''Fallen Angels'' is a 1984 punk album by the band Fallen Angels, a project of
Knox of
The Vibrators
The Vibrators were a British punk rock band whose greatest success was in 1977–1978 with the albums ''Pure Mania'' and ''V2 (album), V2''. Their first Epic Records single "Baby Baby (The Vibrators song), Baby Baby" is considered a punk cla ...
and members of
Hanoi Rocks
Hanoi Rocks were a Finnish Rock music, rock band formed in 1979. They were the first Finnish band to chart in the UK and they were also popular in Japan. By 1984, the band was considered to be on the verge of an international breakthrough when ...
;
Nasty Suicide
Nasty Suicide (born Jan-Markus Stenfors on 27 February 1963) is a Finnish musician. He is most famous for being one of the founding members of Hanoi Rocks, the group's rhythm guitarist between 1979 and 1985. Hanoi Rocks was a Finnish rock band ...
,
Sam Yaffa,
Razzle,
Mike Monroe,
Andy McCoy
Antti Hulkko (born 11 October 1962), better known as Andy McCoy, is a Finnish musician. He is best known for his role as the lead guitarist and main songwriter of the rock music, rock band Hanoi Rocks, but has also played with Iggy Pop and a vari ...
. At the time Knox and the Hanoi Rocks shared the same manager.
Issues
The original LP was issued in UK (Fall LP 23), Sweden (Sword SWA 001), Canada (Quality SV-2133) and Japan (SMS Sounds Marketing System SP25-5120) in 1984. The record was re-released on CD in 1990 in Japan (Mercury PHCR-1011), the US (Deadline CLP ), Sweden (Raw Power RP-005).
Discogs
/ref> The CD was reissued by Fallout in the UK in 2006.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Ian M. Carnochan
#"Inner Planet Love"
#"Precious Heart"
#"Partners in Crime"
#"Housten Tower"
#"Amphetamine Blue"
#"He's a Rebel"
#"Black & White World"
#"Rain, Rain, Rain"
#"Falling"
#"Runaround"
#"Cuckoo Land"
#"Kiss It Goodbye"
#"New Society"
#"Straight City"
#"Vipers in the Dark"
Personnel
;Fallen Angels
* Knox – lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards, cover painting
*Nasty Suicide
Nasty Suicide (born Jan-Markus Stenfors on 27 February 1963) is a Finnish musician. He is most famous for being one of the founding members of Hanoi Rocks, the group's rhythm guitarist between 1979 and 1985. Hanoi Rocks was a Finnish rock band ...
– rhythm guitar
* Sam Yaffa – bass guitar, backing vocals
* Razzle – drums, backing vocals
with:
*Richard Wernham – additional keyboards, percussion
* The Cosmic Ted – additional guitar
* The Flashing Psychedelic Kid – saxophone
*Greg Von Cook – arrangement on "Vipers in the Dark"
References
1984 debut albums
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