![]() ![]() Our Finnish manager Seppo Vesterinen, he hooked up with Richard Bishop in London – and Richard Bishop had a friend who was this guy Peter Wooliscroft – who he thought would be a good producer for the album. We recorded the album in London, and we were in the process of moving to London. What was the state of the band in 1982 around the original version of the Oriental Beat album came out – especially when you heard the original mix. Horns and Halos, his seventh solo long-player, arrived in 2013, followed by Blackout States in 2015 and One Man Gang in 2019.We’re here with Michael Monroe from Hanoi Rocks. In 2010 Monroe issued his first ever live solo LP, Another Night In the Sun: Live in Helsinki via Spinefarm Records, with a new studio album, Sensory Overdrive, dropping the following year. Monroe has also sporadically reunited with his ex- Hanoi bandmates, including Yaffa, under the name Demolition 23 (1995's Demolition 23), and with McCoy as Hanoi Rocks, resulting in the releases Twelve Shots on the Rocks (2002), Another Hostile Takeover (2005), and Street Poetry (2007). This proved not to be the case, and he continued to issue lower-profile solo releases (1992's Jerusalem Slim, 1996's Peace of Mind, 1999's Life Gets You Dirty, 2002's Take Them and Break Them, and 2003's Whatcha Want). A planned collaboration with ex- Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens failed to pan out, as it looked like Monroe had vanished. Many assumed that Monroe would obtain ever-elusive breakthrough success this second time around, but once more, it was not to be. The album would go on to become Monroe's most successful stateside release (and the only one to appear on the Billboard charts), while all of Hanoi Rocks' albums were reissued on Guns N' Roses' short-lived Uzi Suicide label (Monroe also appeared on GN'R's Use Your Illusion releases and The Spaghetti Incident? ). An initial plan of reissuing Nights failed to pan out, resulting in 1989's Not Fakin' It being the first domestically issued solo Monroe release. An appearance in the star-studded Sun City video followed, as did a worldwide solo deal with Polygram Records. His first solo release was 1987's Nights Are so Long (a Scandinavia-/Japan-only release), which was quite Dead Boys-influenced (Monroe had befriended Stiv Bators and covered one of his solo songs, while guitarist Jimmy Zero contributed a pair of songs). Relocating to New York City, Monroe began to pick up the pieces and embarked on a solo career. Despite Monroe and company attempting to carry on with replacements, the promising Hanoi was laid to rest later the next year. Then came a much-publicized car accident that killed Dingley (behind the wheel was an inebriated Vince Neil) in December of 1984. success appeared to be just around the corner - especially after the release of 1984's Two Steps from the Move. ![]() Hanoi Rocks was signed to Columbia Records soon after, as U.S. ![]() On the strength of several Euro-only indie releases (1981's Bangkok Shocks, 1982's Self Destruction Blues and Oriental Beat, plus 1983's Back to the Mystery City), and European tours (as well as visits to such exotic locales as Israel and Japan), a buzz began to build. but unlike their future offspring, Hanoi Rocks' roots weren't in heavy metal, but rather punk and garage rock ( the Stooges, early Alice Cooper, New York Dolls, Dead Boys).Īfter some lineup tweaking, the "classic" Hanoi Rocks lineup was put in place, consisting of Monroe, guitarists Andy McCoy and Nasty Suicide, bassist Sam Yaffa, and drummer Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley. Preceding Mötley Crüe by several years, Hanoi Rocks was one of the first groups in several years to adopt the glam look (something that would become commonplace on L.A.'s Sunset Strip in only a few years) - heavy on the make-up and hair spray, flashy outfits, etc. Monroe issued his tenth solo long-player, I Live Too Fast to Die Young!, in 2022.īorn Matti Fagerholm on June 17, 1960, in Helsinki, Finland, Monroe played saxophone with a variety of Finnish bands throughout the late ‘70s before eventually switching to vocals, and helping co-form Hanoi Rocks in 1980. In addition to his own work, he has fronted numerous all-star side projects, including Jerusalem Slim (with Steve Stevens) and Demolition 23. After the band's breakup, Monroe embarked on a successful solo career, debuting in 1987 with Nights Are so Long. Michael Monroe is a renowned Finnish hard rock vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who rose to fame in the 1980s as the frontman for glam-punk luminaries Hanoi Rocks. ![]()
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