And the setlist - altogether there was 37 songs, including DEMOLITION and the original HANOI lineup… The original HANOI lineup played nine songs, actually, in the end… The emotion and the feeling was amazing.

It was a big undertaking, and I worked on it quite a while. Speaking to Rockfiend about how it felt to perform with the reunited original lineup of HANOI ROCKS at his 60th-birthday gig, Monroe said in part: 'It felt great. To top the event, the lights and visuals are designed by the internationally acclaimed worldwide phenomenon Mikki Kunttu.

The almost-three-hour-long concert allowed fans to hear many Monroe classics throughout evening. In addition to the original HANOI ROCKS lineup and DEMOLITION 23, several top musicians and artists who collaborated with Monroe over the years took the stage. This was DEMOLITION 23's first performance since the band's breakup in 1995.Īt the 60th-birthday show, Monroe was mostly accompanied by his longtime band consisting of Sami Yaffa, Karl Rockfist, Rich Jones and Steve Conte. Led by Monroe, the band rose to great cult fame, although they only released one album ( 'Demolition 23') in 1994 and broke up shortly afterwards. The 'support band' for the show for Friday night's concert was the reunited DEMOLITION 23. Prior to Friday night's performance, the quintet, which started a historic chapter in the world's music scene, was last seen on stage at Helsinki's Tavastia on July 27, 1982. As the grand finale of the concert, the original lineup of HANOI ROCKS, one of Finland's most significant rock bands of all time, took the stage: Monroe, Andy McCoy, Sami Yaffa, Nasty Suicide and Gyp Casino. People tell me I'm too high when I'm around, And when I'm not I'm closer to the ground Well, I do anything whenever I want, And I want to do it here and now I'm on a one-way street, I can't retreat, 'Cos my mind and I play hide and seek They want to make a problem out of me, 'Cos they want their own problems unseen My mind's a gallery of memories, I reflect the history I'm the sort of case of the human race, That people find hard to face I'm the living wreck, I live in Tooting Bec, I'm the Cosmic Ted spaced out of my head I'm the living wreck, I live in Tooting Bec, And I'm equal to anyone I've met I'm the second door on the third floor, If you've got the key then please unlock me But hey, don't talk to me, I'm not what you see, I'm not here today, I'm miles away It's twice as much reality when you're, Face to face with history Yeah its been a long trip, it made me flip Now i'm crawling on your bedroom floor Now i'm climbing up your bathroom wall And i search i search in this shit i search for the eternal party Is it in my head or is it in my bed? Baby, please baby, I said baby is it here or is it there? What? the second door on the the third floor Tell me more I'm the living wreck, I live in Tooting Bec, I'm the Cosmic Ted spaced out of my head I'm the living wreck, I live in Tooting Bec, And I'm equal to anyone I've met And I'm better than anyone you've met! I sing la la la la la la la la la Well i just got back from the outer space, they call me the Flashing Psychedelic Kid Cos i'm spaced out of my head You know it feels so good when i reappear, and its so sad To see yourself disappear, i disappear, when i disappear Well its too bad.Michael Monroe, who turned 60 in June, celebrated the milestone with a bang on September 23 at the Helsinki Ice Hall (Helsingin Jäähalli) in Finland.

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