Self Destruction Blues

Self Destruction Blues
Compilation album by
Hanoi Rocks
ReleasedAugust 1982
Recorded1980–1982
Genre
Length40:41
LabelJohanna 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
  1. "I Want You"
    Released: November 1980
  2. "Desperados"
    Released: November 1981
  3. "Dead by X-Mas"
    Released: December 1981
  4. "Love's an Injection"
    Released: 1982
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AllMusic[3]

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 have recorded a cover version of "Beer and a Cigarette" for their 1993 release "The Spaghetti Incident?". Of note is the fact that although Gyp Casino plays 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, and the British electro group Sohodolls in 2007.

  1. ^ "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  2. ^ "10 Hair Metal Albums That Don't Suck". Consequence of Sound. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  3. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Self Destruction Blues – Hanoi Rocks | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 May 2010.