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Hanoi Rocks was a Finnish rock band formed in 1979, whose most successful period came in the early 1980s. The band broke up in 1985 after the death of their drummer, Nicholas 'Razzle' Dingley. The vocalist Michael Monroe and guitarist Andy McCoy from the original line-up came back together in 2002 and were active with the new line-up of Hanoi Rocks until 2009. The band have been cited as pioneers of hair metal.[1]
It was announced on January 26th that drummer Lacu was to leave the band after the bands European Tour. A replacement was named on June 4th, 2008 - a Swede named George "Jolle" Atlagic.[2]

On October 21, 2008, Hanoi Rocks announced that the band would break up. Monroe and McCoy agreed that they had "taken the band and music style as far as possible". In April 2009 Hanoi Rocks played 8 sold out farewell gigs in 6 days at Tavastia Club, Helsinki. The original guitarist Nasty Suicide appeared as a special guest on 3 of the last gigs.

The band's final show at the Tavastia Club, Helsinki, Finland, was released as a DVD, entitled Buried Alive in late 2009.

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