{"id":29165,"date":"2026-10-19T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=29165"},"modified":"2026-10-19T00:44:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T23:44:53","slug":"hanoi-rocks-the-complete-collection-1981-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=29165","title":{"rendered":"Hanoi Rocks – \u2018THE COMPLETE COLLECTION 1981-1984\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FINNISH ROCK ICONS HANOI ROCKS TO RELEASE 6LP AND 6CD BOX SET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018THE COMPLETE COLLECTION 1981-1984\u2019 SET FOR RELEASE NOVEMBER 13TH<\/sup> VIA BMG<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRE-ORDER THE BOX SET <\/strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Originally formed in 1979 in Helsinki by singer and multi-instrumentalist Michael Monroe, Finnish rock superstars Hanoi Rocks are proud to release \u2018The Complete Collection 1981-1984\u2019, <\/em>a deluxe compilation of their influential first five studio albums, set for release November 13th<\/sup> via BMG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featuring the bands much fabled albums Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks<\/em> (1981), Oriental Beat<\/em> (2022 \u2018The RE(AL)MIX\u2019<\/em>), Self Destruction Blues <\/em>(1982), Back To Mystery City<\/em> (1983) and Two Steps From the Move<\/em> (1984), the 6LP and 6 CD set includes a bonus album comprised of rare and unreleased tracks, titled Motorvatin\u2019!!!<\/em>. The bonus album includes songs from rare BBC live sessions as well as never-before-heard demos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To preview the set, the band have released the BBC recording of \u2018Underwater World\u2019 on DSPs this week. Recorded that same year at the famous Maida Vale BBC Studios, Michael Monroe recalls the session\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n


“The BBC Session was recorded by Dale Griffin (\u2018Buffin\u2019), who was the drummer of Mott The Hoople, one of\u00a0our absolute favourite bands of all time. He and Overend \u2018Pete\u2019 Watts had produced our previous album \u2018Back To Mystery City\u2019, since we couldn\u2019t get Ian Hunter at the time, whom we\u2019d asked first. However, when we were recording the \u2018Two Steps From The Move\u2019 album, produced by Bob Ezrin, Bob brought Ian Hunter to the studio to write some lyrics for us, since Bob knew that we were huge Ian Hunter fans. We were of course totally thrilled about this, and Ian was super cool, as expected. He co-wrote 3 songs with us: \u2018I Can\u2019t Get It\u2019, \u2018Boulevard Of Broken Dreams\u2019 and \u2018Underwater World\u2019. \u00a0After hearing the rough mixes of the songs, with the demo vocals, Ian said that he\u2019d get back to us in about a week with his lyrics. \u00a0However, he was so inspired by the songs that he wrote them all the same night when he got back home. \u00a0So, the next day we got the lyrics written by Ian Hunter, and they were absolutely brilliant! \u00a0That was exactly what we needed, and we were ecstatic about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the time of the BBC Session the band was in a good place in many ways,\u201d continues Monroe.\u00a0\u201cHowever, the substance abuse had increased quite a bit among the band, and this surely has to do with the tempo of this version of \u2018Underwater World\u2019 since it\u2019s incredibly slow! \u00a0Haha, some of us must have been on some pretty heavy downers. I wish we had sped up the tempo a little bit in the mastering, but I guess it\u2019s best to present the band just as it was – perfectly flawed at times. \u00a0So, here it is for you to enjoy!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The physical version of The Complete Collection 1981-1984<\/em> includes a 36-page photobook featuring many previously unseen and rare shots, as well as studio album art cards from Hanoi Rock\u2019s legendary initial run as a band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Complete Collection 1981-1984<\/em> displays in full the enduring impact of Hanoi Rocks\u2019 songwriting craft, ballistic energy and colourful, glamorous flair for fans of old and future generations to discover and enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FINNISH ROCK ICONS HANOI ROCKS TO RELEASE 6LP AND 6CD BOX SET \u2018THE COMPLETE COLLECTION 1981-1984\u2019 SET FOR RELEASE NOVEMBER 13TH VIA BMG PRE-ORDER THE BOX SET HERE: Originally formed in 1979 in Helsinki by singer and multi-instrumentalist Michael Monroe, Finnish rock superstars Hanoi Rocks are proud to release \u2018The Complete Collection 1981-1984\u2019, a deluxe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29168,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29165\/revisions\/29168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}