Michael Monroe - I Live Too Fast to Die Young (2022)

“I live too fast to die young, it ain’t nothing when your head’s screwed on,” roars the Crown Prince of exciting, electric frontmen Michael Monroe on his second album for Silver Lining Music, I Live Too Fast to Die Young (the follow-up to 2019’s critically acclaimed One Man Gang) and these 11 proclamations prove he is so right. Not even a pandemic could stop Monroe and his band from throwing down the tightest, leanest, meanest and most goddamn fun rock ‘n’ roll music of the year, and the likes of “Young Drunks and Old Alcoholics”, “All Fighter” and the punky “Murder the Summer of Love” show the crisp electricity of CBGB-style punk with glitter-crusted melodies wrapped around the riffs. There’s also expansive, Stones-tinged saunters such as “Can’t Stop Falling Apart” and “Everybody’s Nobody”, while the title track takes aim between your eyes off a driving back-beat and a defiant chorus dripping with Monroe’s irrepressible attitude. Recorded at Inkfish Studios in Helsinki, Finland between November/December 2021, the album enjoys several guests including Guns N’ Roses guitar legend Slash, who solos and provides additional guitars on the title track. With I Live Too Fast to Die Young, it is clear Monroe is swaggering into the summer with a triumphant roar to offer you the real rock ‘n’ roll escape of 2022.

"I always wanted to maintain the excitement and curiosity of life, to keep that mind of a child and excitement about stuff and not get complacent, not get tired. Of course, I can be cynical and I’m sarcastic, and I haven’t had the best of luck, but then again who does? And I still have a lot of things to be happy about. It doesn’t take much for me to be happy. To be able to do what I love doing the most, and make a living out of it, that’s a gift.” (Michael Monroe)

With I Live Too Fast To Die Young, it is clear that Michael Monroe is striding into the summer with a triumphant -and perhaps most importantly, defiant- roar to offer you a chance to let your hair down (or up!) and to once again enjoy the freedom of joyous celebration and expression.

Michael Monroe, vocals, guitar
Sami Yaffa, bass, guitar
Steve Conte, guitar
Rich Jones, guitar
Karl Rockfist, drums
Guest:
Slash, guitar (track 10)

TRACKLIST

1. Michael Monroe - Murder the Summer of Love
2. Michael Monroe - Young Drunks & Old Alcoholics
3. Michael Monroe - Derelict Palace
4. Michael Monroe - All Fighter
5. Michael Monroe - Everybody's Nobody
6. Michael Monroe - Antisocialite
7. Michael Monroe - Can't Stop Falling Apart
8. Michael Monroe - Pagan Prayer
9. Michael Monroe - No Guilt
10. Michael Monroe - I Live Too Fast to Die Young
11. Michael Monroe - Dearly Departed