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Monroe, who ironically never lived in L.A. After that everyone was wearing the same kind of hair, clothes, and makeup as Monroe.” (Monroe recalls Shiflett’s pre-Foos glam band Lost Kittenz once opening for him in 1989, chuckling, “Even Chris Shiflett had a Michael Monroe hairdo!”) Weekly even ran an article in 2017 arguing that “One Band From Finland-Inspired the Entire Sunset Strip Hair Metal Scene,” and in the Hanoi Rocks autobiography All Those Wasted Years, Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett stated, “The Hollywood scene changed in just one night after people saw the pictures of Hanoi Rocks. While Monroe relocated New York and started from scratch, living on the streets for a few months just as he had in the hardscrabble early Hanoi days, over in in Los Angeles, Hanoi Rocks’ influence was so strong that seemingly every band was citing them in “musicians wanted” Recycler ads. Meanwhile, Mötley Crüe wasn’t the only Hanoi-inspired ‘80s rock band that went on to enjoy the sort of success that eluded Hanoi Rocks themselves. I'm just sorry I lost my best friend Razzle. So, what can you do? It was bad luck, but I don't look back at it like that. But I didn't want people to get to know Hanoi in the wrong way, because it wasn't what it was originally. And Bob Ezrin also was looking forward to producing the next album he felt the same about us as he did about Alice Cooper. I mean, the situation was such that we were very likely to become one of the biggest bands in the world and all that. Maybe if we would've taken a break for half a year or a year, if we would've been in that position, it might have been able to salvage the situation. While Monroe stresses that the departure of bassist Sam Yaffa and his own personal differences with guitarists Andy McCoy and Nasty Suicide factored into Hanoi Rocks’ breakup, he explains, “We weren't strong enough to keep it together.
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Hanoi Rocks: Nasty Suicide, Sami Yaffa, Andy McCoy, Mike Monroe, Razzle. (Their next album, Theatre of Pain, was dedicated to Razzle.) But the tragedy spelled the end for Hanoi Rocks, who split up in 1985 after a brief, ill-fated overseas tour with ex-Clash drummer Terry Chimes filling in. Neil was charged with vehicular manslaughter and received a light sentence of 30 days in jail (he actually served only 19 days) and five years’ probation, and Mötley Crüe went on to even greater fame. Neil, whose blood alcohol content was well over the legal limit at 0.17, crashed his car on the way back from the liquor store two passengers in another automobile involved in the accident were seriously injured, while Razzle was killed instantly. 8, 1984, Hanoi Rocks drummer Razzle went on a beer run with Crüe singer Vince Neil during a party at Neil’s Redondo Beach home. But after only two weeks on the road, on Dec. deal with CBS Records and a new album, Two Steps From the Move, produced by Bob Ezrin of Lou Reed/Alice Cooper/KISS fame they were also embarking on their first U.S. After Hanoi Rocks made a splash in Helsinki, Stockholm, and then London, releasing four cult-classic glitter-metal albums in Europe, they finally seemed poised for mainstream success in 1984. I’m, like, ‘Really? Really? He’s a murderer.’ I don’t get that at all.It would be understandable, of course, if Monroe was bitter. “The guy didn’t do any serious jail time. They’re like, ‘Yeah, all right! Rock ‘n’ roll!!’ “There were two other women who were in a van who were permanently crippled from that famous car accident that killed Razzle,” the famously tee-total We’re Not Gonna Take It singer told Yahoo Music, “and people are cool with that. He was later sentenced to 30 days in jail, but got out after 15 for good behaviour, and Snider is still angry about the fact Neil wasn’t more harshly punished. The Motley Crue singer was arrested at the scene and charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence of alcohol. The Hanoi Rocks star died instantly and the occupants of the other car were seriously injured. Neil was behind the wheel when his Pantera sportscar collided with another vehicle as he was driving Dingley to a party at his California home on 8 December, 1984. Twisted Sister star Dee Snider still can’t believe his Motley Crue rival Vince Neil didn’t serve more jail time for his role in the crash that cost Hanoi Rocks drummer Nicholas ‘Razzle’ Dingley his life.