Back to Mystery City

Gross theatrical glam misogyny with just a hint of pedophilia in the background. Musically it's more complex and interesting than a lot of what was occuring in 1983 but all of that prowess was leveraged to then vomit out more bret Michael's-esque nonsense so what was it all for? I'm not sure if this was a joke or who was supposed to be in on it? I don't think it's me?

Glam but with actual substance

Twin guitar glam rock bordering on hair metal (but a very soft metal, like aluminum). Pretty generic mid-tempo beats, no real riffs or gnarly solos or any of the sheer absurd excess that would make this fun, instead it’s random harmonicas, reverse delay effects, and chugging nothingness. An 80s Finnish Cheap Trick that’s barely a weak copy of the Scorpions. “Until I get You” is pretty good TBH

Ok I guess? Nothing that wow.

Enjoyed my day with Hanoi Rocks. It's not for me to question why it's on the list. But it is and I'm happy about that.

Fun fact : My stepbrothers' band supported them on their 1984 UK tour. Sadly I never went to any of the gigs.

Very forgettable hair rock. The last song was cool though.

Them and Van Halen were responsible for inspiring some of the worst rock music ever made in the 80s but we shouldn't hold that against them.

Some bits are entertaining, some bits are silly.

More glam than hair metal. Was a fun listen!

achei divertidim mas nada demais. 3 estrelas porque teve um sax.

Some fun songs but also the usual grating glam sound.

fun album. wildly inconsistent track volumes. beating gets faster in particular is so much louder than the tracks immediately before and after it.

Fun vibe

not on Apple Music, searchin on YouTube

the title track reminded me of seeing Billy Idol in concert last year. I liked that

HOLD UP. The handy 'official' playlist on Youtube Music is WRONG. They're different Hanoi Rocks songs! "Tooting Bec Wreck" is actually a song called "Don't Never Leave Me". "Until I Get To You" is "Lost in the City". "Sailing Down the Tears" is "First Timer". Labeled as "Lick Summer Love", it's "Cheyenne". All 4 songs are from their 1981 debut!

I guess I didn't question why the song titles didn't match to the lyrics (I thought it was hilarious a tender love song, opening with "I don't wanna hurt you, I don't wanna see you cry", was titled "Lick Summer Love"), but what gave it away were the song lengths on Wikipedia.

Okay, so the real Back to Mystery City is less indebted to new wave/punk, and sounds more like the glam metal acts to come. Though I probably should revisit this down the road. I can't enjoy a party glam metal album while also stressin about the fallibility of the corporations that have the rights to this music -_-

HL: "Ice Cream Summer", "Tooting Bec Wreck", "Until I Get You"

February 24, 2025

I didn’t have high hopes when I saw the band name and album cover. And yes, it was definitely dated and cringy, but overall I thought the songwriting was actually pretty good.

Ніколи не любив глем-рок (окрім т-рекс, якщо Болана й компанію можна вважати глем-роком).

Цей альбом місцями був веселим, але не більше.

Not a big fan of this one

Not a bad album. Mix was a little quiet, but pretty enjoyable overall. 3.5/5

No está completo en Spoti, vamos a Youtube. Esto no empieza como esperaba. "Malibu Beach Nightmare", "Tooting Bec Wreck" y "Ice Cream Summer". Leyendo en la wikipedia veo que es otra banda rota por la muerta prematura de un miembro en accidente de coche. Interesante y el tipo de aporte que uno espera en esta lista.

This was ok, nothing outstanding, generic rock album maybe.