Hanoi Rocks have changed - for better!

As everybody knows, to create something worthwhile takes time and effort, and to perfect that something takes even more of the both! In the case of the reborn Hanoi Rocks, it took a lot of effort and about three years.

First there was the problem with the rhytm guitarist. As cool a dude as Costello was, he was also busy with several other projects and bowed out in the New Year 2004. Good old Nasty Suicide played a couple of gigs with his old brothers-in-arms, but due to his family commitments was not able to take up a steady vacancy in the band. In walks another friend of the band, Stevie. A nice guy, but at the end of the day, not the man the band was looking for. A time for thought and back to square one: Who's the guy we both want in the band? Asked Michael and Andy to each other. The answer: Conny Bloom. A friend of the band since the 80's Conny is a man of several cool outfits and albums under his belt, a rock god in his own right and an overall nice guy. Great! Problem solved! No, hold on! Timpa! For crying out loud! God dammit!

After a new baby born to his family, Timpa decided it was time to call it a day. And Hanoi Rocks needed a bass player. This search was an easier one as Conny and Andy had a mutual friend in mind. Andy "A.C." Christell, an old bandmate of Conny's in the Electric Boys who almost had given up playing since there were no interesting enough bands around for him to join. Two birds with one stone, as both A.C. and Hanoi Rocks had a problem solved. The line up for Another Hostile Takeover was ready.

The new and improved Hanoi Rocks trained for four days before going out on a 30 -date European tour in January of this year. It was supposed to be the release tour for "Another Hostile Takeover" but due to personnel changes and their effect to the recording schedule, it became a trial by fire for the new line up. And what a blazing tour it was! The first night in Stockholm was already brilliant and by the time the tour ended in Germany a month and a half later, it was awesome. And not only if you asked the audiences, but according to the band members as well. "This is the best band I've ever played with" confessed Andy McCoy "I never knew it could be this great to be on stage. It took us three years to find the perfect line up back in the early days and seems to be the same now."

Since returning from the tour that welded the band into a seamless state-of-the-art rock'n roll ensemble it now is, Hanoi Rocks has released their latest album, "Another Hostile Takeover" and prepared for the spring, summer, autumn and winter of relentless touring. Looming in the horizon are festival dates all across Europe and a special guest performance with Alice Cooper in August.

This is 2005 and Hanoi Rocks are tougher than ever and pleased to showcase it!





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