MICHAEL MONROE: Iconic Rock âNâ Roll Frontman Releases New Studio Album, âHorns and Halosâ, on August 27th 2013 via Spinefarm Records
New Video/Single for âBallad Of The Lower East Sideâ Released TODAY via YouTube
Watch the video here: http://youtu.be/XhAbtZXu2RU
In 2010, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and uber-energetic front-man and all-round rock ânâ roll legend MICHAEL MONROE unveiled his new side project in grand style via an exclusive press conference. Flash forward six months to a full UK tour with Motörhead, and another few months to the release of Another Night in the Sun, a globally-anticipated live album that teased fans clamoring for a final, polished taste of the new project. Finally, roughly a year after MICHAEL MONROEâs original public reveal, the band released their first critically-acclaimed full-length release, Sensory Overdrive, produced by Jack Douglas (Aerosmith, John Lennon). The album went on to win Classic Rock Magazineâs âAlbum Of The Yearâ award and landed at #1 on the charts in MMâs Finnish homeland.
In 2012, after touring throughout the UK in support of Sensory Overdrive, Monroe announced that he would go back into seclusion to prepare for the bandâs next offering. Monroeâs touring and recording outfit, comprised of bassist Sami Yaffa (ex-Hanoi Rocks/New York Dolls), guitarist Steve Conte (ex-New York Dolls/Company Of Wolves), guitarist Dregen (Backyard Babies, formerly of Hellacopters fame) and drummer Karl âRockfistâ Rosqvist (ex-Chelsea Smiles/Danzig), worked tirelessly in the studio, providing creative support for a frontman whose reputation is genuinely global and whose influence continues to be felt, with musicians of all ages (from Dave Grohl to the original Gun nâ Roses members) citing Michaelâs ground-breaking career as a source of inspiration.
Now after several months, the wait is over. MICHAEL MONROE can finally reveal that the bandâs upcoming studio album, Horns and Halos, will hit stores everywhere on August 27, 2013 via Spinefarm Records. The band offers a taste of the new album in the form of a new single and video for the track âBallad Of The Lower East Sideâ, which can be watched now via YouTube at this location.
The track includes a nod to Michaelâs early days in New York, a city he moved to for a decade following the mid-â80s break up of glam punk pioneers, Hanoi Rocks. The clip â directed by celebrated videographer/photographer Ville Juurikkala, who has photographed Michael for the past 10 years as well as working with Linkin Park, Good Charlotte and HIM, amongst others â features archive footage and photos of Michael in prime Big Apple mode, interlaced with current live and backstage scenes.
âThe song âBallad Of The Lower East Sideâ is about New York and especially The Lower East Side – what it was way back in the days when I lived there, how times have changed and how it is nowadays.,â states MICHAEL MONROE. âNew York has always been an important city to me since I lived there for 10 years. Two members of our band still live there. It’s the City of all Cities.â
Stay tuned for more information coming soon about Horns and Halos. To stay up to date on all things MICHAEL MONROE, visit www.michaelmonroe.com or www.facebook.com/michaelmonroeofficial.
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