Along the way, they passed a car accident near Neil's home in Redondo Beach. He and the band's road manager set off in hot pursuit. Nearly an hour later, Andy McCoy became concerned that the couple still hadn't returned. Vince Neil, heavily intoxicated (and not just from alcohol), but wanting to show off his brand new red Ford Pantera 72, went to the store with Razzle as a passenger. Tragic accident, Razzle's death.Īccording to fragmentary recollections of those present, somewhere in three or four days after the start of the party, namely on the evening of December 8, the stocks of alcohol ran out. So it's no wonder that as soon as the Hanoi Rocks touring car - temporarily derailed - arrived in Los Angeles, Mötley Crüe threw an impromptu welcome party for their glam counterparts.Īnd while Monroe lay in his hotel room, McCoy, Razzle, Jaffa and Nasty Suicide had a giant Crüe binge that was forever destined to end in absolute disaster. While the two bands were never the closest of friends, they did have an unhealthy appetite for self-destruction. Razzle's drummer vaguely knew Crüe vocalist Vince Neil. Hanoi Rocks' unquenchable passion for partying inevitably led them into the orbit of Los Angeles-based band Mötley Crüe. Hanoi Rocks (Michael Monroe in the center) As a result, the vocalist was found to have a fracture! He was put in a cast, which forced the band to take a break. Monroe, now in constant agony, eventually turned to another specialist for help. To his credit, Monroe ended the show before he was taken to the hospital.Īfter being misdiagnosed as a severe sprain, the tour went on for four more shows: Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, and Cleveland. Literally a few moments later, vocalist Michael Monroe jumped out there, slid over a puddle and. Its contents spilled over the right side of the stage. Michael Monroe fracture.Ĭuriously enough, very often the most catastrophic chain of events can be set in motion by a seemingly small and insignificant factor.Īt one of the first shows on the ill-fated American tour in Syracuse, a bottle of beer fell off the top of guitarist Andy McCoy's amp. Hanoi RocksĮverything seemed to go like clockwork! But something soon happened from which Hanoi Rocks never recovered. MTV was filled with clips of the five glam members, their concerts were selling out at the speed of sound, and even Andy Warhol himself was looking forward to their welcome party in New York.
Japan had already fallen to Hanoi Rocks, and it looked like the United States would follow. In the dreary and monochromatic depression of the mid-80s, Hanoi Rocks seemed like a bright flash to the eye! Their reputation as a live band was impressive. And when the second single from it, Underwater World, went down the charts, Hanoi Rocks got ready for their first American tour. The fatal crash that destroyed Hanoi Rocks.īefore a fatal car accident brought a tragic and untimely end to Hanoi Rocks' career, the band was on its way to stardom.By December 1984, bursting into a lackluster rock scene marred by empty new romanticism and post-punk austerity, five glamor-soaked soundtracks Hanoi Rocks thugs were about to enter the global market…Īfter finally landing a major label deal with CBS, the band have just released their fifth and most confident glam studio album to date, Two Steps From The Move.
We wish to raise enough money to have a bench made and placed in the churchyard on the Isle of Wight where his memorial is." As the fundraiser reached its goal, Ingram turned to her son's former bandmate and best friend, Matt Kellett, to work with the church and oversee the project.Īccording to Kellett, the memorial was a long-time in the making, and Razzle's mother "had very definite ideas about the design of the bench and there was a lot of church protocol, so we had to go back and forth- as it had to be a certain size and width and so on." Kellett said a woman named Hillary from the church "was onboard with us from the start" and helped "get the thing through." The memorial bench was installed in "a beautiful corner of the churchyard," a place that Razzle "knew well.
In a statement as she was fundraising to help cover the costs of the project, Ingram said, "My son died in a motor accident in America. The bench was installed in mid-April, according to the Isle of Wright County Press, after the legendary drummer's mother, Patricia Ingram, crowdfunded funds for the memorial.
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