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HANOI ROCKS
Helsinki, Finland/London, GB
* 1980	+ 6/1985

Line-Up:

Michael Monroe - voc
Andy McCoy - g
Nasty Suicide - g
Renee Berg - bg
Terry Chimes - ds

Former Members:

Stephan Pieshack (g, 1980)
Pasi Sti (bg, 1980); Sammy Yaffa (bg, 1980-85)
Peki Senola (ds, 1980); Gyp Casino (ds, 1980-6/82); Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley (ds, 6/82-12/84)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks	9/1980	Johanna
2.	Oriental Beat	2/1982	Johanna
3.	Self Destruction Blues	12/1982	Johanna
4.	Back To Mystery City	5/1983	Lick		87
5.	Million Miles Away	1984	JVC
6.	All Those Wasted Years: Live at the Marquee (2LP)	5/1984	Johanna
7.	Two Steps From The Move produced by: Bob Ezrin	08.10.1984	CBS		28
8.	The Best Of Hanoi Rocks	12/1985	Lick
9.	Dead By Christmas (2LP)	4/1986	Raw Power
10.	Rock And Roll Divorce	12/1986	Lick
11.	Tracks From A Broken Dream	12/1990	Lick
12.	Lean On Me	3/1993	Lick
13.	Lightning Bar Blues: The Albums 1981-1984	19.04.2005	Castle Music
14.	Another Hostile Takeover	05.07.2005	JVC
15.	Twelve Shots on the Rocks	14.08.2007	Castle
16.	Street Poetry	11.12.2007	Seoul KR
17.	Fashion	07.10.2008	DeMolition
18.	This One's for Rock'N'Roll	09.12.2008	Megamania
19.	Johanna Years 1980-1984	27.05.2014	Johanna Kustannus
20.	Strange Boys Box	21.10.2016	Cleopatra
21.	Rebels on the Run	06.01.2017	Universal

Michael Monroe:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Nights Are So Long	1987	Yahoo
2.	Not Fakin' It produced by: Michael Frondelli	9/1989	Phonogram			161
3.	Piece Of Mind	11/1996	Poko/Cargo
4.	Life Gets You Dirty	10/1999	SPV
5.	Whatcha Want	07.01.2003	Steamhammer
6.	Sensory Overdrive	3/2011	Spinefarm
7.	Horns And Halos	27.08.2013	Spinefarm
8.	Blackout States	09.10.2015	Spinefarm
9.	One Man Gang	10/2019	Silver Lining Music
10.	I Live Too Fast To Die Young	10.06.2022

Andy McCoy:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Building On Tradition	1995

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	I Want You / Kill City Kills	11/1980	Joanna
2.	Tragedy / Cafe Avenue	2/1981	Joanna
3.	Desperadoes / Devil Woman	10/1981	Joanna
4.	Dead By Xmas / Nothing New	12/1981	Joanna
5.	Love's An Injection / Taxi Driver 12" + Malibu Beach / Problem Child / In The Year '79	9/1982	Joanna
6.	Malibu Beach Nightmare / Rebels On The Run 12" + Beer And A Cigarette / Taxi Driver	03.06.1983	Lick	84
7.	Until I Get You / Tragedy 12" + Oriental Beat	12.08.1983	Lick
8.	Up Around The Bend / Until I Get You 12" + Back To Mystery City / Mental Beat 7"(2) + Under My Wheels / The Train Kept A-Rollin' / I Feel Alright	6/1984	CBS	61
9.	Underwater World / Shakes 12" + Magic Carpet Ride	14.09.1984	CBS	85
10.	Don't You Ever Leave Me / Oil And Gasoline 12" + Malibu Beach (calypso)	16.11.1984	Epic	92
11.	Malibu Beach Nightmare / Rebels On The Run 12" + Beer And A Cigarette / Taxi Driver (reissue)	10/1986	Lick

Michael Monroe:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	A Man With No Eyes	2/1990		90
2.	One Foot Outta the Grave	07.04.2017	Spinefarm

Videos:

1. All Those Wasted Years - 3/1984, Kace International, live
2. The Nottingham Tapes

Various:

see also Cherry Bombz

Michael Monroe:

appeared on the SP:

Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City (12/85, EMI)
Guns N'Roses: Ain't It Fun (8.11.93, Geffen)
Bullyrag: Bombed (Out Of My Mind) (11.5.98, Coalition)

appeared on the LP:

Warrior Soul: Chill Pill (10/93, Geffen)

Compilation Appearances:

"Magic Carpet Ride" on "Coneheads" OST (6/93, & Slash (g), Kenny Aronoff (ds), & Sam Yaffa, produced by Mike Clink)
"Disappointed In You" on Johnny Thunders tribute "I Only Wrote This Song For You" (26.9.94, Castle)

Sam Yaffa:

Compilation Appearances:

"Magic Carpet Ride" on "Coneheads" OST (6/93, & Slash (g), Kenny Aronoff (ds), & Michael Monroe, produced by Mike Clink)

appeared on the LP:

Michael Monroe: One Man Gang (10/19, Silver Lining Music)

Andy McCoy:

appeared on the LP:

Fallen Angels: In Loving Memory (1986, Jungle)

Nasty Suicide:

appeared on the LP:

Fallen Angels: In Loving Memory (1986, Jungle)
Fallen Angels: Wheel Of Fortune (1989, Jungle)

Press References:

Big Beng!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1997	27	24.07.1997	103	Hard & Heavy Masters
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1982	50	11.12.1982	20	Albums	album review
1983	1	01.01.1983	15		interview
1983	16	16.04.1983	12		interview
1983	21	21.05.1983	28	Albums	album review
1983	23	04.06.1983	4	Fast Forward
1983	29	16.07.1983	14	It's Alive	gig review
1983	32	06.08.1983	4	Fast Forward - Record News
1983	35	27.08.1983	22	Singles	single review
1983	44	29.10.1983	13	It's Alive	gig review
1983	50	10.12.1983	6	Talk Talk Talk
1984	1	07.01.1984	16	It's Alive	gig review
1984	11	17.03.1984	4	Fast Forward
1984	15	14.04.1984	6	Talk Talk Talk
1984	15	14.04.1984	18	It's Alive	gig review
1984	17	28.04.1984	18	It's Alive	gig review
1984	19	12.05.1984	31	Albums	album review
1984	23	09.06.1984	18		interview
1984	31	15.09.1984	4	Fast Forward - Record News
1984	31	15.09.1984	27	Singles	single review
1984	40	17.11.1984	26	Singles	single review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1992	16	10.08.1992	25	Profily	profile