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They spent some time at Neil’s home in Redondo Beach.Īfter partying for around three days, at around 6 pm, the two fated bands realized they were out of liquor and beer. While Monroe was resting his ankle at home, the other non-teetotalling members of the band were invited to Vince Neil’s house, the frontman of Mötley Crüe at the time. When Monroe fractured his ankle, the band was forced to take an unwelcome break, but the momentum seemed to stay with the mobile band members who didn’t want this success to stop.Īlcohol problems already plagued the band and this unwanted break likely exasperated an already fragile situation that was being ignored due to their success.Įnter stage left, another high flying 80s rock band, Mötley Crüe, who were equally troubled by the drug and alcohol abuse that so frequently came with the genre and its fame.

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Since the start of 1984, the band was on a trajectory for stardom due to a nearly full year of recording and touring which led them to the promised land of an American audience. This led to a rather unexpected and badly timed break for the band, the break happened just as they were reaching a level of stardom that could have immortalized them for their music rather than the fatal accident which followed. Seemingly reaching their apex as a band during their American tour, their rocket to the top was put on hold as Monroe broke his ankle onstage in Syracuse, NY on November 29. This led to even more sold-out dates in Asia, followed by a subsequent tour of England and Scotland, and eventually America, the latter countries trumping their native Finland now in terms of records sold. In 1984 Hanoi Rocks recorded their most well-received album to date, Two Steps From The Move, featuring their famed cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s ‘Up Around the Bend’. This resulted in a very successful tour of Asia in 1983. A Success Story Halted By A Fractured AnkleĪfter a $150,000 deal with CBS and their signing with Japanese Label Nippon Phonogram, the band found some unexpected success in Japan, being one of the first Euro-centric rock bands to penetrate this Asian market. But success seemed to cover the cracks that were beginning to emerge in the band’s story.

In the same year, reports suggest that bassist Sami Yaffa, alongside the ill-fated Dingley, was also planning to leave the band due to Andy McCoy’s unpleasant behavior. Monroe went as far as saying that he himself remained abstinent from drugs and alcohol.

As they had issues with Gyp’s drug abuse, Razzle was hired as his replacement.īy 1983, Monroe recounted to a Finnish television station that Andy McCoy, the band’s guitarist and Monroe’s friend, as well as Nasty Suicide, had both taken their alcohol abuse too far. Gyp’s replacement was an English Hanoi Rocks fan called Nicholas “Razzle” Dingley whom Monroe had met at a Johnny Thunders show.ĭingley, after hearing of Monroe’s fame with Hanoi Rocks, turned up backstage at one of their gigs and asked to be the drummer.

The rock and roll lifestyle had already gotten to their second drummer Gyp Casino, who the band had to get rid of due to his own drug addiction and mental health issues. The other three Scandinavian rockers that made up the original lineup were replaced by Monroe’s former bandmates from his other Finnish project known as ‘Pelle Miljoona Oy’.įast forward to 1982 when Hanoi Rocks had a string of gigs in their European Rock counterpart, London, after a successful tour of Sweden.

Micahel Monroe, the frontman of the Finnish outfit, and rhythm guitarist ‘Nasty Suicide’ were the only two who stayed with the band from the original line up.

A Success Story Halted By A Fractured Ankleīy 1980 Hanoi Rocks’ line up had already changed drastically.