The remaining band and crew members were overwhelmed with grief and cancelled all planned tours for the next month or two, eventually deciding to perform two concerts in Helsinki, January 1985. The gigs were televised in Europe on 'Europe-A-Go-Go' on MTV. At first Tommy Lee had promised to play drums, but in the end ex-Clash drummer Terry Chimes filled the empty stool left by Razzle. This was also the last time Sam played with the band, having already stated his intentions to leave whilst in the US.
Andy went on holiday with his new girlfriend. leaving Michael and Nasty to find a new bass player. They decided on Ren� Berg who had occasionally played with Andy, and was a member of the Idle Flowers. When the band entered the studio to demo the next album, he began barking orders on how the band should sound, but on his first outing with the band on a ten-date tour of Poland, he was ordered to wear black clothes, no stage lights were spotted on him, and he was given the shortest possible bass wire so that he couldn't move around the stage.
The final album, 'Rock 'n' Roll Divorce' was was recorded at the band's last gig at the Rockerina Festival, Poland on May 19th 1985, and when Michael left soon after, the band were finished.
Several compilations and re-releases have seen the light of day since 1985 and bands like Guns'n'Roses, Skid Row, Backyard Babies and the Manic Street Preachers acknowledge Hanoi Rocks as a major influence. Guns'n'Roses vocalist Axl Rose once said that: "If Hanoi Rocks would have reached the success they should have had, no-one would have ever heard of Guns'n'Roses."
In the summer of 2001 Michael and Andy got back together for a tour of Finland under the name Michael Monroe & Andy McCoy - Hanoi Revisited, and on the 27th of March 2002 they announced that rumours of a long awaited Hanoi Rocks comeback were true. A new single 'People Like Me' was released in April 2002, with an album later the same year supported by a tour. The new Hanoi Rocks members are guitarist Costello Hautam�ki, Lacu and Timpa.
IF YOU LIKE THESE YOU'LL LIKE HANOI ROCKS: New York Dolls, Guns n' Roses, Johnny Thunders, Rolling Stones, Backyard Babies, MC5, Iggy & the Stooges, Manic Street Preachers, Stiv Bators.