the back page of Kerrang! asking for "Stuart, Gold Jacket" to get in touch. Needless to say, the girl got exactly what she was after ;-)

[@Clown-Hunter]

Wow thank u for making this vid. Hanoi should have been as big as the Stones. They were ‘my band’ in high school. Wish I had gotten to see them live.

[@rnrtruestories]

You’re welcome love Hanoi rocks too

[@tylerkasuboski3366]

Hanoi Rocks are one of the ultimate examples of the "pave the way but get no credit" phenomenon. For the early 80's, Hanoi Rocks were really out on a limb doing their own thing. They didn't fit into the punk scene, didn't fit into the metal world, and were generally too dangerous for the standard rock fan. They had a sound that celebrated the best of punk, glam, hard rock, blues, pop, and straight up rock 'n' roll. Like Motorhead, Hanoi Rocks are one of those bands I use as a barometer of taste. Almost always, if a person is a fan of H. Rocks it's almost assured that they're probably pretty cool...In my realm, H. Rocks are one of the most under-rated bands in rock history. They totally laid the groundwork which much lesser groups like GNR and M. Crue would use as a stepping stone to superstardom. H. Rocks were simply too cool for the masses and too ahead of their time...

[@Syclone0044]

Don’t hurt yourself patting yourself on the back there

[@petrirantanen]

Well said dude!

[@electricalife]

A drink driver killed my uncle at 10am super bowl Sunday in 1990. My uncle was a highly decorated marine corps Vietnam vet. The guy that hit him was an unemployed drug addict who was on a 3 day speed binge and his blood alcohol was .24. he stumbled away from the crash uninjured and wouldn't acknowledge the crash happened until 3 days later. He was sentenced to 8 years for vehicular homicide and was released from jail after 18 months. 18 months... Why? Because his father was cheif deputy for the sheriff's office. He's still around and had never once apologized to my family or my grandmother while she was still alive. That's how small town politics work.

[@MzLunaCee]

Sorry to hear that, respect from a UK veteran for your Uncle's service.

[@judymotto9851]

Love your channel ❤

[@rnrtruestories]

Thx

[@joaobabler1584]

love this band, always have

[@jetboy_]

and hanoi still fuckin’ rocks! ⚡️🎸🎶

[@TomTobin67]

I live about one mile away from the crash scene.

[@charlottedouglas1777]

No question of "could have became one of the biggest 80's rock bands" , I believe they had potential to be the biggest.

[@sethzielasko6898]

Rock N' Roll True Stories Sydd fantastic pick this morning. Woohoo!

[@jamesftoland]

The car crash happened in Redondo Beach, not Hollywood

[@econorock]

I was about to comment the same thing

[@annettevakay9037]

Vince was living on The Esplanade in Redondo, at the time.

[@negativeindustrial]

No one outside of California cares which suburb of LA is what. It’s all LA

[@tammiejade1155]

Rest in piece

[@williambak1593]

If the Rolling Stones came out in the 80's this is how they would of sounded. They were the prototype of what hair bands thought they could be with the exception that no hair band could sound as good or as convincing. Buy every studio album of Hanoi Rocks you can find.

[@carlosalbertovz]

Hanoi Rocks should have been bigger.

[@larsgsanger3105]

Amen🧡❤️

[@sarahmorissette2760]

Mr. Monroe, you are a classy professional. I think you were the greatest. May you live the rest of you're life in peaceful bliss. Xo.

[@the-queenmaleficent7727]

I met all the guys quite a few times , really nice guys

[@larsgsanger3105]

❤️

[@paganjay1085]

Excellent!

[@jeffreyhastings6820]

Never been a real big fan but I remember razzle getting killed. That was pretty sad man Vince got lucky. The court system knew he could make millions to pay the people money for there pain and suffering. If that was me with no money I would still be locked up. But no matter how you look at it such a horrible tragedy and the show must go on. 🤘🎸

[@davewelte7316]

The last live show with Razzle was on 12/3/84 in Cleveland, OH at Peabody's. Also, the name of the label Geffen gave to G'n'R was Uzi Suicide (not Uzi Suicidal).

[@LouisWinthorpe622]

Seeing Andy McCoy playing with Iggy Pop's band on TV, back when there were decent musical slots on a lot of British TV shows and a lot of decent, dedicated, music shows on the TV schedules in general, performing Cold Metal from the Instinct album, is a terrific memory. I felt quite cool because I recognised, straight away, who he was. Ha. It was either during Jonathan Ross's UK chat show (on which Nirvana definitely appeared one night, famously smashing their instruments at the end) or Channel 4's 'The Word' (on which L7 definitely appeared, one night with the singer Donita Sparks, famously, dropping her jeans exposing her big, unkempt, hairy muff at the end).

[@eyeheartsushi2212]

LOL

[@lunadevass5561]

It didnt look unkempt to me.Rather the oposite.😃

[@LouisWinthorpe622]

@@lunadevass5561 Ha, well that's the problem with my memory these days. Maybe she brought along her hair dryer and minge-comb in preparation for the event but it didn't look like a proper, professional 'do' to me.

[@kiekko673]

The Plutonian Envoy To KZbin Have you read the book about that Iggy Pop tour? The bass player Alvin Gibbs wrote it, and it’s fucking hilarious!!! I think it’s called Neighborhood Threat.

[@LouisWinthorpe622]

@@kiekko673 That is definitely going on my list. I think that Alvin Gibbs was maybe in the Buzzcocks before joining Nasty Suicide out of Hanoi's later band, Cheapest And Nasty. I had their album. It was one of the better ones from that post G N' R, pre Nirvana, era. Thanks. Edit: UK Subs, apparently.

[@Syclone0044]

11:23 I like how he narrates “Fucked up” but then 12 seconds later, censors saying “F it” lol

[@stuartewoldt1513]

I remeber getting oriental beat from a Salvation army store. I had no idea who they were in 1992. But i wor side A out. Its that good

[@jamesmoss3424]

RIP razzle. 🤘🎸

[@tinahachey454]

That was interesting thank you 👍

[@JazSemGrega]

thank you for making a video about Hanoi Rocks....The best and most influntal glam band

[@larsgsanger3105]

🌸☠️🌸🧡❤️