The only band — and I'm not saying it because we're here (Sweden Rock
Festival) — the only band that did pull it off was Hanoi Rocks. I
thought Hanoi Rocks were a good band, and they looked… Michael Monroe
(Hanoi frontman) was one of the best… I would have shagged him. [Laughs]
I like Michael, I think he's sexy, and I'm not gay. And I think Andy
McCoy (Hanoi guitarist) does the best kind of Keith Richards... so much
better than Mötley Crüe or Poison or any of those bands. They (Hanoi
Rocks) were real — the rest of the guys, it was all a bit fake for me." — Joe Ellliott
Hanoi Rocks is cited as one of the most influential glam metal bands of all time in Metal: A Headbanger's Journey document movie.
American TV Channel VH1
named the top "hair bands" of all time, and Hanoi Rocks was at number
40. When Sam Yaffa was asked about it, he replied: "We were a hat band,
not a hair band!".