Dead by X-Mas
"Dead By X-Mas" is a single by the Finnish rock and glam punk band Hanoi Rocks. The single was released before the band's second album Oriental Beat but neither the A- or B-side were featured on album until the band's third album, Self Destruction Blues.
The song's are very liked and were the biggest hits of Hanoi Rocks' early career. The B-side, "Nothing New" isn't as well known as the A-side, "Dead By X-Mas". "Dead By X-Mas" has since been thought to be as a prediction of drummer Razzle's death who died in a car crash on 9 December 1984. In the chorus even has the lyrics "I'll be dead by X-mas now anyway". The lyrics tell a horror story, which guitarist Andy McCoy said that could happen.
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"Dead By X-Mas" |
Andy McCoy |
2:58 |
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"Nothing New" |
Andy McCoy |
3:19 |
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