
While the album was produced by Andy McCoy and Michael Monroe under the name "The Muddy Twins" (inspired by "The Glimmer Twins"), the album was recorded by Swedish Seppo Johansson, who worked at the studio. Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks was recorded in January 1981, between Hanoi Rocks' club shows.
Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks is the first studio album by the Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks, released in 1981. Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks (en). Bangkok_Shocks_Saigon_Shakes_Hanoi_Rocks.jpg (en). wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Bangkok_Shocks_Saigon_Shakes_Hanoi_Rocks.jpg?width=300. The album appears several times in the 2000 film High Fidelity. "Don't Never Leave Me" was re-recorded and released as "Don't You Ever Leave Me" on Hanoi Rocks' fifth album Two Steps from the Move. "Walking With My Angel" is a cover of a song from 1961 by Bobby Vee. The biggest hit of the album was "Tragedy". The album was originally going to be titled Some Like It Hot or Some Like It Cut, but Jim Pembroke suggested the name Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks, which the band ultimately chose. Also Michael Monroe says that he can't listen to his singing on the first Hanoi-album, as his voice wasn't very good yet. Even though the album is regarded by many as good, Andy McCoy commented in the December, 1981 issue of Soundi that Johansson ruined many of the songs. ^ "What Are the Songs in Peacemaker Episode 5? - Looper". Hanoi Rocks: All Those Wasted Years, LIKE, 2008. ^ Ari Väntänen, Michael Monroe & Andy McCoy. "Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks". "Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks > Overview". ^ Phillips, William Cogan, Brian (2009). The song "11th Street Kids" features in the episode titled "Monkey Dory" of the 2022 TV-series Peacemaker.
"Don't Never Leave Me" was re-recorded and released as " Don't You Ever Leave Me" on Hanoi Rocks' fifth album Two Steps from the Move.
The biggest hit of the album was " Tragedy". While the album was produced by Andy McCoy and Michael Monroe under the name "The Muddy Twins" (inspired by " The Glimmer Twins"), the album was recorded by Swedish Seppo Johansson, who worked at the studio. Released: February 1981 (Finland, Sweden), April 1982 (Japan)īangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks is the first studio album by the Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks, released in 1981.īangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks was recorded in January 1981, between Hanoi Rocks' club shows.