What is Hanoi without the guitar interplay of Nasty & Andy?
What is Hanoi without Sami’s catchy little bass lines that jump out of the mix?” But Nasty and Sami are nowhere to be found, and while nobody in the world can do a thing about Razzle, guys, one more moment of silence, please! A little history wouldn’t kill anyone. A “Hanoi Rocks Story” in the liner notes, written for a new generation of fans without such knowledge, would have been an exceedingly classy touch. Off the soapbox and back to Twelve Shots, where new bandmates Lacu (drums), Timpa (bass), and Costello (guitar) are all quite competent-sounding, if indistinct. Taken as a unit, the band sounds tight. The fresh blood is exactly what Michael and Andy needed. Pink Gibson (a.k.a. Adam Bomb) also did some guitar work here, so we are on shaky ground assuming that Andy is the only one perfecting these riffs and playing these guitar solos. However, since I have no way of verifying, I’m going to give Andy the lion’s share of the credit until I’m told otherwise. I hear Andy’s presence all
