![]() As a result these reissues are unlikely to be of any interest to fans who already have the albums, but if you haven’t got these albums in your CD collection then they’re definitely worth getting. Unlike the Girlschool albums that Dissonance are recording, these Hanoi Rocks releases are bare-bones reissues with no bonus tracks at all which is a disappointment, especially since the Japanese reissues that came out a few years ago did include a number of bonus tracks. ![]() Comes along with the song lyrics, as approved. That punk edge that helped the band stand out from the Glam rock bands coming from Los Angeles still helps them as the music still feels fresh and distinctive which is quite a feat given how many bands since then have rehashed pretty much everything so there’s very little these days that sounds truly distinctive. Oriental Beat by Hanoi Rocks gets the redux treatment, officially mixed and revived from the original sessions. The early studio albums include some great songs – “Tragedy”, “Motorvatin” and “Oriental beat” in particular being great songs that the band was still playing at the end of their existence (and still get played occasionally by Michael Monroe). While the album helped boost the Finnish glam-punks' international. After that Hanoi Rocks sadly split before eventually reforming in 2001 and finally calling it a day in 2008. First up is a remixed, 40th-anniversary reissue of Oriental Beat, the second album by Monroe's original band, Hanoi Rocks. ![]() Hanoi Rocks combined punk and glam rock and were making a big impression till in 1985 their drummer Razzle was a passenger in a car driven by Motley Crue’s Vince Neil who crashed the car while under the influence of alcohol and Razzle was killed. ![]() The three releases are their first two studio albums, “Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks” and “Oriental beat” along with their 1984 live album “All those wasted years”. Dissonance are releasing three reissues from Finnish legends, Hanoi Rocks. Hanoi Rocks drummer Gyp Casino says of Oriental Beat that: Back in the days we gave heart, soul and a bit of pain to make this record something else but the sound of the album, originally released in 1982, did not match their efforts at the time. ![]()
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