Self Destruction Blues

Studio album by Hanoi Rocks

Released

August, 1982

Recorded

1980-1982

Genre

Glam punk
Hard rock

Length

40:41

Label

Johanna Kustannus, Lick Records

Producer

"The Muddy Twins" (Andy McCoy and Michael Monroe)

Hanoi Rocks chronology

Oriental Beat
(1982)

Self Destruction Blues
(1982)

Back to Mystery City
(1983)

Singles from Self Destruction Blues

"I Want You"
Released: November, 1980
"Desperados"
Released: November, 1981
"Dead By X-Mas"
Released: December, 1981
"Love's An Injection"
Released: 1982

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Self Destruction Blues is the third album by the Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks, released in 1982. Although often listed as a studio album, Self Destruction Blues is a compilation of singles and B-sides that the band recorded in 1981 and 1982. None of the tracks on Self Destruction Blues, however, appear on their previous albums. Guns N' Roses were rumoured to record a cover version of "Beer and a Cigarette" for their 1993 release "The Spaghetti Incident?". Of note is the fact that although Gyp Casino appears on the LP, his replacement Razzle actually appears on the cover.

"Dead By X-Mas" has been covered by the Japanese hardcore band The Piass in 1994, the US punk band The Hillstreet Stranglers in 2005, US punk band The Murder City Devils, the British electro group Sohodolls in 2007 and the Finnish rockabilly band Big Daddy & Rockin’ Combo in 2008.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love's an Injection"	Andy McCoy	3:26
2.	"I Want You"	Andy McCoy	3:14
3.	"Café Avenue"	Andy McCoy	3:22
4.	"Nothing New"	Andy McCoy	3:19
5.	"Kill City Kills"	Andy McCoy, Ralf Örn	4:27
6.	"Self Destruction Blues"	Andy McCoy	2:44
7.	"Beer and a Cigarette"	Andy McCoy	3:21
8.	"Whispers in the Dark"	Andy McCoy, Grant, Ian Vincent	3:34
9.	"Taxi Driver"	Andy McCoy	4:16
10.	"Desperados"	Andy McCoy	3:59
11.	"Problem Child"	Andy McCoy	2:01
12.	"Dead By X-Mas"	Andy McCoy	2:58

2013 Japanese remastered edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"In The Year '79 (It's Too Late)"	Andy McCoy	2:16
14.	"Love's An Injection (demo)"	Andy McCoy	3:04
15.	"Black Sabbath (featuring Razzle on vocals & Michael on drums) (BLACK SABBATH cover)"	Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward	4:02

Personnel

Michael Monroe – vocals, sax, drums on #15
Andy McCoy – guitars
Nasty Suicide – guitars
Sam Yaffa – bass
Gyp Casino – drums on #1, #3-4 and #6-14

Additional musicians

Razzle – vocals on #15
Keimo Hirvonen – drums on #2 and #5

References

↑ Raggett, Ned, Self Destruction Blues > Overview, Allmusic, retrieved May 4, 2010

Hanoi Rocks

Michael Monroe Andy McCoy Conny Bloom Andy Christell George Atlagic Nasty Suicide Sami Yaffa Stefan Piesnack Gyp Casino Terry Chimes Timo Kaltio Razzle Jesu Hämäläinen Nedo René Berg Peki Sirola Costello Hautamäki Timpa Stevie Klasson Lacu

Studio albums	Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks Oriental Beat Self Destruction Blues Back to Mystery City Two Steps from the Move Twelve Shots on the Rocks Another Hostile Takeover Street Poetry

Live albums	All Those Wasted Years Rock & Roll Divorce

Compilations	The Best of Hanoi Rocks Dead By Christmas The Collection Tracks From A Broken Dream Lean On Me Decadent, Dangerous, Delicious Hanoi Rocks Up Around The Bend...The Definitive Collection This One's for Rock'n'roll – The Best of Hanoi Rocks 1980–2008

Singles and EPs	"I Want You" "Tragedy" "Desperados" "Dead By X-Mas" "Love's An Injection" "Malibu Beach Nightmare" "Until I Get You" "Up Around the Bend" "Underwater World" "Don't You Ever Leave Me" "People Like Me" "A Day Late, A Dollar Short" "Keep Our Fire Burning" "Back In Yer Face" "Fashion" "This One's For Rock'n'Roll" "Teenage Revolution"

Other songs	"Oriental Beat" "Million Miles Away"

Videos and DVDs	All Those Wasted Years The Nottingham Tapes Buried Alive

Related projects	Fallen Angels

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