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October 9, 2023

IT’S NOT LOVE … Don Dokken talks about Vince Neil’s Infamous 1984 Car Accident, getting Plastic Surgery on T.V. and being Overweight

“He only had that car a month and then he killed Razzle. I saw him a week later, and he wasted.” — Don Dokken on Vince Neil Metal Sludge — In a recent interview with The Chuck Shute Podcast Dokken frontman Don Dokken touches on many subjects including touring with Aerosmith, drug use, George Lynch and his new album ‘When Heaven Comes Down’. Dokken, 70, goes into detail on a variety of topics dating back[…]

September 7, 2022

REUNITED … Hanoi Rocks to Reunite Original Line-Up to Celebrate Michael Monroe’s 60th Birthday at Concert in Helsinki Finland

Blabbermouth — Michael Monroe, who turned 60 in June, will celebrate the milestone with a bang at the Helsinki Ice Hall on September 23. Now Monroe has revealed the big news: as the grand finale of the concert, the original lineup of HANOI ROCKS, one of Finland’s most significant rock bands of all time, will take the stage: Monroe, Andy McCoy, Sami Yaffa, Nasty Suicide and Gyp Casino. The quintet, which started a historic chapter[…]

December 8, 2020

RAZZLE REMEMBERED … L.A. Guns singer to Vince Neil recalling the Hanoi Rocks Drummer’s Tragic Death: “F#@k You for Killing my friend”

Metal Sludge — December 8th will always be a horrible day in the history of rock n’ roll. John Lennon was murdered by a crazy fan in New York City back in 1980. A few short years later in 1984, Nicholas “Razzle” Dingley, drummer for the Finnish band Hanoi Rocks was tragically killed in an auto accident. That car was being driven by Vince Neil of Motley Crue. Ultimate Classic Rock writes: “The two bands[…]

October 10, 2018

TUFF DIARIES #9 … Summer Tour ’89, Andy McCoy, Def Leftovers, Max the Model, Z-Rock, Tommi Gunn & Lit

TUFF DIARIES #9 Summer Tour ’89, Andy McCoy, Def Leftovers, Max the Model, Z-Rock, Tommi Gunn & Lit Jeremy Popoff, Murderdolls Reject, Blue Oyster Lords, Monster Energy, Sea Hags & Madd Maxx Hammer. It’s now the summer of 1989. Tuff are booked on our first ever Midwest tour. We just had a busy spring and now we’re picking up right where we left off. In June alone we will play 14 shows in 6 states. On June 2nd[…]

February 18, 2016

Dee Snider on Vince Neil and accident that killed Nicholas ‘Razzle’ Dingley of Hanoi Rocks; ‘He’s a murderer’

Dee Snider on Vince Neil and his 1984 auto accident; ‘He’s a murderer’ Ultimate Classic Rock — Dee Snider, a famous teetotaler, still doesn’t understand why Vince Neil wasn’t given a stiffer sentence in an alcohol-fueled crash that killed Hanoi Rocks drummer Nicholas “Razzle” Dingley. He apparently chalks it up to a culture that admires the out-of-control rock-star lifestyle which Snider always avoided. “Vince Neil could go and literally kill someone in a car accident,”[…]

September 15, 2014

Metal Sludge's Top 12 Most Shocking Death's Of The Biggest 80's Rock Stars

Metal Sludge’s Top 12 Most Shocking Death’s Of The Biggest 80’s Rock Stars By Gerry Gittelson Metal Sludge Editor at Large “Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.” George Eliot No one wants to die, but it’s an inevitable part of life – sometimes sooner, sometimes later. In this Metal Sludge compilation, we examine 12 rock and roll deaths that shook the music industry to its core. When you look back[…]