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Razzle (right) and Sami Yaffa performing with Hanoi Rocks in 1983. Razzle collaborated with Hanoi Rocks for the first time on Sounds magazine pages. After seeing the band performing at the Zig-Zag Club, Razzle was convinced that this was a band he would like to join. He came backstage and asked to be the band's drummer.
Michael Monroe and Hanoi Rocks have influenced many rock'n'roll artists and bands: Slash and Duff McKagan had bought tickets to the sold-out gigs in Los Angeles, which were canceled because of the death of Razzle. In the Hanoi Rocks autobiography "All Those Wasted Years" Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett says "The Hollywood scene changed in ...
The songs are well liked and were the biggest hits of Hanoi Rocks' early career. The B-side, "Nothing New", is not as well known as the A-side, "Dead by X-Mas". "Dead by X-Mas" has since been thought to be as a prediction of the death of drummer Razzle, who died in a car crash in December 1984. The chorus even has the lyrics "I'll be dead by X ...
Four decades after the accident that ended Razzle’s life — and ultimately ended Finnish glam band Hanoi's burgeoning career — Monroe has made amends with Neil, who was behind the wheel on ...
But after only two weeks on the road, on Dec. 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.
After Razzle's death, the band performed in Helsinki, Finland, at a concert televised throughout Europe as part of the Europa Go Go project. The show had over 500 million viewers across Europe. It was Hanoi Rocks' first public concert with their new drummer, Terry Chimes. It was also their last performance with Sami Yaffa, who left the band due ...
On December 8, 1984, during a party at Vince's home in Redondo Beach, Tommy meets Heather Locklear, while a drunk Vince and Hanoi Rocks drummer Razzle drive out to buy more drinks. They get into a car accident that kills Razzle, and has Vince sentenced to 30 days in jail for vehicular manslaughter, which is subsequently reduced to 19 days.
Hanoi Rocks were "very likely to become one of the biggest bands in the world" until tragedy struck in 1984, but their former frontman isn't interested in speculating about what might have been.