Hanoi Rocks live concert DVD coming!

Hanoi Rocks was one of the great lost bands of the 1980s. The band's mix of glam, metal and punk became known as "sleaze-rock" and proved to be influential on a generation of Aquanetted nerf-metal outfits later in the decade. Chart-toppers like Guns N' Roses and the Manic Street Preachers are direct descendants of the Hanoi Rocks sound. Why Hanoi Rocks never made it to the big time while inferior third-generation carbon copy bands made major bank with their sound is one of the great mysteries of the era....

Formed in 1979 in Helsinki Finland, the Hanoi Rocks sound was a revved-up cross between the Stooges and the New York Dolls, with a hint of Chuck Berry and the Sweet thrown in for good measure. Between 1981 and 1985, the band released five classic sleaze-rock studio albums and a rockin' live set. Outside of other musicians and a few diehard fans, the band was still virtually unknown, and they broke up. After a lengthy hiatus, lead singer Michael Monroe and guitarist Andy McCoy – the heart and soul of the band, reformed Hanoi Rocks in 2002 and recorded the strong comeback album, Twelve Shots On The Rocks, followed by Street Poetry in 2007. Hanoi Rocks continues to tour today.

On June 10, 2008 Music Video Distributors will release The Nottingham Tapes DVD. The disc captures one of Hanoi Rocks' legendary performances, from April 23rd 1984 at the Palais in Nottingham, England. This show has circulated in audio form on bootlegs for years, now all you punters can grab up the full visual Hanoi Rocks experience for less than a twenty. This hour-long disc is the first Hanoi Rocks DVD ever and includes some of the band's coolest songs, high-octane rockers like "Lost In The City" and "Back To Mystery City." In short, buy it!

(Click on the DVD cover to buy The Nottingham Tapes from Amazon.com)