Hanoi Rocks Days We Spent Underground 1981-1984 CD

Five CD set. This collection traces the career of Finnish rock icons Hanoi Rocks. Early 80s rock majesty with a sleazy edginess on three studio albums and a classic live set from 1984. Plus classic singles and rarities compilation 'Self Destruction Blues'. Although Finland is now quite rightly recognized as a highly influential and fertile source of rock and metal artists, that wasn't the case when singer Michael Monroe met guitarist and songwriter Andy McCoy in 1979. Hanoi Rocks formed in Helsinki, and with a line-up completed by Nasty Suicide on guitar, Sam Yaffa on bass and Gyp Casino on drums, they released their debut 'Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks' (CD1) in 1981. The same line-up would record follow-up, 'Oriental Beat' (CD2), released in 1982. Also released in 1982, and one of the band's strongest sets, 'Self Destruction Blues' (CD3) was a compilation of singles and B-sides only previously available in the native Finland, a punk-infused glam and hard rock classic in it's own right. By 1983, Hanoi Rocks had relocated to London, inspiring the song 'Tooting Bec Wreck', a track from their next album, 'Back to Mystery City' (CD4). Produced by Mott The Hoople's Dale Griffin and Pete "Overend" Watts, it was the first record to feature Londoner Razzle on drums. Throughout their career, Hanoi Rocks were known as a formidable live act, as captured on 1984's 'All Those Wasted Years' (CD5), which was recorded at London's legendary Marquee Club in December 1983. Signing to CBS in 1984, the band looked set to break into the mainstream when their career was cruelly cut short when drummer Razzle was killed in a car crash.

1. Tragedy 2. Village Girl 3. Stop Cryin' 4. Don't Never Leave Me 5. Lost In The City 6. First Timer 7. Cheyenne 8. 11th Street Kids 9. Walking With My Angel 10. Pretender 11. Motorvatin' 12. Don't Follow Me 13. Visitor 14. Teenangels Outsiders 15. Sweet Home Suburbia 16. M.C. Baby 17. No Law Or Order 18. Oriental Beat 19. Devil Woman 20. Lightnin' Bar Blues 21. Fallen Star 22. Love's An Injection 23. I Want You 24. Cafe Avenue 25. Nothing New 26. Kill City 27. Self Destruction Blues 28. Beer And A Cigarette 29. Whispers In The Dark 30. Taxi Driver 31. Desperados 32. Problem Child 33. Dead By X-Mas 34. Strange Boys Play Weird Openings 35. Malibu Beach Nightmare 36. Mental Beat 37. Tooting Bec Wreck 38. Until I Get You 39. Sailing Down The Tears 40. Lick Summer Love 41. Beating Gets Faster 42. Ice Cream Summer 43. Back To Mystery City 44. Pipeline 45. Oriental Beat 46. Back To Mystery City 47. Motorvatin' 48. Until I Get You 49. Mental Beat 50. Don't Never Leave Me 51. Tragedy 52. Malibu Beach Nightmare 53. Visitor 54. 11th Street Kids 55. Taxi-Driver 56. Lost In The City 57. Lightning Bar Blues 58. Beer And A Cigarette 59. Under My Wheels 60. I Feel Alright 61. Train Kept A Rolling