About Sami Yaffa
Sami Yaffa is a Finnish bass guitarist best known for his work in New York Dolls, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Pelle Miljoona Oy, Michael Monroe's bands, and Hanoi Rocks. He is currently the bassist for the Michael Monroe band and is also concentrating on his solo career. Yaffa first began playing music in 1977, when he was fourteen years old, with a band called The Bablers. They did not record any material and stayed relatively unknown even in the Finnish punk rock scene. In London, Yaffa, along with Hanoi Rocks bandmates Nasty Suicide and Razzle, as well as Knox of the Vibrators, recorded an album under the name Fallen Angels. They recorded one EP under the name Pelle Almgren & Sam Yaffa.
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