From Andrea

Q: Why are you always behaving in a defensive way?

M: Whaddaya mean defensive?! What are you after, anyway? You can't call me defensive. I ain't done nothin' to you! (I'm joking of course.)

Q: What was the worst aggression you have ever suffered?

M: My own aggression.

Q: What present/gift would you like to receive?

M: Perfume "L'Air Du Temps" (100 ml)

Q: What do you do when you feel down?

M: I think of reasons and where it could be coming from, the feeling, you know. It often has nothin' to do with me, why I get depressed.

Q: It may sound fribolous, but what is the name of the body lotion/cream
that you use and has that particular Michael Monroe perfum and you can feel it even 100 metres away. I love it! share that beauty secret with me please!

M: I don't wear a body lotion/cream. I wear perfume...

Comments: Michael,
I know you remember me from Buenos Aires, and after that, I shared the
backstage with you in Tampere (Sputnik). Diego (my boyfriend) took the best Michael Monroe's pictures I 've ever seen. I remember every moment together and meeting you again will be one of the most amazing things that could happen to me. With love, Andrea

From: 80´s baby

Q: Mitä mieltä sä oot siitä että fanit tulee keskustelee kadulla tai keikan
jälkeen?

M: Usually I like meeting and talking to fans as long as I'm not in a rush.

Q: Mitä mieltä sä oot Hanoi-levyistä näin jälkeenpäin. Kuunteletko muita kun viimestä?

M: I still listen to Hanoi records every now and then. Nothing to be embarrassed about. All records have good stuff on them. However, Andy's slimey and sleazy "macho/sex" type of corniness still make me squirm once in a while. Like "Lick Summer Love".

Q: ootko saanu tehtyy paljon uusia biisejä?

M: Yes, I have written many new songs.

Q: ja edelliseen liittyen onko mitään tietoo uudesta levystä?

M: New record? Next Year's release.

Q: Ootko sä bändin jäsenten kaveri myös vapaa-ajalla? Oon nähny sut ainaki Timpan kaa...

M: I guess I can be pretty good friends with my band mates when you feel like it. However, "business is business" and in the end it's always "every man for himself".

Comments: ROCK ON!! Toivottavasti nähään keikoilla!! ja Judelle terveisiä!!

M: Samoin - Kiitos - Sanon! Moi!

From Tommi

Q: What kinds of guitars do you have?

M: I have Gibson Les Paul, a Gibson Firebird and an Epiphone aqoustic guitar.

Q: would it be possible to have a tabs section on your web page?

M: Huh? I dunno... ask Markku Peconen.

Q: Is it possible to find some of your old recordings here in Finland or are
they all gone?

M: It is possible.

Q: I just moved back to Finland, how did you get through your first winter back here in finland?

M: I kept myself busy.

Comments: I really liked Life Gets You Dirty. I think that it is the best music that you have ever done.

M: Thank you. I'm glad you think so and I happen to agree.

From Shea

Q: What kind of car do you drive?

M: I don't drive.

Q: Are their any plans to do a show in Canada?

M: Yeah, but nothing concrete yet.

Q: The song "Since When Did You Care" has a third verse that starts "Hey you, out on the Hollywood Hills." Was that verse about Axl Rose?

M: NO FUCKING WAY! NO, when I wrote that line, I had a couple of people in mind; A certain british ex-manager of Hanoi Rocks and somebody who worked as a lawyer in the business affairs department at Polygram Records when I was signed to them in the yearly 90's.

Q: Whats your favorite guitar that you own?

M: My Gibson Les Paul.

Q: What is your favorite Johnny Thunders song?

M: I Wanna Be Loved.

Comments: Thank you! You've been a big influence on me and my band.

M: Thank You, it's my pleasure. Good Luck!

From Ville

Q: onks sulla suunnitteilla tehä yhteistyötä Andyn tai Samin kanssa
lähiaikoina?

M: No, I'm not planning to work with Andy or Sami in the near future.

Q: mä oon tässä vähän ihmetelly että minkä helvetin takia sä et oo ton
tunnetumpi?? sun musiikkihan on aivan omassa luokassaan??

M: Why aren't I more famous? I'm still working on it... it's also due to circumstances beyond my control (Hanoi's demise for example, due to the accident).

Q: mikset sä yritä vallottaa maailmaa taas niinku Hanoin kanssa?

M: Why aren't I conquering the world like with Hanoi?
But I AM, darling...

Q: Michael Monroe, Andy McCoy, Sam Yaffa, Slash,...Gyp Casino?....siinä
sulle bändi....minkä kanssa sä voisit vallottaa maailman...vai mitä? mä kyl
melkeen luulen et sä vastaat että sulla on nyt hyvä bändi...

M: What is aabout this "Conquering the world" shit anyway? "For what does it profit a man if he should gain the whole world..." etc. (Jesus).
Not with those guys, except maybe Slash someday...

Q: Kiitti sun musiikista! mä en muuta nykyään kuuntelekaan ku sua ja Hanoi Rocksia....olisitte vaan jatkanu Hanoin kanssa...kyllä se fiilis olis sieltä löytyny

M: Yeah, right...

Comments: Kiitos vielä kerran sun musiikista! sua parempaa rokkaria ei
maailmasta löydy!

M: Kiitos! Thank You!

From Sachie

Q: when are you going to come to japan again ?id like to see you on only
your stage next time!

M: As soon as I possibly can.

Comments: Hi,Mike.I am a Japanese big fan of you.Im looking forward to seeing you again soon in Japan, I hope you are ok and good luck!!!

M: I'm ok (just about) and thank You. Good Luck to you too!

From pat

Q: hi mike.my name is pat murray ihave always been a true fan of yours.i am a singer in a band called the sleepeaters,we are influenced by yourself and people like stiv and iggy and the seeds.imet a bloke called rene berg the other day and he said that he played in the rocks for a while.hes not very well and he was off his head on speedballs.please send me a message to let me know how your keeping.next month we are going to the staes to play with the fuzztones.goodbye for now mike. pat murray.

M: Sounds like you have a cool band.
I never considered rene berg ever being in Hanoi Rocks 'cos it wasn't Hanoi anymore at that point. He did the last miserable tour of Poland when I had already decided to break up the band. So that's his 2 seconds of fame... "off his head" sounds familiar...

Comments: hanoi rocks me every morning.

M: Alright!*

From OZZI THE ROSE*

Q: Bäng bäng!Hey MIKE!Yo were on tour with IGGY just recently.Did you guys hangout together?Maybe even jam something together on stage !?

M: There wasn't much time to hang out. My band had no hotels so we started driving at nights to the next gig, we lived on the bus. We'd be at the next venue about 5 - 6 am, my dreaded moment when the mad control freak busdriver would come to the back of the bus to tell me to turn down my guitar or the music because he had to go to sleep. I can't sleep on the bus so I'd usually be up playing guitar. As for Iggy for example, he would take the train, which was probaly a good move.
I got up on stage to dance during "Passenger" one night at his show. He was naturally as brilliant as ever.

Q: What´s your" relationship" with alcohol these days? Bottle of red sometimes? Case of beer for breakfast? No alcohol at all?

M: No alcohol at all.

Q: Does the names DOGS DÁMOUR&TYLA say anything to you?

M: Yes - Alcohol.

Q: What about reading?!Do you maybe read novels?short-stories?poetry? (tulix mun `kaikki unelmat samassa pullossa`koskaan perille?) Any favourite authors?!

M: I used to read more in the past. Nowadays mainly Rock'n'Roll books. The latest: Michael Bruce - the true story behind the Alice Cooper Band, "No More Mr. Nice Guy".
Jim Morrison, Anthony Burgess, William Burroughs...

Q: OK...when am i gonna play "Can´t put your arms around a memory" acousticly together with you here in Oulu at your gig ??? !!! ( i mean this man !!! )( ...yes,se ois makeeta !)

M: I don't know. When did I agree to do this?

Comments: HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU AND JUDE !
LOTS OF LOVE !****
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

M: Thanxxx! Lots Of Love To You.

From A.

Q: Could you tell me something about Hanoi Rocks before Any & Sam joined in? Like, who were in the original line-up, How many gigs did you play, where, etc...?

M: Me and Nasty + Guitarist Stefan Piesnack, Bassist Nedo & drummer Peki. We did maybe 7 or 8, maybe 10 gigs altogether in Finland. Two of them at The Tavastia Club in Helsinki where Zeppo Vesterinen saw us and wanted to start managing us, which eventually he did. Stefan had this shady kinda character being pals with him and acting, or trying to act as a manager booking some dodgy gigs. Them two used to sit in the front seat of the van smoking their hash and snubbing the rest of us! I wasn't gonna watch that for long and after the second gig at Tavastia I fired everyone, except Nasty.

From Orpana

Q: Oletko levyttänyt ennen Hanoi Rocksia? Esim. Löytyykö Maukka Perusjäkän levyiltä sinun saksofi?

M: No I did not record before Hanoi. I don't play sax on "Maukka Perusjätkä" record.

Q: Oletko nykyään missään tekemisissä Axl Rosen kanssa?

M: I haven't been in touch with Axl for quite a while.

Q: Paljon levyjäsi on myyty maailmanlaajuisesti?

M: I don't know how many records I've sold altogether in the world. I would guess, with Hanoi included at least a half a million or so.

Q: Miksei uudesta lyvystäsi ole sinkkuja?

M: Why aren't there any singles off my new album. Because they're all singles, too hard to pick! (Ha ha - I'm joking.)
Ask my record label.

Q: Mikä on paras keikkapaikka Suomessa?

M: Best venue in Finland maybe "Tavastia" or "Nosturi" in Helsinki.

From Jani

Q: MITÄ TULEVAISUUDEN SUUNNITELMIA SULLA ON?

M: Future plans?
I never planned anything in my life!
Well, a Spanish tour this month and a U.S. tour is in the works...

Q: PIDÄTKÖ MITÄÄN YHTEYTTÄ VANHOIHIN HANOI KAVEREIHIN?

M: I don't keep in touch much with my old "Hanoi pals".

Q: IKIMUISTOISIN TYÖTOVERSI?

M: My most memorable collaborator would have to be Stiv Bators.

Q: AIJOTKO ASUA LOPUN IKÄSI SUOMESSA JA HEITÄÄ NOITA PIKKUKEIKKOJA VAI HAAVEILETKO VIELÄ SUURESTA MENESTYKSESTÄ?

M: I don't know if I'm going to stay in Finland indefinitely.
I don't just do "little gigs" for your informatino.
No I don't dream about huge success. To me success is what I am doing already: doing what I love without compromise and making a living...

Q: MITÄ OLISIT TEHNYT TOISIN URALLASI JOS SINULLA OLISI SIIHEN MAHDOLLISUUS?

M: What would I have done differently in my career if I had a chance? Well you can't change the past and everything happens for a reason... So I have no regrets.

Comments: Keep Rockin´....

M: You know it! Thank You.

From KENNY

Q: What songs do you like to play live the most ?

M: I like "Nothing's Alright", "Dysfunctional", "Relationshipwrecked", "Make It Go Away", "Life Gets You Dirty", "No Menas No", "I Wanna Be Loved", "Loneliness Loves Me More", "Ain't It Fun", "Machine Gun Etiquette", "Not Fakin' It", "Nights Are So Long" to name a few of my Live Faves.

Q: On scale 1 to 10 , what is the chance you will ever play in Houston Texas?

M: Maybe 7 or 8?

Q: Do you collect Stuff yourself from Hanoi rocks like posters , books,
shirts etc , and if you do how big is your collection ?

M: I've kept a bunch of stuff over the years but I've also sold a lot of my precious things... A lot of them to Mr. Kalevi Haanpää in Finland. He must have an amazing collection by now. I've kept most tour books and press and I have a lot of photos & stuff.

Q: Dream of mine would be to meet you and recieve a Harmonica , Who do you dream of meeting and what special item would you like from them?

M: No one in particular I can think of in the Rock world but I'd be glad to meet you and most likely give you harp as well, in order to realize your dream. Im makes me happy if I can make people happy.

Comments: Micheal .. I always figured somewhere down the line i'd have chance to meet you . its Been 28 years and i still havent given up . But in case i never get the chance i'd like to take this oppertunity to say what i would of said to you , and that is simply "Thanks". Your music has entertained and inspired me throughout the years and collecting memorbilia from your career has given me hobbie i truely enjoy . thanx 4 being a Rock n Roll Idol a kid could grow up with and still be a fan of because you kept true to yourself and the fans and didnt stray away from what you do best .. Entertain

M: Thank YOU so much. I hope to see you down the road!

To be continued...