Essential Ephemera #2

A flyer from the HANOI ROCKS / JOHNNY THUNDERS / BABYSITTERS Oct 1984 Tour.

The Gig took place in Sheffield England. It was a sudent union college gig. Probably one of the crappiest flyers ever..The Hanoi Rocks, for fuck's sake, bloody student shower, can't even get the name of the band right. (see what I've done with this; World Cup 2010....South Africa...Nelson Mandela Building... Get it.) I remember taking the train to this one, was gonna spend the night on the railway station, but managed to crash on the floor of some students flat, unlike on a couple of other dates I went to on the tour, when I did have to sleep on cold railway station benches, well worth it though....Great gigs!

HANOI ROCKS - Love's An Injection (12"Vinyl Rip)

What can I say about Hanoi Rocks? A truly awesome live band, who should have and could have been a household name in the mid 80’s rather than poodle haired rockers such as Bon Jovi, Poison and Motley Crue, infact if it wasn’t for Motley Crues Vince Neil killing their drummer Razzle in a drunken car accident, they probably would have been, (dunno if I should use the term accident, cos it wasn’t an accident really as with any case of drink driving the person doesn’t accidentally get behind the wheel pissed do they?) with their Glam Punk’n’Roll A tradgedy indeed, as the band never really recovered afterwards. Anyway if you wanna know more stick their name in yer search engine, and click here if you want a blast on this 5 track maxi 12” single released in Finland in 1982. Enjoy!