MICHAEL MONROE - "I Don't Like Fans Having To Pay Outrageous Prices For The Albums"

HANOI ROCKS legend MICHAEL MONROE is featured in a new interview with Ruben Mosqueda at Oregon Music News. An excerpt is available below:

Q: Your new album, Sensory Overdrive, was just released in North America. It’s been available as an import for several months. What took so long for the album’s release in North America?

Monroe: "We wanted to set up a tour to help support the album first. That was the main reason. The album was originally slated for a May release but we pushed it back because we didn’t have a tour in place. Since we have a tour of the States lined up we released it now."
 

Q: When you tour North America what are you looking at, lengthwise, as far as a set?

Monroe: "I don’t know what our contract says yet, but a full show. We do 75, 80, 90 minutes — a full show. At least 75 minutes since we’re not a support band on this tour. We’re working hard at coming back to North America next year as an opening act on a bigger tour. I’d love to play to a larger audience. We’re in touch with our friends in other bands so we’ll see what happens. We have a lot of ground to cover and I haven’t done a proper tour in the States in a long time."

Q: You released your live album, Another Night In The Sun, last year in Europe. Is there a plan to release that in North America in the near future?

Monroe: "That’s a a good question. I’m not sure about that — I’ll have to ask about it. That’s the album that features a live version of 'Motorheaded For A Fall' that I was talking about earlier. I’d love for it to be released in North America, because throughout my whole career a lot of my albums have only been available as imports. I don’t like fans having to pay outrageous prices for the albums."

Click here for the complete interview.

Monroe recently spoke with BraveWords.com scribe Aaron Small. Check the story out here.

His tour schedule is now as follows:

October
18 - Santa Clara, CA - Avalon Theater
19 - Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theatre
20 - Hollywood, CA - Whisky A Go Go
23 - Japan, V-rock Festival Saitama Super Arena

November
4 - Lahti, Finland - Finlandia Club
5 - Tavastia, Finland (2 Shows)
24 - Wolverhampton, UK - Wulfrun Hall
25 - Manchester, UK - Ritz
26 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City
27 - Glasgow, Scotland - Garage
28 - England, Newcastle, UK - Academy
29 - Leeds, UK - Academy

December
1 - Bristol, UK Academy
2 - London, UK - Electric Ballroom
3 - Prestatyn, Wales - HRH

The band will continue to do extensive touring in 2012 in support of Sensory Overdrive. For more information go to Michaelmonroe.com.
 

(Photo by Mark Gromen)