So, what can you do? It was bad luck, but I don’t look back at it like that. But I didn’t want people to get to know Hanoi in the wrong way because it wasn’t what it was originally. And Bob Ezrin also was looking forward to producing the next album he felt the same about us as he did about Alice Cooper. I mean, the situation was such that we were very likely to become one of the biggest bands in the world and all that. Maybe if we would’ve taken a break for half a year or a year, if we would’ve been in that position, it might have been able to salvage the situation. Michael Monroe: “We weren’t strong enough to keep it together. On the breakup of Hanoi Rocks following the death of Razzle:
Neil spent 15 days in jail before being released on parole for good conduct.
" The Cosmic Truth was another good album by them, and the 'Best Of' collection. This was in the early 70’s. I think their biggest hit was Smiling Faces Sometimes. This is one of my favourite bands, and every member of Hanoi Rocks loved them too.In late 1984, Hanoi Rocks drummer Razzle, whose real name was Nicholas Dingley, died in a car accident in which Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil had been operating the vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Other artists have covered this song as well, but I think this is the best version of it. Norman Whitfield produced their records as well as the Temptations' psychedelic-era albums. "It makes a strong truthful statement about life on earth and has a hell of a groove. I thought 'this must be something else' and bought the record. It turned out to be some of the coolest funk music ever with great lyrics too. This song Ball Of Confusion wasn’t on that album but I discovered it later when I found more of their music on other records. "The album was called Higher Than High and the band’s name was The Undisputed Truth. They were floating in space with platinum white afros, silver painted faces, silver suits and platform boots with mics in their hands with neon coloured mic chords. "One day as a young kid in Helsinki in a second hand record shop I found an album that had five black people on the cover. And that’s what they did. I’m very happy and proud about that collaboration." So all I asked for featuring on the duet of that song was that they put on the album cover 'In memory of Stiv Bators' in the credits of the song and just spell my name right. "I had noticed already back then how so many people in the business - even musicians - looked at GN’R as the 'Bank Of Guns N’ Roses' and wanted to take advantage of their success and fame. I thought that was pretty disgusting. I won’t let you ruin this thing,' because I didn’t want to do anything that might cause GN’R to change their minds about having the song on the album, especially money, or me coming across greedy or something.
"I had a completely useless manager at the time and when he heard about this collaboration and that the song was going to be the first single off the album, he saw dollar signs and told me 'I can negotiate a very lucrative deal for this', but I told him: 'You’re gonna stay the hell away from this. I couldn’t think of a better homage to my dear friend. "I was so excited since this would be such a great tribute to Stiv's memory and millions of people would see his name on the album cover as Axl promised that they would add 'In memory of Stiv Bators' in the credits of the song. Stiv’s spirit was definitely with us, and in places Axl’s voice sounds just like Stiv, especially in the line ' Ain’t it fun when you feel like you just gotta get a gun'. "So he called Slash and got the band together for this in the studio and we recorded it the next day. It was magical! We sang it face to face, surrounded by burning candles, which was part of a 'ritual' Stiv used to do with me when doing vocals in the studio. "I had made a tape of the first and second Dead Boys albums to give to Axl since he had told me that he wasn’t that familiar with their material. We were listening to that tape in his car, driving around Hollywood, and when Ain’t It Fun came on Axl said 'I love this song! Let’s record it as a duet for our upcoming cover album '. to play some sax and harmonica on the Guns N’ Roses Use Your Illusion album on the song Bad Obsession. Some time before that Stiv Bators had passed away after being hit by a car in Paris. The song Ain’t It Fun was especially a cool one with a chilling statement in one line of the lyrics: ” Ain’t it fun when you know that you’re gonna die young, it’s such fun…”. "Stiv Bators' previous band, the Dead Boys was also a big influence on me and Hanoi Rocks.
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