Vocalist and, if need be, multi-instrumentalist, Michael Monroe is a
man born for the stage. After beinging inspired by Black Sabbath on TV
at the tender age of eight he further educated himself with the works of
Alice Cooper, Little Richard and The Rolling Stones. He decided to
become a rock'n'roll frontman and never looked back. His old school
mates still remember him as the guy with longest hair in not only the
school but in the whole city. The guy with an outrageous taste for
clothes who dropped out of school during a field trip to Stockholm to
become a full time rocker.
After the whirlwind crash and burn of the early Hanoi Rocks years
Michael relocated to New York City and launched a succesfull solo career
that spanned until the rebirth of Hanoi Rocks.
With his critically acclaimed first worldwide solo release "Not Fakin' It" (1989) he was well on the way to mega stardom in the States but due to a disagreememt with him over the marketing tactics, his record label "pulled the plug" on the record, which is best remembered by the video of the song "Dead, Jail Or Rock'n'Roll" featuring a cameo from Axl Rose.
During his 10 years of living in New York he made quite a few quest appearances on different artists' records. For example, with Guns N' Roses on their "Use Your Illusion" and "Spaghetti Incident" albums, as well as recording Steppenwolf's "Magic Carpet Ride" with Slash for the "Coneheads" movie soundtrack in 1993.
Monroe's 1994 solo band project and album "Demolition 23" (produced by Little Steven Van Zandt) featured Sami Yaffa (Hanoi's original bass player) on bass and later on tour guitarist Jay Hening (R.I.P.) was replaced by original Hanoi guitarist Nasty Suicide.
In the late 1990's Michael packed his bags and cat and moved to Finland relocating to the country's old capital Turku where he lives today.
Full biography available at the official Michael Monroe website at www.michaelmonroe.com
Hey, I just made new song called Rock n`slave for you, Little kinky and inspiration are from my complex life but, Check it out, real Rock and rolling. I Hope that you enjoy my music. Keep on rocking and Wish ya well. Mark POISON
Hello Michael, I've got the Hanoi Rocks DVD at the weekend, I was so happy. I saw the DVD twice. The show is so fantastic, your performance and voice are so gourgeous (during all gigs). And the camera work is very good. When I watched the DVD, so I was happy and sad at the same time. On few songs I had tears in my eyes. I'm thinking back on the unforgetable time in April very often and I wish I could turn back time. Have a nice week. Love Corinna
THIS PAST WEEKEND I GOT MY HANDS ON THE NOTTINGHAM TAPES DVD, U GUYS ROCKED, ONE OF THE BEST PUNK SHOWS ON DVD. HANOI WAS KOOL AND U R STILL THE BEST, MAYBE ONE DAY U'LL COME TO CHICAGO.
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