![]() ![]() In Michael style I landed on one of the steel bars. (Laughs) Last year I was jamming with Slash at the Festival in Finland and Osaka. ![]() Michael Monroe: (Laughs) “Yeah…despite all those stories about me being deeply involved into drugs, my way and best way of getting on high is my music! Or, when I climb on the latter. Well, healthy way of keeping yourself on high? Yeah, it’s all down to integrity as an artist …For me performing and delivering my best, connecting with the crowd is something that keeps me on high at all time!” ![]() And I got hooked on rock’n’roll soon I started hearing stuff from bands like Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Little Richard, Faces…great stuff! So when I was listening to his guys I know how important it was for me they stay true and stick to the music I fall for in the first place. So music was something that came natural to me at the very early age. ![]() My father plays instrument, my mother plays piano and she works for the Finnish radio. He played the Cello, and double bass in orchestar. My grandfather was professional classical musician. Michael Monroe: “I am performer and it’s something that runs in my blood…literally! (Laughs) Well, I came from the musical family. You are often described as a lead singer who has rock in his veins, and the frontman who stuck to his roots. Michael Monroe: “Yeah…I know… after the Hanoi Rocks broke up there was a big question ”ËWhat next for Michael Monroe.?’ Well, at first I was very lucky to carry on working with a great bunch of guys, who were also my old mates. So, yeah…I am happy about my new direction and all the feedback we’re getting from people, magazines and reviews.” After I finished with Hanoi Rocks, I wanted to go to another level, higher level. Get the opportunity to expand our theme, our band. Now it’s just to get out there and playing to people as much as possible. One of the best things is responds we’re getting for the record! Our life shows been phenomenal! Everybody seems to love the band. Michael Monroe: “Oh yeah…new dynamic and plenty of positive energy! Getting a new gang sure brings new excitement and new ideas…new life in the band! It’s really exciting time for the band! And it’s only getting better and stronger. Having recruited a new guitarist in the band, sure contributed to some changes of the dynamic within a band? And they can be brutally honest…I mean, if they think your record is crap they will told you so!” Michael Monroe: “Yeah, it was great joy to see all those guys in front of you – singalong with you all the way…British crowd is the toughest audience to please, you know. I can see, once again, why your fans here love you and are loyal to you? Seeing you today on stage (during the opening of the main stage) once on site, you got the crowd really rocking. And true to form, you got everyone dancing in the sun. Great reception from the crowd earlier today. Michael Monroe: (Laughs) “Well, all is part of the game…” Yeah, just feel sorry for Dregen and Adam (from Universal/press) who are trying to keep up with you all day… Louder Than War caught up with Michael at the London’s High Voltage (Festival) Press Area, talking about his new album ”ËSensory Overdrive’, his newly recruited guitarist, Dregen, his current and next projects and tour. The man who despite his stage persona and reputation for being a ”Ëthe prima donna’ of rock, in fact is one of the most down-to-earth guys in rock, through and through… So here I am again with the legendary Hanoi Rocks ex-frontman, the man who loves to talk and plenty to talk about. With the new album ‘Sensory Overdrive’ produced by the legendary LA producer, Jack Douglas, and his all star band featuring guitarists Steve Conte and newly recruited Dregen,, bassist, Sami Yaffa and drummer, Karl Rockfist, the iconic Finnish rocker, Michael Monroe is back touring and playing Festivals before he head out on a U.S. Michael Monroe band, with the direction he intended the music to take, and just how he saw the future unfolding. No for too long, Michael was busy again, talking to the press, that the Michael Monroe band would soon be back with the set of talented musicians, who are all capable enough to lead their own band. So, to say at least, I wasn’t surprised when at the end of the 2008, Michael and Andy McCoy announced that they had have decided, Hanoi Rocks would be permanently disbanded. There and then, I was probably the first – witnessing the beginning of the end of the band, when he was enthusing already over his new project and new solo direction. The last time I had spoken with Michael Monroe was in Nottingham, January 2008, before the final break up of Hanoi Rocks. ![]()
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