Year : 1994 (Wicked Cool Record Co. Edition 2022)
Style : Glam Sleaze Hard Rock , Rock n Roll
Country : United States , Finland
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 117 mb
Bio:
Demolition 23 (stylized Demolition 23.) is a rock band formed in 1993 in New York by former Hanoi Rocks frontman Michael Monroe and former Hanoi Rocks bassist Sami Yaffa following the ending of Monroe's Jerusalem Slim project with Steve Stevens and Sami Yaffa.After the breakup of Jerusalem Slim in 1992, Monroe decided to form a new band with Yaffa, Jimmy Clark and ex Star Star Guitarist Jay Hening.Initially, Demolition 23. was a cover band, playing live shows in New York. Their shows were notable for guest appearances by music industry friends such as Ian Hunter, Joey Ramone, Sebastian Bach, and Kory Clarke.They would go on to tour in Japan and Europe successfully also.Demolition 23.'s eponymous first album, Demolition 23., was recorded at Power Station Studios in New York City and produced and largely penned by Little Steven.Monroe's former Hanoi Rocks bandmate Sami Yaffa played bass guitar on the album. The music was a return to Monroe and Yaffa's punk roots with tracks such as "Same Shit Different Day", "Hammersmith Palais" and covers of songs by Johnny Thunders, UK Subs and The Dead Boys. The album was dedicated to the memory of Stiv Bators and released on the Music for Nations label in 1994.Hening announced his departure in 1994 and was replaced by former Hanoi rhythm guitarist Nasty Suicide. In March 1995, Suicide announced his departure from the band much to the surprise of Michael Monroe who then decided to end the band.On October 14, 2022, the album was reissued on Bandcamp with three bonus tracks: demos of "Hammersmith Palais", "Dysfunctional", and "The Scum Lives On".The band reunited at the Helsinki Ice Hall with the final lineup, with the exception of Clark who was replaced by Danzig drummer Karl Rockfist. They went on to a small tour of Finland and have remained active, planning to tour Japan, Europe and America.
Album:
Released in 1994 (Music For Nations); re-issued on October 14, 2022 (Wicked Cool Records).Demolition 23 is the self-titled debut album from the American/Finnish rock band Demolition 23.The album was released in 1994 in Europe and the UK on the Music for Nations label, and in Japan on the Renegade Nation Label.[1] Music videos were made for the songs "Nothin's Alright" and "Hammersmith Palais".Those nice geezers at Wicked Cool Records have seen the light and remastered the sole self-titled 1994 album by legendary Hanoi Rocks frontman Michael Monroe’s sadly short lived side project Demolition 23., to coincide with the prolific main man’s 60th year on the planet.“Nothing’s Alright” immediately benefits from the remastering as the vocals are far more to the fore than on the original release, meaning that every nuance is audible on this swaggering opening track – and rightly so. The affectionate tribute to the great “Hammersmith Palais” is hook laden with an instantly memorable chorus, and is probably the closest thing to a radio friendly “pop” song on the album, before “The Scum Lives On” literally leaves you breathless in its savagely barbed lyrical brilliance.“Dysfunctional” is a street tough and stripped down rocker that features a fine harmonica solo from the man himself; before a respectful cover of Stiv Bators’ “Ain’t Nothing To Lose” and a gloriously shambolic version of Johnny Thunders’ classic “I Wanna Be Loved” during which I swear you can literally picture the fun the whole band is having during the recording! The Gothic tinged anti-love song “You Crucified Me” gives way to the sleazy, barbed nursery rhyme style “Same Shit Different Day” which has yet another memorable chorus to lodge firmly in your brain. “Endangered Species” is a rousing rocker complete with gang style vocals, before the still genuinely creepy lullaby “Deadtime Stories” closes the original track listing in fine style.The added extra demo versions of “Hammersmith Palais”, “Dysfunctional” and “The Scum Lives On” aren’t necessarily essential but good to hear, if only to witness the progression of these songs to their final resting place on the album. This remastered production is top notch and the band are simply superb throughout. Jimmy Clark’s drums and Hanoi Rocks bassist Sami Yaffa are as fine a rhythm section as you will hear anywhere, and ex-Star Star guitarist Jay Hening embodies the low slung outlaw playing to perfection. Monroe himself had rarely sounded this angry and committed up until this point in ’94 and it is a great shame that the band dissolved a year or so later but it was often the case with many Hanoi Rocks’ side projects – Cherry Bombz, Suicide Twins, Shooting Gallery, etc – to leave one sole recording in their wake.This album was criminally overlooked and only given limited release originally, but fully deserves to be lauded alongside the very best of Hanoi Rocks as well as his often equally superb later solo output, including his very latest I Live Too Fast To Die Young, because this truly is a sleaze-punk-glam filled masterpiece.
Line Up:
Michael Monroe - vocals, harmonica
Jay Hening - guitar
Sami Yaffa - bass
Jimmy Clark - drums
+ guests:
Steven Van Zandt - backing vocals
Kory Clarke - backing vocals
Jude Wilder - backing vocals
Production:
Recorded At – Power Station
Recorded At – Baby Monster Studios
Mixed At – Power Station
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Remastered At – Chartmakers
Art Direction – George DuBose, Jude Wilder, Michael Monroe
Artwork [Art Assistance], Design [Demolition 23 Logo] – Sami Yaffa
Artwork [Reissue], Design [Reissue] – Rich Jones
Design [Original Design] – George DuBose
Engineer [Assistant] – Chris Albert, Rory Romano, Scott Austin
Liner Notes – Michael Monroe
Mastered By – George Marino
Photography By [Additional Photos] – Alison Gordy, Dieter Hasan, Jude Wilder
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Mark Higashino
Photography By [Photos] – George DuBose
Producer – Little Steven
Recorded By, Mixed By – Ben Fowler
Remastered By – Svante Forsbäck
Written-By – Wilder* (tracks: 1 to 4, 7, 8, 11 to 13), Monroe* (tracks: 1 to 4, 7, 8, 11 to 13), Van Zandt* (tracks: 1 to 4, 7, 8, 11 to 13)
Tracklist:
01. Nothin's Alright (03:28)
02. Hammersmith Palais (03:59)
03. The Scum Lives On (03:39)
04. Dysfunctional (04:24)
05. Ain't Nothin' to Do (02:34)
06. I Wanna Be Loved (02:37)
07. You Crucified Me (05:27)
08. Same Shit Different Day (03:22)
09. Endangered Species (03:35)
10. Deadtime Stories (04:17)
11. Hammersmith Palais (Demo) (04:12) (Bonus Track)
12. Dysfunctional (Demo) (04:39) (Bonus Track)
13. The Scum Lives On (Demo) (04:05) (Bonus Track)
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