6/15/2023 0 Comments Hanoi rocks oriental beat songlistThe master tapes for Oriental Beat were thought to be lost forever as they were passed around from label to label during acquisitions. Bassist Sami Yaffa called it “the worst sounding album of our career” and Michael Monroe said that “the producer of the album didn’t have a clue what the band was about and his mix of the album was horribly wrong”. Hanoi Rocks’ original drummer Gyp Casino says of Oriental Beat that: “Back in the days we gave heart, soul and a bit of pain to make this record something else” but the sound of the album, originally released in 1982, did not match their efforts at the time. Recorded in London, UK in 1981, for 200 pounds a day, Oriental Beat was made during the height of the British punk + New Wave movement, when the band was hanging out with everyone from Phil Lynott to the Damned. The songs are there but the sound wasn’t. The panning (or lackthereof) of the guitars, the odd tuning of the floor tom drum for the song “Motorvatin’,” and loss of sonic energy in the performances. Michael went on to tell me how there were so many aspects to the album that they weren’t happy with it. Hanoi Rocks immediately left to tour after the recording process and were not present during the mixing process. Lead vocalist Michael Monroe told me in a recent interview that, “… we couldn’t even listen to it. The original release of Oriental Beat frustrated Hanoi Rocks to the point that they literally hated the album. The release which the band refers to as the re(al)-mix will be released on March 17 via Finnish record label Svart Records. Finnish glam rock legends Hanoi Rocks have announced that they will be releasing a long-awaited and much needed remix of their second album, Oriental Beat.
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