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MICHAEL MONROE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM ‘ONE MAN GANG’ TO BE RELEASED 18th OCTOBER 2019 VIA SILVER LINING MUSIC

Michael Monroe innately knows exactly how to sing, swagger and walk the most glamorous and colourful of walks. He is a genuine rock star and has been since birth. One Man Gang, the former Hanoi Rocks man’s brand new offering on Silver Lining Music, is all about the fun of Friday nights, seven days a week, letting your hair down (or up!) for a dangerous, dirty, damn good time, and immersing yourself into that rock ‘n’ roll dream.

Recorded and mixed by Petri Majuri at E-Studio in Sipoo, Finland over three weeks in March 2018, the 12-song record was mixed that following Autumn with Monroe and band-mates Rich Jones and Steve Conte on production duties.

With stunning presence, 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-skool strut with rudely fresh vigour.

The title-track’s bombastic bar-room blitz (featuring a guest appearance by Captain Sensible of The Damned) is a valuable reminder that even if born in the gutter, you must always look to the stars.

It sometimes seems like everybody’s pissing on their own parade,” says Monroe, “whether that’s voting stupid people into power and then complaining about them or whatever, but I’m all about living with a P.M.A. – positive mental attitude – and I’ll never allow myself to be forced away from that.

Then there’s “Last Train To Tokyo”, with the sort of sticky-yet-crispy riff that was designed to take over radios from Japan to Jamaica.

In the ‘80s, Hanoi Rocks had a very special relationship with Japan,” explains Monroe, “and it will always be one of my favourite countries.  Plus, they still live for rock ‘n’ roll as it should be celebrated, they still have physical product, they still make it crazy, exhausting and really exciting every time you go there, which I am really grateful for.”

With the further electric likes of “Junk Planet”, “Hollywood Paranoia” and “Wasted Years” on board, One Man Gang is going to smash down doors and give the rock ‘n’ roll scene a swift, and necessary, kick up the ass.

Michael Monroe will soon be striding back towards the arenas he was born to be in, and everything you see is everything you get.

I do what I do and I’ll never change,” says Monroe, “I don’t dress any different on or off stage because this is who I am… this is the real me.

You can catch Michael Monroe on tour later this year:

Aug 02SieravuoriEura, Finland
Aug 03KaislaTampere, Finland
Aug 10Vesileppis HotelLeppävirta, Finland
Aug 16Summer SonicTokyo, Japan
Aug 18Summer SonicOsaka, Japan
Oct 22John Dee Live Club & PubOslo, Norway
Oct 23PustervikGothenburg, Sweden
Oct 24Fryshuset KlubbenStockholm, Sweden
Oct 25High Voltage Rock ClubCopenhagen, Denmark
Oct 26HeadCRASHHamburg, Germany
Oct 27FRANNZ ClubBerlin, Germany
Oct 29La MaroquinerieParis, France
Oct 3002 Academy IslingtonLondon, United Kingdom
Nov 01Brudenell Social ClubLeeds, United Kingdom
Nov 02The Craufurd ArmsWolverton, United Kingdom
Nov 03Engine RoomsSouthhampton, United Kingdom
Nov 04The Mill, DigbethBirmingham, United Kingdom
Nov 05The GarageGlasgow, United Kingdom
Nov 06Manchester Club AcademyManchester, United Kingdom
Nov 07The FleeceBristol, United Kingdom
Nov 08The SugarmillStoke-on-trent, United Kingdom
Nov 09Hard Rock Hell Chapter XIIIVauxhall Holiday Park, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
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