Michael Monroe

Michael Monroe

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Finnish rock musician Michael Monroe is best known for his work with Hanoi Rocks, the influential glam metal band whose style and sound helped spark the American hair metal scene of the 1980s. He was born as "Matti Antero Kristian Fagerholm" on June 17, 1962, in Helsinki, Finland. Inspired by Alice Cooper and The New York Dolls, he formed Hanoi Rocks in 1979, adopting a flashy, androgynous look as the band's larger-than-life frontman. The group broke up in 1985, following the death of its drummer Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley, and Monroe launched a solo career two years later with 1987's Nights Are So Long. Like its 1989 follow-up, Not Fakin' It, Nights Are So Long enjoyed a warm reception from critics but failed to rival the commercial success of the American bands that Monroe had helped inspire during his time with Hanoi Rocks. Nonetheless, Michael Monroe remained a rockstar in Scandinavia and a cult figure elsewhere. After spending the early 1990s performing with short-lived bands like Jerusalem Slim and Demolition 23, he returned to his solo career, releasing albums like 1996's Peace of Mind and 1999's Life Gets You Dirty during the decade's latter half. He reformed Hanoi Rocks in 2001 and released three additional albums with the band between 2002 and 2007, all while continuing to record and tour as a solo act. Solo albums like 2013's Horns and Halos, 2019's One Man Gang, and 2022's I Live Too Fast to Die Young! maintained his popularity not only in Scandinavian countries, but also in Japan, where the latter record reached number 46 on the Oricon Albums Chart. In 2026, Michael Monroe returned with his thirteenth studio album, Outerstellar.

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She's No Angel
Michael Monroe
Nights Are So Long
03:29
Composers: Holton
07
Disconnected
Michael Monroe
Outerstellar
03:12
Composers: Michael Monroe
01
Dead, Jail Or Rock 'N' Roll
Michael Monroe
Not Fakin' It
04:31
Composers: Michael Monroe - Little Steven - Nasty Suicide
09
Smokescreen
Michael Monroe
Not Fakin' It
04:03
Composers: Michael Monroe - Little Steven - Nasty Suicide
02
While You Were Looking At Me
Michael Monroe
Not Fakin' It
04:02
Composers: Little Steven
10
Thrill Me
Michael Monroe
Not Fakin' It
03:25
Composers: Philip F. Grande - Michael Monroe
03
Goin' down With the Ship
Michael Monroe
Blackout States (Special Edition)
04:26
Writer: Steve Conte - Rich Jones / Composers: Steve Conte - Rich Jones
10
I Live Too Fast to Die Young (feat. Slash)
Michael Monroe
I Live Too Fast to Die Young
03:10
05
Not Fakin' It
Michael Monroe
Not Fakin' It
03:52
Composers: Manny Charlton - Peter Agnew - Darrell Anthony Sweet - Dan McCafferty
07
Man With No Eyes
Michael Monroe
Not Fakin' It
03:57
Composers: Philip F. Grande - Michael Monroe
03
She's No Angel
Michael Monroe
Not Fakin' It
03:52
Composers: R. Thomas
06
Shakedown
Michael Monroe
Not Fakin' It
03:12
Composers: Philip F. Grande - Michael Monroe
08
Love Is Thicker Than Blood
Michael Monroe
Not Fakin' It
04:14
Composers: Martin Steven Briley - Michael Monroe
07
Can't Stop Falling Apart
Michael Monroe
I Live Too Fast to Die Young
03:04
02
Your Heaven and Your Hell
Tarja Turunen
The Brightest Void
05:34
02
Young Drunks & Old Alcoholics
Michael Monroe
I Live Too Fast to Die Young
03:09
02
Last Train To Tokyo
Michael Monroe
One Man Gang
02:57
02
The Ballad of the Lower East Side
Michael Monroe
Horns and Halos (Special Edition)
03:17
Writer: Steve Conte / Composers: Steve Conte
01
Murder the Summer of Love
Michael Monroe
I Live Too Fast to Die Young
03:30
04
Superpowered Superfly
Michael Monroe
Sensory Overdrive (Special Edition)
02:42
Writer: Ginger Wildheart / Composers: Ginger Wildheart
02
Old King's Road
Michael Monroe
Blackout States (Special Edition)
03:23
Writer: Steve Conte - Rich Jones / Composers: Steve Conte - Rich Jones
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This Ain't No Love Song
Michael Monroe
Blackout States (Special Edition)
02:38
Writer: Steve Conte - Rich Jones / Composers: Steve Conte - Rich Jones
02
'78
Michael Monroe
Sensory Overdrive (Special Edition)
03:14
Writer: Michael Monroe - Ginger Wildheart - Sami Yaffa - Steve Conte - Karl Rosqvist / Composers: Michael Monroe - Ginger Wildheart - Sami Yaffa - Steve Conte - Karl Rosqvist
03
Shake Some Action
Michael Monroe
Nights Are So Long
03:47
Composers: Jordan - Photon - Wilson
03
Derelict Palace
Michael Monroe
I Live Too Fast to Die Young
04:45
04
All Night With The Lights On
Michael Monroe
Not Fakin' It
03:52
Composers: D. Louis - Philip F. Grande - Michael Monroe
02
Million Miles Away
Michael Monroe
Nights Are So Long
03:47
Writer: Cruisin / Composers: Secick
06
Nights Are so Long
Michael Monroe
Nights Are So Long
03:27
Composers: Zero
05
Stained Glass Heart
Michael Monroe
Horns and Halos (Special Edition)
04:22
Writer: Steve Conte - Dregen / Composers: Steve Conte - Dregen
04
All Fighter
Michael Monroe
I Live Too Fast to Die Young
02:36
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Make It Go Away
Michael Monroe
This Is '80s Hair Metal
03:01
Composers: Aaron Davis - Laura Harding
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The Pitfalls Of Being An Outsider
Michael Monroe
One Man Gang
02:59
10
Heaven Is A Free State
Michael Monroe
One Man Gang
03:10
06
Antisocialite
Michael Monroe
I Live Too Fast to Die Young
03:28
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Junk Planet
Michael Monroe
One Man Gang
03:43
06
Wasted Years
Michael Monroe
One Man Gang
02:56
04
Midsummer Nights
Michael Monroe
One Man Gang
04:03
08
Too Rich to Be Good
Michael Monroe
Nights Are So Long
03:25
Composers: Monroe
11
Helsinki Shakedown
Michael Monroe
One Man Gang
03:58
09
No Guilt
Michael Monroe
I Live Too Fast to Die Young
03:25
09
Hollywood Paranoia
Michael Monroe
One Man Gang
03:10
09
You Can't Put Your Arm Around a Memory
Michael Monroe
Nights Are So Long
01:29
Composers: Clouseau - Thunders
08
Black Ties And Red Tape
Michael Monroe
One Man Gang
02:07
01
One Man Gang
Michael Monroe
One Man Gang
02:24
12
Low Life In High Places
Michael Monroe
One Man Gang
04:36
07
Can't Go Home Again
Michael Monroe
Nights Are So Long
03:19
Composers: Lee - Monroe
11
Dearly Departed
Michael Monroe
I Live Too Fast to Die Young
04:42
05
Everybody's Nobody
Michael Monroe
I Live Too Fast to Die Young
03:33
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Trick of the Wrist
Michael Monroe
Sensory Overdrive (Special Edition)
02:24
Writer: Michael Monroe - Ginger Wildheart - Sami Yaffa - Steve Conte / Composers: Michael Monroe - Ginger Wildheart - Sami Yaffa - Steve Conte

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Albums
I Live Too Fast to Die Young
2022 Silver Lining Music Ltd.
10-06-2022
I Live Too Fast to Die Young
01
Murder the Summer of Love
Michael Monroe
I Live Too Fast to Die Young
03:30
02
Young Drunks & Old Alcoholics
Michael Monroe
I Live Too Fast to Die Young
03:09
03
Derelict Palace
Michael Monroe
I Live Too Fast to Die Young
04:45
04
All Fighter
Michael Monroe
I Live Too Fast to Die Young
02:36
05
Everybody's Nobody
Michael Monroe
I Live Too Fast to Die Young
03:33
06
Antisocialite
Michael Monroe
I Live Too Fast to Die Young
03:28
07
Can't Stop Falling Apart
Michael Monroe
I Live Too Fast to Die Young
03:04
Access the complete album info (11 songs)
One Man Gang
2019 Silver Lining Music Ltd.
18-10-2019
One Man Gang
01
One Man Gang
Michael Monroe
One Man Gang
02:24
02
Last Train To Tokyo
Michael Monroe
One Man Gang
02:57
03
Junk Planet
Michael Monroe
One Man Gang
03:43
04
Midsummer Nights
Michael Monroe
One Man Gang
04:03
05
The Pitfalls Of Being An Outsider
Michael Monroe
One Man Gang
02:59
06
Wasted Years
Michael Monroe
One Man Gang
02:56
07
In The Tall Grass
Michael Monroe
One Man Gang
03:24
Access the complete album info (12 songs)
Blackout States (Special Edition)
2025 Michael Monroe Recordings
08-10-2015
Blackout States (Special Edition)
01
This Ain't No Love Song
Michael Monroe
Blackout States (Special Edition)
02:38
Writer: Steve Conte - Rich Jones / Composers: Steve Conte - Rich Jones
02
Old King's Road
Michael Monroe
Blackout States (Special Edition)
03:23
Writer: Steve Conte - Rich Jones / Composers: Steve Conte - Rich Jones
03
Goin' down With the Ship
Michael Monroe
Blackout States (Special Edition)
04:26
Writer: Steve Conte - Rich Jones / Composers: Steve Conte - Rich Jones
04
Keep Your Eye on You
Michael Monroe
Blackout States (Special Edition)
03:36
Writer: Steve Conte - Rich Jones / Composers: Steve Conte - Rich Jones
05
The Bastard's Bash
Michael Monroe
Blackout States (Special Edition)
03:57
Writer: Michael Monroe - Steve Conte / Composers: Michael Monroe - Steve Conte
06
Good Old Bad Days
Michael Monroe
Blackout States (Special Edition)
03:15
Writer: Michael Monroe / Composers: Michael Monroe
07
R.L.F.
Michael Monroe
Blackout States (Special Edition)
02:13
Writer: Michael Monroe - Sami Yaffa / Composers: Michael Monroe - Sami Yaffa
Access the complete album info (15 songs)
Horns and Halos (Special Edition)
2024 Michael Monroe Recordings
23-08-2013
Horns and Halos (Special Edition)
01
Tnt Diet
Michael Monroe
Horns and Halos (Special Edition)
02:29
Writer: Michael Monroe - Dregen - Sami Yaffa - Steve Conte / Composers: Michael Monroe - Dregen - Sami Yaffa - Steve Conte
02
The Ballad of the Lower East Side
Michael Monroe
Horns and Halos (Special Edition)
03:17
Writer: Steve Conte / Composers: Steve Conte
03
Eighteen Angels
Michael Monroe
Horns and Halos (Special Edition)
03:29
Writer: Steve Conte - Dregen - Sami Yaffa / Composers: Steve Conte - Dregen - Sami Yaffa
04
Saturday Night Special
Michael Monroe
Horns and Halos (Special Edition)
02:14
Writer: Steve Conte / Composers: Steve Conte
05
Stained Glass Heart
Michael Monroe
Horns and Halos (Special Edition)
04:22
Writer: Steve Conte - Dregen / Composers: Steve Conte - Dregen
06
Horns and Halos
Michael Monroe
Horns and Halos (Special Edition)
03:30
Writer: Michael Monroe - Steve Conte - Dregen / Composers: Michael Monroe - Steve Conte - Dregen
07
Child of the Revolution
Michael Monroe
Horns and Halos (Special Edition)
03:48
Writer: Steve Conte - Dregen / Composers: Steve Conte - Dregen
Access the complete album info (15 songs)
Sensory Overdrive (Special Edition)
2024 Michael Monroe Recordings
16-03-2011
Sensory Overdrive (Special Edition)
01
Trick of the Wrist
Michael Monroe
Sensory Overdrive (Special Edition)
02:24
Writer: Michael Monroe - Ginger Wildheart - Sami Yaffa - Steve Conte / Composers: Michael Monroe - Ginger Wildheart - Sami Yaffa - Steve Conte
02
'78
Michael Monroe
Sensory Overdrive (Special Edition)
03:14
Writer: Michael Monroe - Ginger Wildheart - Sami Yaffa - Steve Conte - Karl Rosqvist / Composers: Michael Monroe - Ginger Wildheart - Sami Yaffa - Steve Conte - Karl Rosqvist
03
Got Blood?
Michael Monroe
Sensory Overdrive (Special Edition)
02:39
Writer: Michael Monroe - Ginger Wildheart - Steve Conte / Composers: Michael Monroe - Ginger Wildheart - Steve Conte
04
Superpowered Superfly
Michael Monroe
Sensory Overdrive (Special Edition)
02:42
Writer: Ginger Wildheart / Composers: Ginger Wildheart
05
Modern Day Miracle
Michael Monroe
Sensory Overdrive (Special Edition)
02:46
Writer: Michael Monroe - Ginger Wildheart - Sami Yaffa - Steve Conte / Composers: Michael Monroe - Ginger Wildheart - Sami Yaffa - Steve Conte
06
Bombs Away
Michael Monroe
Sensory Overdrive (Special Edition)
03:35
Writer: Michael Monroe - Ginger Wildheart - Sami Yaffa - Steve Conte - Karl Rosqvist - Jack Douglas / Composers: Michael Monroe - Ginger Wildheart - Sami Yaffa - Steve Conte - Karl Rosqvist - Jack Douglas
07
All You Need
Michael Monroe
Sensory Overdrive (Special Edition)
03:04
Writer: Michael Monroe - Ginger Wildheart / Composers: Michael Monroe - Ginger Wildheart
Access the complete album info (15 songs)
Not Fakin' It
â„— 2010 The Island Def Jam Music Group
01-01-1989
Not Fakin' It
01
Dead, Jail Or Rock 'N' Roll
Michael Monroe
Not Fakin' It
04:31
Composers: Michael Monroe - Little Steven - Nasty Suicide
02
While You Were Looking At Me
Michael Monroe
Not Fakin' It
04:02
Composers: Little Steven
03
She's No Angel
Michael Monroe
Not Fakin' It
03:52
Composers: R. Thomas
04
All Night With The Lights On
Michael Monroe
Not Fakin' It
03:52
Composers: D. Louis - Philip F. Grande - Michael Monroe
05
Not Fakin' It
Michael Monroe
Not Fakin' It
03:52
Composers: Manny Charlton - Peter Agnew - Darrell Anthony Sweet - Dan McCafferty
06
Shakedown
Michael Monroe
Not Fakin' It
03:12
Composers: Philip F. Grande - Michael Monroe
07
Man With No Eyes
Michael Monroe
Not Fakin' It
03:57
Composers: Philip F. Grande - Michael Monroe
Access the complete album info (10 songs)
Nights Are So Long
â„— 1988 Polarvox
01-01-1988
Nights Are So Long
01
She's No Angel
Michael Monroe
Nights Are So Long
03:29
Composers: Holton
02
Million Miles Away
Michael Monroe
Nights Are So Long
03:47
Writer: Cruisin / Composers: Secick
03
Shake Some Action
Michael Monroe
Nights Are So Long
03:47
Composers: Jordan - Photon - Wilson
04
It's a Lie
Michael Monroe
Nights Are So Long
04:03
Composers: Zero
05
High School
Michael Monroe
Nights Are So Long
03:06
Writer: MC5 / Composers: Davis - Kramer - MC5 - Smith - Thompson - TYNER
06
Nights Are so Long
Michael Monroe
Nights Are So Long
03:27
Composers: Zero
07
Can't Go Home Again
Michael Monroe
Nights Are So Long
03:19
Composers: Lee - Monroe
Access the complete album info (10 songs)
Singles
Disconnected
2025 Silver Lining Music Ltd.
25-11-2025
Disconnected
01
Disconnected
Michael Monroe
Disconnected
03:12
Composers: Michael Monroe
Rockin' Horse
2025 Silver Lining Music Ltd.
21-10-2025
Rockin' Horse
01
Rockin' Horse
Michael Monroe
Rockin' Horse
02:34
Composers: Michael Monroe
Get Yourself Together
Stupido Records. Distributed by Playground Music Oy
01-02-2023
Get Yourself Together
01
Get Yourself Together
Rock-Criminals
Get Yourself Together
03:48
Writer: Michael Monroe - Joona-Samuli Järvinen - Aleksi Pylvänäinen / Composers: Joona-Samuli Järvinen
Hammersmith Palais
(P) 2022 Wicked Cool Records
26-08-2022
Hammersmith Palais
01
Hammersmith Palais
Demolition 23
Hammersmith Palais
03:59
Composers: Jude Wilder - Michael Monroe - Stevie Van Zandt
Hammersmith Palais (Demo)
(P) 2022 Wicked Cool Records
26-08-2022
Hammersmith Palais (Demo)
01
Hammersmith Palais (Demo)
Demolition 23
Hammersmith Palais (Demo)
04:12
Composers: Jude Wilder - Michael Monroe - Stevie Van Zandt
Everybody's Nobody
â„— 2022 Silver Lining Music Ltd.
08-06-2022
Everybody's Nobody
01
Everybody's Nobody
Michael Monroe
Everybody's Nobody
03:33
Can't Stop Falling Apart
â„— 2022 Silver Lining Music Ltd.
27-04-2022
Can't Stop Falling Apart
01
Can't Stop Falling Apart
Michael Monroe
Can't Stop Falling Apart
03:04
Murder the Summer of Love
â„— 2022 Silver Lining Music Ltd.
22-03-2022
Murder the Summer of Love
01
Murder the Summer of Love
Michael Monroe
Murder the Summer of Love
03:30