Michael Monroe - One Man Gang (Japan Tour Edition) (2019)

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Michael Monroe - One Man Gang (Japan Tour Edition) (2019)

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Michael Monroe - One Man Gang (Japan Tour Edition) (2019)

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Year : 2019 (Japan Tour Edition)
Style : Hard Rock
Country : Finland
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 130 mb


Bio:

Matti Antero Kristian Fagerholm (born 17 June 1962 in Helsinki), best known by his stage name, Michael Monroe, is a Finnish rock musician and multi-instrumentalist who rose to fame as the vocalist for the glam punk band Hanoi Rocks, and has served as the frontman for all-star side projects, such as Demolition 23. and Jerusalem Slim (with Steve Stevens).Michael Monroe was born Matti "Makke" Fagerholm on 17 June 1962. His father, Pentti Fagerholm (1935-2015), was a very well known Finnish radio personality and reporter. Monroe states in the Hanoi Rocks autobiography All Those Wasted Years that one of the first times he was exposed to rock n' roll was when he saw Black Sabbath's 1970 Paris performance on television. Some other favourite bands of Monroe's at the time included: Alice Cooper, The New York Dolls, Led Zeppelin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Little Richard. From 1976 to 1979, Monroe played in a band called Madness. During this time, while rehearsing in a basement of a church in Töölö, Monroe met guitarist Andy McCoy (then known as Antti Hulkko); McCoy's band, Briard, was also rehearsing there at the time.Later, Monroe and McCoy played together for a short time in a band called Bolin. Monroe then went on to play saxophone in Maukka Perusjätkä's band, where he also met guitarist Nasty Suicide. Monroe auditioned as a bassist for Pelle Miljoona Oy but, even though the audition went well, they chose bassist Sami Yaffa.Hanoi Rocks was a band that Monroe and his friend, guitarist Andy McCoy had thought of, but because McCoy was in the Finnish punk band Pelle Miljoona Oy, he told Monroe to start the band without him. From the very first Hanoi line-up only one member (besides Monroe) remained, rhythm guitarist Nasty Suicide, who would stay in the band until 1985. Andy McCoy left Pelle Miljoona Oy and joined Hanoi Rocks in 1980. McCoy also brought bassist Sam Yaffa with him. The band later recruited drummer Gyp Casino.The band released their first album in 1981 titled Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks, with most of the songs written by McCoy. The album was produced by Andy McCoy and Michael Monroe, who were known as "The Muddy Twins". In 1982 Hanoi Rocks moved to London and released their second studio album Oriental Beat, which the band later dismissed as a failure, stating that the album was mixed badly by the producer Pete Woolcroft.After the album's release, the band fired drummer Gyp Casino and hired Nicholas Dingley, better known as Razzle. This line-up, consisting of Michael Monroe, Andy McCoy, Nasty Suicide, Sam Yaffa and Razzle, has often been cited as the classic and definitive line-up. The band has said that Razzle revitalised them. Later that year, the band released Self Destruction Blues, which had Razzle on the cover, but he didn't play on the album because it was actually a compilation of old singles. The tour for the album took the band to Asia for the first time.The next year, 1983, the band released Back to Mystery City. In 1984, the band got together with legendary producer Bob Ezrin and started work on their fifth studio album Two Steps from the Move which was their first recording deal to US markets. The original title of the album was "Silver Missiles and Nightingales", but this was changed before release. The album has been cited as one of the best glam rock albums, and Monroe has said that he "is very proud of it."In 1984, Michael Monroe and Hanoi Rocks were among the most popular performers in the UK. The readers of the Sounds magazine voted Hanoi Rocks as the second best band in the world just after Marillion. The Hanoi Rocks single release "Underwater World" and the album "Two Steps from the Move" were voted as the fifth best single and album of the year. The televised concert which Hanoi Rocks recorded in England was voted as the second best concert video, and as stage performers, the group was voted #3. Michael Monroe was voted as "The Sex Symbol of the Year". Kerrang! magazine readers voted Hanoi Rocks as the ninth most important newcomer, and their album was chosen as the tenth best album of the year. The readers of Kerrang! also voted Michael Monroe the seventh sexiest performer in the music business.While on their first large tour in the US, Monroe fractured his ankle, and some dates had to be pushed back. The band traveled to Los Angeles to spend some free time and to prepare for their two upcoming sold-out gigs. Some of the band members joined in with the members of Mötley Crüe to have a party at the home of Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil while Monroe decided to stay in his hotel room and rest. During the party Razzle and Neil got into a car crash that resulted in Razzle losing his life.After Razzle's death, the band performed in Helsinki, Finland, in a concert which was partly televised all over Europe as part of the 'Europa Go Go' project. The show had over 500 million viewers across Europe and it was the first public concert with their new drummer, Terry Chimes. It was also the last performance of Hanoi Rocks with Sam Yaffa who left the band due to personal differences with McCoy. The band tried to record some demos with the new members, Rene Berg and Terry Chimes, but according to Michael Monroe, things "didn't feel the same anymore", and the band disbanded after a short tour of Poland. One of the shows in Poland was recorded and later became the "Rock and Roll Divorce" album, released after the band had already split up.On 25 January 2010 Michael Monroe held a press conference in Los Angeles, where he unveiled his new band featuring Sam Yaffa on bass, guitarist Ginger from The Wildhearts, Todd Youth from Danzig and Samhain on a second guitar, and Jimmy Clarke on drums. The press conference was hosted by Bam Margera of Jackass. The Michael Monroe band started touring on 11 March at San Francisco’s Paradise Lounge and toured the US until 21 March. After some of the first shows Todd Youth and Jimmy Clark were replaced by guitarist Steve Conte of New York Dolls and drummer Karl Rosqvist.During the summer of 2010 Michael Monroe band played a number of festival gigs all over the world, including Helsinki Live in Finland together with Guns N' Roses, the Sweden Rock Festival and the Download Festival in England. The band also performed at Ruisrock festival in Turku, Finland, where Slash was also performing. Monroe joined Slash on stage for a performance of "We're All Gonna Die" (from Slash's solo album) and "Up Around the Bend."At the Ankkarock festival in Finland, Steve Conte couldn't perform and he was replaced for this one show with the ex-Hanoi Rocks guitarist, Nasty Suicide. Since the early 1990s and the Demolition 23 tour this was the first time of these three members of the original Hanoi Rocks to perform on the stage together. Michael Monroe also performed on Summer Sonic festivals in Tokyo and Osaka, where Slash was also performing. The two got together again sharing a stage for a couple of songs. During the performance of the song "We're All Gonna Die" Monroe broke two of his ribs while hitting a metal barrel in front of the stage.On 28 June 2010 it was announced that the Michael Monroe band would be supporting Motörhead on their 35th anniversary UK tour.The first album of Michael Monroe's new band, the live album Another Night in the Sun was released in September 2010. The album was recorded at the Tavastia Club in Helsinki, Finland and mixed in Los Angeles by Niko Bolas whose credits include Neil Young, Frank Sinatra, Keith Richards, Kiss, Spinal Tap and more. The album was mastered by Grammy winner Richard Dodd, who had worked with Tom Petty and The Dixie Chicks.In September 2010 the band went into a studio to record their first studio album, Sensory Overdrive. The album was recorded in Los Angeles and it was produced by legendary producer Jack Douglas (Aerosmith, John Lennon). The first single, "78", was released in January and the album is set for release on 14 March 2011. The band has also booked an extensive UK tour for April 2010, taking in venues in London, Brighton, Birmingham, Leeds and Exeter among others. In September 2010, Monroe signed a recording deal with Spinefarm Records / Universal Music, to distribute Monroe's upcoming albums.On 9 November 2011, Sensory Overdrive won the "Album of the Year" award at the 2011 Classic Rock magazine awards.In the fall of 2012 Michael Monroe announced that the band would be back in the studio recording new album released in 2013. By July Steven Van Zandt played the well-received lead single, "Ballad of the Lower East Side," on his radio show almost weekly. On 23 August 2013 the band released Horns & Halos which went straight to number 1 in the Finnish album charts and was certified Gold in four days in Finland.On 6 March 2014, it was announced that guitarist Dregen was leaving the band to focus on his solo career. He would be replaced by former Black Halos, Amen and Ginger Wildheart guitarist Rich Jones.

Album:

Michael Monroe’s new album ‘One Man Gang’ is twelve tracks of great Rock and Roll from an artist who seems to defy the odds with each release and just get better and better. OK I admit it, I’m a long time Hanoi Rocks and Michael Monroe fan. Hanoi was the first band I ever snuck into a show under age to see back in the day, and over the years I’ve followed Michael’s career as it’s gone from strength to strength. These days though are the real cream of his career and with each new release I can’t help but be amazed by how he just keeps not only coming up with the goods, but also manages to beat his previous high-water mark each time!‘One Man Gang’ is better than the wonderful ‘Blackout States’ from 2015, which in turn was better than 2013’s ‘Horns and Halos’ a record that topped 2011’s ‘Sensory Overdrive’ – all albums that made our ‘Best of’ lists for their respective years.From the spiky nail-bomb punk of opener and title track ‘One Man Gang’ you know that the energy is going to be bursting from this one, and as you might hope for after that solid opening the gems keep on coming: the Hard Rocking and Melodic sweep of ‘Last Train to Tokyo’ is just beautiful with a chorus to scream along to, whilst the harmonica and Elvis Costello beat of the Hanoi-like ‘Junk Planet’ all add up to make the best possible first impressions.‘Midsummer Nights’ starts out slower and more stripped back than you might expect before launching into a chorus that wouldn’t be out of place on present day Rock Radio. It’s a clean-sounding song that grows in stature with each listen. ‘The Pitfalls of Being An Outsider’ had my attention just reading the title and it delivers in spades – it’s the sort of ‘scream along’ party anthem that Monroe nails so well, full of live and energy and joy! It’s one of my real highlights and the solo is just perfect. But then again so is the next ‘Wasted Years’ a more laid back Rocker, dripping with melody, that takes a look over the shoulder and comes to terms with the past.Deeper in ‘In The Tall Grass’ sees Monroe paint another picture of yesteryear this one tinged with loss, it’s a nice counterbalance and wonderfully realised. ‘Black Ties and Red Tape’ adds some Punk spite, and ‘Hollywood Paranoia’ again talks of putting the past behind us, it’s a song part of defiance and one that hints that the past might not have been as rosy as it seemed seen through a set of older eyes.‘Heaven Is A Free State’ adds a little twist of Mexican horns in the hazy hot night air before getting to the solid gold chorus. It’s one of a few twists here that show Monroe is still pushing at the corners. ‘Helsinki Showdown’ on the other hand is pure blue sky rock – traditional and lush, with a huge hook that just sweeps you up. And after that wonderful ride we’re left with ‘Low Life in High Places’ a moody mid tempo rocker that has a wonderful retro feel, its a song you feel could have been birthed in the 60’s in some velvet draped dive bar, and it’s that balance that makes it such a perfect song.Michael Monroe has been on a real hot streak over the last decade and the more I listen to this album the more I am convinced that it might just be his best yet. And believe me that is a huge call from someone who has been listening to his voice and following his career since the early 1980’s. Some artists get watered down over the years trying to recapture again and again the moments that took them to where they stand today. Some, like Monroe, just get richer and bolder as the years go by, looking back at points with affection, but knowing that you can’t put your arms around those memories, you have to keep moving forward. With Monroe we get the best of both worlds – the ‘Devil’s Cut’ and the ‘Angel’s Share’…‘One Man Army’ is all about cool, all about “the fun of Friday nights” it’s a record which knows where the party is but also one that brings the elements that make the party memorable – like it says in the press release “Monroe’s vocals blaze their unique trail across catchy, low-slung guitars mixing with saxophones, harmonicas and trumpets, plus a smorgasbord of exciting hooks and melodies. One Man Gang is old-school strut with rudely fresh vigour.” Maybe even the best you’ll hear this year?

Line Up:

Michael Monroe - vocals (ex-HANOI ROCKS)
Sami Yaffa - bass (ex-HANOI ROCKS, NEW YORK DOLLS)
Steve Conte - guitar (ex-NEW YORK DOLLS, COMPANY OF WOLVES)
Rich Jones - guitar (ex-BLACK HALOS, AMEN)
Karl Rockfist - drums (ex-CHELSEA SMILES, DANZIG)

Tracklist:

01. One Man Gang
02. Last Train To Tokyo
03. Junk Planet
04. Midsummer Nights
05. The Pitfalls Of Being An Outsider
06. Wasted Years
07. In The Tall Grass
08. Black Ties And Red Tape
09. Hollywood Paranoia
10. Heaven Is A Free State
11. Helsinki Shakedown
12. Low Life In High Places
13. Hightail Kids (Bonus Track)
14. Built For Speed (Bonus Track)
15. One Foot Outta The Grave (Bonus Track)

Tracks 13-15 are bonus tracks for this pressing.
Track 15 was previously released as the non-album single Michael Monroe - One Foot Outta The Grave



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