Michael Monroe announces brand new single & album
22nd March 2022âI live too fast to die young, it ainât nothing when your headâs screwed on,â roars Michael Monroe, the Crown Prince of exciting, electrifying frontmen on I Live Too Fast To Die Young, his latest slice of raw rock ânâ roll heaven, which is to be released by Silver Lining Music worldwide on June 10th, 2022. And let that be a victory cry of truth!
In an era where pandemics and war are seamless bookends to a continually crazy society, Monroe & co decided to get together in December 2021 to follow up 2019âs critically acclaimed One Man Gang, with 11 street-walkingâ, jive talkingâ, strutting ânâ swaggering procklamations that double down and deliver on that title.
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At a time when fun has been hard to feel, I Live Too Fast To Die Young is lean, mean, raw power rock ânâ roll music, with cracking cuts such as ‘Young Drunks & Old Alcoholics’, ‘All Fighter’ and the punky fun of ‘Murder The Summer Of Love’ showing crisp electricity and melodies which wrap their shimmering selves around some razor sharp riffs. There are also expansive, Stones-tinged saunters such as ‘Canât Stop Falling Apart’ and ‘Everybodyâs Nobody’, while the title track takes aim between your eyes off a driving back-beat with a defiant chorus dripping with Monroeâs irrepressible attitude.
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âThis album has a great combination and balance of songs, and the collection tells a great overall story,â says Monroe, who became internationally famous as frontman of the enormously influential Hanoi Rocks in the early â80s, âit has a lot of colour and energy, and of course it is rock ânâ roll, but punk is also always going to be a part of who we are, that will never die.”
Recorded at Inkfish Studios in Helsinki, Finland between November and December 2021 and produced by the band with engineer Erno Laitinen, the album features Monroe on lead vocals and harmonica, Steve Conte (guitars and vocals), Rich Jones (guitar, vocals), Karl Rockfist (drums) and Sami Yaffa (bass/vocals/guitar) as well as enjoying several guests including Guns Nâ Roses guitar legend Slash, who solos and provides additional guitars on the title track.Â
With I Live Too Fast To Die Young, it is clear Michael Monroe is striding into the summer with a triumphant roar to offer you the real rock ân’ roll escape of 2022.
I Live Too Fast To Die Young will be available on CD Digipak, 12â Red Vinyl, Signed Limited Edition 12â Vinyl with Alternative Artwork, Digital Download, Streaming and special D2C bundles. Available to pre-order now at this location.
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I Live Too Fast To Die Young Track Listing:Â
- Murder The Summer Of Love
- Young Drunks & Old Alcoholics
- Derelict Palace
- All Fighter
- Everybody’s Nobody
- Antisocialite
- Can’t Stop Falling Apart
- Pagan Prayer
- No Guilt
- I Live Too Fast To Die Young
- Dearly Departed
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The band is due to appear on a string of summer festival shows and will be touring in support of the album on the following dates:
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08 Apr â House of Rock Bar, Kouvola (FI)
14 Apr â MöysĂ€n Musaklubi, Lahti (FI)
15 Apr â HyvinkÀÀsali, HyvinkÀÀ (FI)
16 Apr â Olympia, Tampere (FI)
21 Apr â Tavastia Club, Helsinki (FI)
22 Apr â Ikaalinen Spa, Ikaalinen (FI)
04 Jun â ROCK HARD FESTIVAL, Gelsenkirchen (DE)
06 Jun â K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen (DK)*
9-11 Jun â SAARISTO OPEN AIR, Kaarina (FI)
10 Jun â ROCK IN THE CITY, Kuopio (FI)
11 Jun â SWEDEN ROCK, Sölvesborg (SE)
15 Jun â Dolina Charlotty, Charlotta (PL)*
17 Jun â Stadthalle, Zwickau (DE) *
18 Jun â AZKENA FESTIVAL, Vitoria-Gasteiz (ES)
21 Jun â Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Dusseldorf (DE)*
22 Jun â Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt (DE)*
25 Jun â HELLFEST, Clisson (FR)
29 Jun â Ippodromo San Siro, Milan (IT)*
07 Jul â SAUNA OPEN AIR, Tampere (FI)
08 Jul â ROCK IN THE CITY, Oulu (FI)
14-17 Jul â VAUHTIAJOT, SeinĂ€joki (FI)
16 Jul â ROCK IN THE CITY, Rovaniemi (FI)
29-30 Jul â SKOGSROJET FESTIVAL, Rejmyre (SE)
04-06 Aug â WACKEN OPEN AIR, Wacken (DE)
04-06 Aug â VAASA FESTIVAL, Vaasa (FI)
27 Aug â HRH Sleaze, Sheffield (UK)
*Supporting Alice Cooper
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For tickets and more information please visit: www.michaelmonroe.com/web/
Band Line-Up:
Michael Monroe – lead vocals, harmonica
Steve Conte – guitars, vocals
Rich Jones – guitars, vocals
Karl Rockfist – drums
Sami Yaffa – bass, vocals, guitar
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Recorded and mixed by Erno âErrorâ Laitinen at Inkfish Studios, Helsinki, Finland
Produced by Erno âErrorâ Laitinen, Michael Monroe, Rich Jones, Sammi Yafa, Steve Conte & Karl Rockfist
Mastered by Svante ForsbÀck at Chartmakers
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Additional recording by Bobby Nieminen at Raymondâs Barn
Piano recorded at Sonic Pump Studios, recording assistant Tommi Saarinen
Slashâs guitars engineered by John Ewing
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Additional musicians:
Slash – guitar solo & additional guitars on ‘I Live Too Fast To Die Young’
Lenni-Kalle Taipale – Piano on ‘Antisocialite’ & ‘Canât Stop Falling Apart’
Suvi Aalto & Astrid Nicole – Additional backing vocals on ‘Canât Stop Falling Apart’ & ‘Murder The Summer Of Love’
Neil Leyton – Additional backing vocals on ‘Everybodyâs Nobody’, ‘Murder The Summer Of Love’ & ‘All Fighter’
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