Could Hanoi Rocks have been bigger than Guns 'n' Roses?

[WizWalt]

I'm asking all of you people in TL;DR who listen to rock music. If this is a bad place to ask, I hope the mods move this topic, I sure don't want to get banned right away when I join. Anyway, Axl Rose himself has said that G'n'R wouldn't exist without Hanoi Rocks. And imo the only thing that prevented the big breakthrough was Hanois drummer Razzle dying in the car crash with Vince Neil when they were starting to make it big. So, what do you guys think? Here is IMO one of their best songs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bFkUjBYSPo
All the guys in the band were 20 or so years old at the time, before 1985. Maybe Hanoi Rocks was the icebreaker for the other Finnish bands you may have heard of, like HIM. but you give me the insights of the american rock music lover!

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