Michael Monroe Announces New Album ONE MAN GANG

A genuine rock star since birth, Michael Monroe innately knows exactly how to sing, swagger and walk the most glamorous and colourful of walks. 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 dirty, dangerous, damn good time, and embracing a total escape into the 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."

2019 TOUR DATES:

Aug 02	Sieravuori	Eura, Finland
Aug 03	Kaisla	Tampere, Finland
Aug 10	Vesileppis Hotel	Leppävirta, Finland
Aug 16	Summer Sonic	Tokyo, Japan
Aug 18	Summer Sonic	Osaka, Japan
Oct 22	John Dee Live Club & Pub	Oslo, Norway
Oct 23	Pustervik	Gothenburg, Sweden
Oct 24	Fryshuset Klubben	Stockholm, Sweden
Oct 25	High Voltage Rock Club	Copenhagen, Denmark
Oct 26	HeadCRASH	Hamburg, Germany
Oct 27	FRANNZ Club	Berlin, Germany
Oct 29	La Maroquinerie	Paris, France
Oct 30	02 Academy Islington	London, United Kingdom
Nov 01	Brudenell Social Club	Leeds, United Kingdom
Nov 02	The Craufurd Arms	Wolverton, United Kingdom
Nov 03	Engine Rooms	Southhampton, United Kingdom
Nov 04	The Mill, Digbeth	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Nov 05	The Garage	Glasgow, United Kingdom
Nov 06	Manchester Club Academy	Manchester, United Kingdom
Nov 07	The Fleece	Bristol, United Kingdom
Nov 08	The Sugarmill	Stoke-on-trent, United Kingdom
Nov 09	Hard Rock Hell Chapter XIII	Vauxhall Holiday Park, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom

ONE MAN GANG TRACK LISTING:
1. One Man Gang
2. Last Train To Tokyo
3. Junk Planet
4. Midsummer Nights
5. The Pitfalls Of Being An Outsider
6. Wasted Years
7. In The Tall Grass
8. Black Ties And Red Tape
9. Hollywood Paranoia
10. Heaven Is A Free State
11. Helsinki Shakedown
12. Low Life In High Places
Available on CD, Coloured Vinyl, Digital formats and as special D2C editions, pre-order live as of Aug 9th

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