It was interesting for me to see what we could accomplish with Andy because he had learned to respect my songwriting abilities, which he didn't in the past. I would never do a reunion to cash in on the reunion, so to speak, to cash in on the old name. In a 2019 interview with Duke TV, Monroe stated about the band's "rebirth" two decades ago: "It was not planned. HANOI ROCKS did reform once before in 2002, albeit with only Monroe and McCoy from the band's classic lineup, and released a comeback album, "Twelve Shots On The Rocks". Unfortunately, this led to the band's untimely demise in early 1985. Razzle died in a tragic accident in 1984. Casino was replaced in 1982 by Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley who became an integral member of HANOI ROCKS. HANOI ROCKS, the first Finnish rock band to make an international breakthrough, recorded their first three albums with the original lineup: "Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks" (1981), "Oriental Beat" (1982) and "Self Destruction Blues" (1982). Monroe and McCoy founded HANOI ROCKS in the late 1970s and the band's original lineup was established in 1980. When host Eddie Trunk pointed out that other reunion tours had materialized in the past after what were initially supposed to be one-off gigs and that Michael should "never say never," Monroe quipped: "I say 'never say never say never.' " This will be just one time - this one time."
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The next day, it was all sold out and everybody wants to be there."Īsked if he thinks there is a chance that this HANOI ROCKS reunion will lead to a full tour or more shows, Michael said: "No. And we announced that the end of the show will be the original lineup doing a set of HANOI songs. It was surreal to be with everybody right there - all five of us together - after 40 years. We should let people know.' The Ice Hall in Helsinki was already over half sold out, but then we had this press conference, and I had Gyp Casino come over too - all five of us - and it was fun. Then Sami Yaffa told me one night, 'Are you sure you don't wanna let people know ahead of time? Because if fans find out about this later on afterwards, they're gonna be pissed off.' So I said, 'You're right. This was the only way and the only time to do it, for the right reasons.
Why don't we do a few HANOI songs in the end?' And then we were gonna have it as a surprise, and everybody agreed. All the guys will be there, the original lineup. Fine.' So then I started thinking about it. If I have time from my world tour, I may have time to show up and maybe I'll come and do 'Tragedy'.' 'Okay. He said, 'I heard you've got this 60th-birthday celebration. I met with Gyp Casino, the original drummer from HANOI, in Stockholm last December when we were filming my documentary… a cool guy nice memories. Regarding how the gig came about, he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "What happened was Sami Yaffa and Nasty Suicide were gonna be there anyway, since Sami is in my band playing the bass. Monroe discussed the HANOI ROCKS reunion during a September 14 appearance on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk".
Up Around The Bend (CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL cover) (with all guests) The setlist for the original HANOI ROCKS reunion was as follows:Ġ9. To top the event, the lights and visuals are designed by the internationally acclaimed worldwide phenomenon Mikki Kunttu. The almost-three-hour-long concert allowed fans to hear many Monroe classics throughout evening. In addition to the original HANOI ROCKS lineup and DEMOLITION 23, several top musicians and artists who have collaborated with Monroe over the years took the stage. This was DEMOLITION 23's first performance since the band's breakup in 1995.Īt the 60th-birthday show, Monroe was mostly accompanied by his longtime band consisting of Sami Yaffa, Karl Rockfist, Rich Jones and Steve Conte. Led by Monroe, the band rose to great cult fame, although they only released one album ( "Demolition 23") in 1994 and broke up shortly afterwards. The "support band" for the show for Friday night's concert was the reunited DEMOLITION 23. Prior to Friday night's performance, the quintet, which started a historic chapter in the world's music scene, was last seen on stage at Helsinki's Tavastia on July 27, 1982. As the grand finale of the concert, the original lineup of HANOI ROCKS, one of Finland's most significant rock bands of all time, took the stage: Monroe, Andy McCoy, Sami Yaffa, Nasty Suicide and Gyp Casino.
Michael Monroe, who turned 60 in June, celebrated the milestone with a bang Friday night (September 23) at the Helinki Ice Hall (Helsingin Jäähalli) in Finland.
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