{"title":"Hanoi Rocks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHanoi Rocks is a glam\/hard rock band from Helsinki, Finland. Founded in 1979, they quickly became the most successful and influential Finnish band of the 1980s. With five studio albums and two live albums under their belt, Hanoi Rocks disbanded in June 1985.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2001, Michael Monroe and Andy McCoy reunited to reform the band. This time, they remained active for three more albums before ultimately disbanding again in spring 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith their unique blend of glam and hard rock, Hanoi Rocks has left an indelible mark on the music scene. Their legacy continues to inspire generations of fans worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"two-steps-from-the-move","title":"Two Steps From the Move","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwo Steps from the Move\u003c\/i\u003e is the fifth studio album by the Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks, released in 1984. This is their last album to feature the late drummer Razzle. Before this album, all of Hanoi Rocks' albums were released on Lick Records and Johanna Kustannus, but this was the band's first album on a major label. Originally the album was supposed to be called Silver Missiles And Nightingales, but the name was changed at the last minute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album's producer, Bob Ezrin had previously worked with big-name artists like Pink Floyd, Kiss and Alice Cooper, which was one of the main reasons Hanoi Rocks wanted him to produce the album. Ezrin wanted the album to have a heavier atmosphere and darker guitar playing than the band's previous efforts, while still keeping it melodic and punky, and he also worked on the writing of almost every song on the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwo Steps from the Move\u003c\/i\u003e was Hanoi Rocks' biggest hit when it was released, reaching number 28 on the UK Album Charts, along with the singles \"Up Around The Bend\" and \"Don't You Ever Leave Me\". 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Dubbed the \"re(al) mix\", this 40th anniversary edition was mixed by Petri Majuri at E-Studios in Finland in collaboration with the band. Vocalist Michael Monroe calls this release \"the longest and slowest album project ever,\" stating that \"40 years in the making, it's not just a remix, but the REAL MIX supervised and approved by Hanoi Rocks\".  Recorded in London, UK in 1981, for 200 pounds a day, Oriental Beat was made during the height of the British punk + New Wave movement, when the band was hanging out with everyone from Phil Lynott to the Damned. Hanoi Rocks' original 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. Bassist Sami Yaffa called it \"the worst sounding album of our career\" and Michael Monroe said that \"the producer of the album didn't have a clue what the band was about and his mix of the album was horribly wrong\".   Oriental Beat's original engineer Peter Wooliscroft, was not a rock producer, and according to Hanoi Rocks' manager Richard Bishop he \"tried to mix the album to sound like Spandau Ballet\". Released before the band could remix or rerecord it, as the label had run out of money, and the master tapes had gone missing, the band has always considered the original mix of Oriental Beat to be a \"disaster\". With the tapes mysteriously showing up in the Universal vault recently, the band was finally able to mix and resequence the album the way they wanted it to sound.   Oriental Beat is a defining masterpiece made when Hanoi Rocks was about to explode onto the world scene and written at the absolute peak of lead guitarist Andy McCoy's creativity as a songwriter. Rhythm guitarist Nasty Suicide says \"only now, with stripping it down to the bare essentials and tweaking it to bring out what was really laid down it became our dream come true! THIS is what it's all about\" as this definitive edition of Oriental Beat now fully displays the ultimate arrogance and attitude which defined the band. Monroe says: \"now, 40 years after its original release in 1982, we finally got the album sounding as great as it deserves, with no overdubs or samples,\" and McCoy adds that:  \"It's better now than ever. This is what it was meant to sound like. So enjoy it...Another shot of Hanoi Rocks\".    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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 ‘\u003cem\u003eSelf Destruction Blues\u003c\/em\u003e’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough 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 \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Monroe\u003c\/strong\u003e met guitarist and songwriter \u003cstrong\u003eAndy McCoy\u003c\/strong\u003e in 1979. \u003cstrong\u003eHanoi Rocks\u003c\/strong\u003e formed in Helsinki, and with a line-up completed by \u003cstrong\u003eNasty Suicide\u003c\/strong\u003e on guitar, \u003cstrong\u003eSam Yaffa\u003c\/strong\u003e on bass and \u003cstrong\u003eGyp Casino\u003c\/strong\u003e on drums, they released their debut ‘\u003cem\u003eBangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks\u003c\/em\u003e’ (CD1) in 1981.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe same line-up would record follow-up, ‘\u003cem\u003eOriental Beat\u003c\/em\u003e’ (CD2), released in 1982. 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