![]() That band was a lot of fun because it was the first time that I went on tour in Sweden, and it was a lot of touring because of the number one hit. He also used to be in the NYMPHOMANIAS (as Kalix Herlöfsson) with Andy McCoy and me, so it was a full circle in that sense. Jan Solberg was on the guitar, and Carl-Michael Herlöfsson, who produced the album as well, was on the second guitar. We had double drums like GARY GLITTER, and it was Dan Lagerstedt and me that were playing the drums. We had a huge hit in Sweden with the band called PELLE ALMGREN & WOW LIKSOM. Yes, we did some really interesting stuff with Pelle Almgren and Sam Yaffa. You then joined Pelle Almgren’s band, right? “Nice” cover art, isn’t it? Gyp is far on the right. Conny wanted to play some heavier stuff, as you can hear on the ELECTRIC BOYS album, so it was just time to call it a day. Conny and I, we had finally had enough of each other. I think we just went in different directions, you know. Pink, very much pink! The songs on the album were deserving of much more than that kind of cover. I don’t recall who wanted it to be on the cover, and I thought it looked like the cover of this Swedish magazine for young people, really strange colors. No, but when I saw the cover, I couldn’t remember a picture that sucked harder. It’s awful! DON’T MENTION IT AGAIN!! (laughs) Well, I have to ask how you like the cover art for that ROLLIN WITH ROLENE album? We did some touring, and I think it was a pretty good album as well. We had some sessions with five or six different drummers, and finally, we found Ben Tell and recorded an album. showed up again, and we started looking for a drummer. We had kind of a good relationship together. I don’t know? Conny and I wanted to go on. I just got tired of playing drums for some reason. What did you do after the ROAD RATS split up? I’ve heard some from Conny maybe a year and a half ago, and some of the songs are really good. When the record label heard the result, ROAD RATS fighting over the mixing desk was sad because some of the songs were really good. When Conny wasn’t there, I did some changes, and then I left the studio, and Conny would change it back. Of course me and Conny were changing the sound, you know. You also recorded an album with the ROAD RATS, didn’t you? We went on for, I think, a year or something doing pretty good in Finland. So we split up with him, and Danny Wilde took A.C.’s place for a while. disappeared, he had a problem with his girlfriend. We were supposed to support them in England at their Christmas gigs at the Marquee, but during the same time A.C. We were supporting HANOI ROCKS a couple of times. We signed a contract with Johanna with Atte Blom, who fancied the band from the beginning and did a lot of touring in Finland. With the ROAD RATS, was that the first time you contacted the current Hanoi Rocks members Conny Bloom and Andy Christell?Īfter HANOI, at the time, I didn’t do much except drinking for a while, but then I met up with Conny and A.C. With ROLENE, we did some club gigs in Stockholm where we were a cult band in a way. ![]() Actually, in Sweden, we only did two festivals with the ROAD RATS, one in Stockholm and one in the countryside. ROAD RATSĪfter the breakup with Hanoi Rocks, you used to play in Finland quite a lot with both of your old bands, ROLENE, and the ROAD RATS, didn’t you? Actually, I last played drums two days ago at a good friend’s wedding. ![]() We are selling merchandise, anything from, of course, HANOI ROCKS to BACKYARD BABIES, HAMMERFALL, HELLACOPTERS, and some U.K bands as well.Īre you at all involved with the playing side of the music business anymore? Well, I used to have a record shop for a while, but now I’m having this firm (Deaf and Dump Music) in Stockholm. Can you tell us what you’ve been up to these past years? It has been a while since anyone’s heard anything about you. He currently runs a business in Stockholm where he was gracious enough to recount some exciting tales from his career with HANOI ROCKS, ANDY MCCOY’S ALIVE AMMO, ROAD RATS, ROLENE, etc. Later on, he got to enjoy great success, both in the charts and live, all over Sweden with PELLE ALMGREN before again joining up with Andy McCoy in his band LIVE AMMO and putting out the BUILDING ON TRADITION album in 1995. Casino then went on to play with the Swedish ROAD RATS and later ROLENE, together with future HANOI ROCKS members Conny Bloom and Andy Christell. His tenure with the band culminated in getting fired over an on-stage fight with the band leader Andy McCoy. He played on the band’s first three albums, BANGKOK SHOCKS, SAIGON SHAKES, HANOI ROCKS in 1981, ORIENTAL BEAT, and SELF DESTRUCTION BLUES, both in 1982. Pictures: Marko Syrjälä & Archives The Swedish born drummer, Gyp Casino, will forever be best known as a member of the original, and arguably the best, the lineup of the legendary Finnish band HANOI ROCKS.
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