Kiss is now a full-fledged member of the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame.
Disrespected for many a year, justice has finally been done......sort of.....
As of this writing, The New York Dolls are STILL waiting to be inducted, and another band that checks all the marks ticked by the Dolls and Kiss.....Influential, Legendary, Rabid following that will not die despite time passing and lack of coverage, handed down from generation to generation, treated as a minor religion.....are all qualities shared by the band whose name I will now print....
...HANOI ROCKS...
Now, I could go on and on about why they were one of the greatest bands ever, but chances are you already know that, if you don't, I have the remedy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4sw1wZDFtc
One night in 1984 in London England at the legendary Marquee club, Hanoi Rocks proves once and for all, they are punching in the heavyweight category, and give one of the greatest performances a Rock N' Roll band has ever given
This one concert is the DEFINITIVE Hanoi Rocks recording which is essential for every music fan. I think you need to have the visual presentation as well, also, it's best to watch it beginning to end, the whole show, after you've watched it once or twice you start to realize "Wait for a second, I think this might be one of the greatest concerts of all time"
The pacing of the show, the ebb and flow of energy based on song selection, building the audience up and down until they finally let the audience on stage to close with "Blitzkrieg Bop" creates a masterpiece musically performance that is unequaled.
I've seen a lot of music, been to a lot of shows, played a lot, toured areas bigger than Hanoi ever played in, but never saw a band (including my own) equal what Hanoi Rocks managed to pull off that night in 1984, I truly think they might have been the greatest live band of all time. A lot of bands lose something when they take their songs to the stage, Hanoi's songs explode exponentially, they were great to begin with, but once you've FULLY digested this show from 1984 I doubt anyone would argue with me that this band NEEDS to be in the Rock n' Roll Hall of fame.
You would need to induct the New York Dolls simultaneously as you can't have Hanoi in and the Dolls out, but it could be done as part of a "GLAM-PUNK" themed part of the induction ceremony,
It's really been a detriment to both bands that they've been associated with the L.A hair metal scene, neither one has much in common with that Van Halen sounding group of bands who paid lip service to, but never NEVER listened to either band.
Unfortunately Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin ARE real Hanoi fans and were very public about trying to get them some recognition, that's great and I applaud them, but there were 10,000 bands trying to copy them that had no idea of or appreciation for this type of music that started parroting what they said "Oh Hanoi....YEAH, They were a big influence on us," B.S you've never listened to them and wouldn't understand them if you did.
I once heard one of the guitar players from Faster Pussycat on a podcast, he started talking about how Hanoi was a big influence on them, to be fair, their singer Taime Downe IS a big Hanoi fan and DOES get it, but when the host asked the guitar player to recommend a Hanoi record for him to check out the guitar player started stuttering..........uh....uh....well, it wasn't even the music, it was the image. in reality there was some Hanoi influence but that was because the singer wrote the songs, if it were up to this guy, they would have sounded like Van Halen, the Same thing in G N' R if it had been up to Slash (Who played a wank-off Jackson guitar prior to recording appetite) G n' R would have sounded like Van Halen.
That scene claimed Hanoi's true musical legacy as it's final victim. but the truth remains the truth and you can go into a club in any major city on any night of the week and you will find a band that is one part punk, one part Doo-wop Ramones-style and one part Bowie, both in songs and style. You ask that band who they carrying the musical legacy for and they will tell you without hesitation: We're Glam-Punk, We' re carrying the torch for the New York Dolls and Hanoi Rocks Yes, that's right:
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