STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - HANOI ROCKS - ORIENTAL BEAT

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Good morning, morning people and welcome back to the Tuesday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again . If you look through the annuls of music history, a lot of stuff went down on December 8th. Here are a few :

 In 1963 Frank Sinatra Jr was kidnapped at gunpoint,
In 1968 Graham Nash left The Hollies,

In 1980, John Lennon was murdered by crazed fan Mark Chapman,
In 1982 country singer Marty Robbins died aged 57,
In 1984 Motley Crue vocalist Vince Neil was involved in a car accident that killed "Razzle" Dingley from the glam Hanoi Rocks,
2004, guitarist Dimebag Darrell was one of five people murdered by crazed fan Nathan Gale while performing on stage with his band Damageplan,

1925 Sammy Davis Jr is born,
1943 Doors vocalist and Poet, Jim Morrison is born,
1947 Gregg Allman of The Allman Brothers Band is born,

1956, rock musician Warren Cuccurullo of Frank Zappa/ Duran Duran/ Missing Persons - fame, is born,
1957 Phil Collen, guitarist for Def Leppard is born,
1962 Megadeth's former guitarist Marty Friedman is born,
1966 Sinead O'Connor is born,
1973 vocalist Corey Taylor, lead singer of Slipknot and Stone Sour is born.

Our focus today is that of the infamous car crash involving Motley Crue's Vince Neil, that killed Finnish glam band ,Hanoi Rocks drummer,  "Razzle" Dingley. Razzle had been invited by Neil to party at his place in  Redondo Beach, California. Both men, quite drunk, left in Neil's De Tomaso Pantera, with Neil driving, to make a beer run. On the way back, they crashed and Razzle was killed upon impact. He was 24 years old. Hanoi rock's second album, Oriental Beat, was released January 1982 on the Johanna Kustannus label and produced by Pete Wooliscroft. Our copy, on Passport Records,  was purchased on Ebay in a Hanoi Rocks lot, and has a sticker on the front cover that indicates it is an Import. It peaked at #90 in Japan and #3 in Finland. Although never a household name themselves, several artists list the rockers as influences including, Gun 'N Roses, Poison, L. A. Guns, Ratt, Skid Row, Foo Fighters, and Alice In Chains.

1. "Motorvatin'" Andy McCoy, Michael Monroe 3:15

2. "Don't Follow Me" Andy McCoy 3:19

3. "Visitor" Andy McCoy 3:14

4. "Teenangels Outsiders" Andy McCoy, Michael Monroe 3:24

5. "Sweet Home Suburbia" Andy McCoy 4:44

6. "M.C. Baby" Andy McCoy 3:01

7. "No Law or Order" Andy McCoy 3:41

8. "Oriental Beat" Andy McCoy 3:09

9. "Devil Woman" Andy McCoy 2:55

10. "Lightning Bar Blues" Hoyt Axton 2:39

11. "Fallen Star" Andy McCoy 2:34

Michael Monroe – vocals, saxophone, harmonica
Andy McCoy – guitar, backing vocals
Nasty Suicide – guitars, backing vocals
Sam Yaffa – bass
Gyp Casino – drums

With :

Katrina Leskanich - Backing vocals on "Don't Follow Me"