Hanoi Rocks

Finland, 1979–2009

Finnish band formed in 1979 around Michael Monroe and Andy McCoy, and the missing link between New York punk sleaze and the glam metal that followed. Drummer Razzle was killed in 1984 in a car driven by Vince Neil, which ended them before America heard them properly.

MusicRoots documents 5 artists who influenced Hanoi Rocks and 0 artists Hanoi Rocks influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Hanoi Rocks?

• New York Dolls — The obvious answer, and Monroe corrects it himself: the Dolls are what people assume, the Heartbreakers are what the band actually took from — and the name is 'Chinese Rocks' with a different city in it.
• Sex Pistols — The UK punk half of what Hanoi Rocks welded together, with the Damned and Generation X.
• Aerosmith — The hard rock half of the same weld.
• The Rolling Stones — Named in the same list, and the two-guitar swagger under the eyeliner.
• Alice Cooper — The theatre. Cooper is where the idea comes from that a hard rock band should look like something.