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Hanoi Rocks formed way back in 1980 and have been through their fair share
of up's and down's in their time from cracking the UK and Japanese music
markets and being well on their way to worldwide success, but in December
1984 the bands drummer Razzle was killed when a car, driven by drunken
Motley Crue singer Vince Neil, crashed in LA during their first major
US tour, ex Clash drummer Terry chimes stepped in on drums but the band
soon gave up a year later.
The band reformed back in 2001 to play a few Finnish festivals as 'Hanoi
Revisited' and realised how much they missed playing together, the band
went through a few line up changes but have now settled on their perfect
line up. The band have now completed 'Street Poetry' which is their third
full length studio album since they reformed back in 2001.
'Street Poetry' opens up with the rocking 'Hypermobile' which sounds like
old Hanoi Rocks but brought up to the year 2007, the vocals are unique
and catchy and the overall feel of the songs makes you want to get up
and dance around. The album titled track 'Street Poetry' is a song that
takes a couple of listens in order to enjoy it, the song is quite a good
sing a long song with some standout lyrics.
The first single to be taken from 'Street Poetry' was 'Fashion' the song
was released well before the release of the album and ended up topping
the charts in Finland and being pretty successful throughout the world.
'Fashion' is one of the most powerful songs on the album, it has a pure
sing a long vibe and the chorus will stick in your head straight away,
the production on the track is top stuff and old skool Hanoi Rock fans
will absolutely love the song whilst still appealing to a wide range of
new fans.
The band start to rock out more for 'Highwired', which is a pure rock
and roll song with some top notch guitar playing, the guitar solos are
breathtaking and the vocals can’t be faulted. The introduction to
'Teenage Revolution' is quite outstanding, the song itself starts off
quite mellow but builds up over time with the vocals becoming more louder
and more sing a long making way for the chant a long chorus.
Hanoi rocks are releasing 'This One's For Rock 'N' Roll' as their second
single release from 'Street Poetry' and to be fair it’s a good choice
as the song is a sing a long radio friendly song that is bound to be the
song to get the biggest reaction at the bands gigs. 'Powertrip' is quite
a strong track musically but is lyrically slightly repetitive and starts
to get irritating after a few listens.
There are a few bad tracks on the album such as 'Worth Your Weight In
Gold' which does absolutely nothing for me, and also 'Walkin' Away' which
is a pretty average sounding rock song, but what makes up for the bad
tracks is the fact they are stuck in the middle of some of the best songs
on the album so you kind of forgive the bad songs because as soon as it
finishes you are treated to another great song.
The album closes with 'Funmlefoot And Busy Bee' which is an instrumental
outro and one of the most epic finishes to an album I have ever heard.
This album shows that Hanoi Rocks simply do rock, they may have formed
27 years ago and been through a number of line up changes but 'Street
Poetry' is the album of Hanoi Rocks career in my opinion. Their is enough
on the album to please the bands fans and also enough to bring the band
a whole new army of fans. Hopefully Hanoi Rocks will still be around for
many more years to come.
4/5
Review by Trigger |
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Michael Monroe (Vocals, Sax, Piano)
Andy Mccoy (Guitars, Vocals, Piano)
Conny Bloom (Guitars, Vocals)
Andy Christell (Bass, Vocals)
Lacu (Drums) |
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1. Hypermobile
2. Street Poetry
3. Fashion
4. Highwired
5. Power Of Persuasion
6. Teenage Revolution
7. Worth Your Weight In Gold
8. Transcendental Groove
9. This One's For Rock'n'Roll
10. Powertrip
11. Walkin' Away
12. Tootin' Star
13. Fumblefoot And Busy Bee |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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