Self Destruction Blues Explained

Self Destruction Blues
Type:compilation
Artist:Hanoi Rocks
Cover:Self Destruction Blues.jpg
Released:August 1982
Recorded:1980–1982
Length:40:41
Label:Johanna Kustannus, Lick Records
Producer:"The Muddy Twins" (Andy McCoy and Michael Monroe)
Prev Title:Oriental Beat
Prev Year:1982
Next Title:Back to Mystery City
Next Year:1983

Self Destruction Blues is the third album by the Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks, released in 1982. Although often listed as a studio album, Self Destruction Blues is a compilation of singles and B-sides that the band recorded in 1981 and 1982. None of the tracks on Self Destruction Blues, however, appear on their previous albums. Guns N' Roses were rumoured to have recorded a cover version of "Beer and a Cigarette" for their 1993 release "The Spaghetti Incident?". Of note is the fact that although Gyp Casino plays on the LP, his replacement Razzle actually appears on the cover.

"Dead by X-Mas" has been covered by the Japanese hardcore band The Piass in 1994, and the British electro group Sohodolls in 2007.

Personnel

Hanoi Rocks
Additional musicians

Charts

scope=col Chart (1982)scope=col Peak
position
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[1] 28

Notes and References

  1. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. 1st. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 2006. 978-951-1-21053-5. fi.