Here's this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. The Ark - State of the Ark
02. Daniel Lindström - Daniel Lindström
03. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
04. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
05. Lasse Stefanz - Röd Chevrolet
06. Anna Ternheim - Somebody Outside
07. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
08. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
09. Björn Afzelius & Mikael Wiehe - 1993 - Malmöinspelningarna
10. Uno Svenningsson - Ett andetag från dig
11. Totta Näslund - Totta 7: Soul!/På drift
12. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
13. Marie Fredriksson - The Change
14. Arne Domnérus - Best of Dompan
15. Lambretta - The Fight
16. Blacknuss - Gold
17. Gyllene Tider - GT 25 live!
18. Soundtrack of Our Lives - Origin vol. 1
19. Melody Club - Face the Music
20. Ulf Lundell - OK Baby OK

Bassist Timpa has left Finnish rockers Hanoi Rocks in order to spend more time with his family. The band's new album "Another Hostile Takeover" is due out April 30 and the group will be touring internationally throughout 2005.

The new Hanoi Rocks album "Another Hostile Takeover" has been tentatively set for an April release.

Long-running Finnish rock n' rollers Hanoi Rocks have revealed that their new album will be called "Another Hostile Takeover". Look for it sometime early next year via Century Media offshoot Liquor and Poker Music.

Legendary Finnish rock n' roll band Hanoi Rocks will be coming over to the US for a few dates supporting Ian Hunter (Mott the Hoople) in March next year. Here's what's confirmed so far:

03/10 - Galaxy Theatre, Santa Ana, CA
03/11 - Key Club, Los Angeles, CA
03/12 - Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas, NV

Hanoi Rocks on tour in Europe:

01/21 - KB, Malmö (SWE)
01/22 - tba, Gothenburg (SWE)
01/23 - tba, Stockholm (SWE)
01/24 - Amager Bio, Copenhagen (DK)
01/25 - John Dee, 2004 Oslo (NOR)
01/28 - Tavastia Club, Helsinki (FIN)
01/29 - Tavastia Club, Helsinki (FIN)
02/03 - tba
02/05 - Kade, Zaandam (Amsterdam) (NL)
02/06 - Lintfabriek, Antwerpen (BEL)
02/08 - Elysee-Montmartre, Paris (FRA)
02/10 - Casa Del Loco, Zaragoza (SPA)
02/11 - Arena, Madrid (SPA)
02/12 - Jam, Bergara (Bilbao) (SPA)
02/13 - Razzmatazz 2, Barcelona (SPA)
02/16 - Jailbreak Club, Rome (ITA)
02/17 - Thunder Road, Codevilla (Pavia) (ITA)
02/18 - New Age, Roncade (Treviso) (ITA)
02/19 - Tempo Rock, Gualtieri (Reggio Emilia) (ITA)
02/22 - SO36, Berlin (GER)
02/23 - tba, Bochum (GER)
02/24 - Röhre, Stuttgart (GER)
02/25 - Metropolis, Munich (GER)
02/28 - Planet Music, Vienna (AUS)
03/01 - Orpheum, Graz (AUS)

Hanoi Rocks is totally 100% unafraid to talk shit! Check out this interview with Rock United in which they slam Mötley Crüe and Gene Simmons and also manage to talk a bit about what the band is up to: http://www.rockunited.com/hanoi2004.htm

Finnish rockers Hanoi Rocks are planning some tourdates around Europe:

09/28 - Thunder Road, Codevilla (ITA)
09/29 - Blackout, Rome (ITA)
09/30 - Sonar Live, Colle Val D´Elsa (ITA)
10/01 - New Age, Roncade (ITA)
10/02 - Temporock, Gualtieri (ITA)
10/14 - Razzmatazz, Barcelona (SPA)
10/15 - tba
10/16 - Sala Jam, Bergara (SPA)
10/17 - Arena, Madrid (SPA)

Liquor and Poker Music, US label to The Hellacopters and Hanoi Rocks, has enlisted yet another Scandinavian rock n' roll act for release in America called The Bones. The label will release the band's third album "Straight Flush Ghetto" this coming fall. Check out an mp3 for the song "Do you wanna": http://www.liquorandpokermusic.com/mp3/bones_doyouwanna.mp3

Listen to some soundclips from the new Hanoi Rocks single "Keep our fire burning": http://www.hanoirocks.com/news/single2004/index.html

Rumor has it that Andy McCoy of Hanoi Rocks has been asked to fill in for legendary late guitarist Johnny Thunders at the upcoming New York Dolls reunion shows in June. Izzy Stradlin (Guns n' Roses) was originally slated as the man for the job, but he supposedly backed out once he heard there might be plans for more extensive gigging beyond the one-off festival appearance announced so far. We shall see...

Legendary Finnish hard-rockers Hanoi Rocks have enlisted guitarist Steve Klasson from Sweden's Diamond Dogs to fill in for departed member Costello. The band is currently working on a single for Finland and an EP for Japan to be released later this summer.

The Hellacopters have signed a deal with US label Liquor and Poker Music, the same people who put out the recent Hanoi Rocks album on these shores. Look for a proper domestic release of the most recent album "By The Grace Of God" coming soon, as well as the "Cream of the Crap! Vol. 2" b-sides and rarities collection. The US version of "BTGOG" will also include two bonus tracks, two videos and an EPK (electronic press kit).

More back 'n forth with Michael Monroe of Hanoi Rocks and the Mötley Crüe guys: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=20692

The latest Aquarius Records new arrivals list features the latest Björn Olsson album as a highlight of the week, as well as reviews and samples for Necrofrost, Crowpath, Culpeper's Orchard (not Nordic, but one of Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth's favorite bands), Hanoi Rocks, Henry Fiat's Open Sore, Keep Of Kalessin and tons more: http://www.aquariusrecords.org/cat/newest.html

Michael Monroe, soloartist and frontman of Finland's Hanoi Rocks, just recently did one of the infamous 20 questions with... sessions on the Metal Sludge Webzine in which he talked a lot about the 80s and his past relationships with bands like Guns n' Roses and Mötley Crüe. Of course, he wasn't too kind about the titling of the new Crüe box-set "Music To Crash Your Car To" since Hanoi drummer Razzle was killed in a drunken driving accident with singer Vince Neil. No surprise there, right? Anyhow, Nikki Sixx felt he had to weigh in on the situation and posted a rather venomous response on the message board. Read more: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=19895