![]() ![]() We did one week of pre-production and two weeks of recording. Anyway yeah, working with Jack in LA at the Swinghouse Studios was fun but a lot of hard work too. Talked to him briefly outside the Highline Ballroom. Brought so much life to the older songs.ī: Nice guy too. Karl could have been the chauffeur as he has a drivers license but he stayed in his own house so Ginger was driving us to the studio and back every day."ī: When I caught the show in New York last year, was very impressed with Karl Rockfist the drummer. We were actually depending on Ginger as the chauffeur, which he kind of got fed up with towards the end. The only thing about LA is that I don't drive and I don't really like sitting in cars for too long. We lived in a rented house with Jack and the band except for Karl Rockfist. I figured as much.It was a cool and a pleasant experience working with Jack. So I asked Jack if it he had something to do with the arrangement of 'No More, No More' - the way the third verse kinda holds there and builds up in the same way as in 'Debauchery As A Fine Art'. The third verse is different on the new studio version due to Jack's arrangement idea which is kinda similar to the Aerosmith song 'No More, No More' from Toys In The Attic as far as the arrangement goes. Lemmy and I re-wrote the lyrics for the chorus and then I decided to call it 'Debauchery as a Fine Art' as it's a line in the lyrics. Actually I started to recognize a certain pattern in his work when we were re-arranging the Lemmy song 'Debauchery as a Fine Art'. The song was originally called 'Motörheaded For A Fall' on the live album, Another Night In The Sun. He has a lot of good arrangement ideas for the songs for example. Working with him as a producer was really cool too. He has great stories about AEROSMITH and JOHN LENNON, stuff like that of course. ![]() Monroe: "There were quite a few highlights working with Jack. What was one of the highlights of that experience? Smart as hell and that was really well said."ī: You recorded the new album Sensory Overdrive in LA last fall with the legendary Jack Douglas. I am not saying there will never be anything like that but as of right now, there are no plans for anything like that."ī: My favorite quote, when it comes to Hanoi Rocks, was actually made by Bruce Dickinson of IRON MAIDEN, who said that out of all the bands that got lumped into this hair metal genre, which he said he didn't feel you belonged, but he said that Hanoi Rocks stood out because you had "equal style and substance." Monroe: "No I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you because there are no plans for anything like that. Do you think Hanoi Rocks will do something like that?ī: So we shouldn't hold our breath? ![]() The chemistry with Razzle is what made the band."ī: Will there be any output from Hanoi Rocks going forward? AC/DC did Family Jewels a few years back. The band really got famous with Razzle in it. That's why I would feel funny doing it with Gyp. That's why I always felt that Razzle really made the band, the band! Hanoi Rocks to me was always Razzle, Sam Yaffa, Nasty Suicide, Andy McCoy and me. ![]() Like I have said Hanoi Rocks really became, not to say that Gyp wasn't important, but when Razzle joined the band, it really became the band, the spirit in the band just became something else. I think it would kind of cheapen the whole thing. It's great."ī: If you were asked to reunite the original Hanoi Rocks, for one night, with original drummer Gyp Casino, Would you do it? : You were once asked in an interview, if you could be the singer in any band, who would it be and you responded Hanoi Rocks. ![]()
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