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Michael Monroe
1987
Keep It Up / It's A Lie 7" (Yahoo! YAHOOS 6)
She's No Angel / Keep It Up –promo 7" (Yahoo!/H.I.T. Avenue 07HA-1008 - with booklet and stickers)
She's No Angel / Keep It Up 7" (Nippon Phonogram 07HA-1008 - obviously same as above)
Nights Are So Long / Too Rich To Be Good –promo 7" (Yahoo!/H.I.T. Avenue 07HA-1011 - with two booklets and a sticker)
Nights Are So Long / Too Rich To Be Good 7" (Nippon Phonogram 07HA-1011- obviously same as above)
Hot Rocks -compilation, song “It`s A Lie” lp (Amulet WISH 22)
Nights Are So Long
Yahoo LP 105, Finland, 1987
Produced by Craig Goetsch & Michael Monroe
Line-up:
Michael Monroe: vocals, sax, harmonica, guitar, percussion
Phil "Wildman" Grande: lead-, rhythm-, acoustic- and 12-string guitars
Klyph Black: bass, slide guitar, backing vocals
Peter Clemente: drums, percussion, backing vocals
Ian Hunter: piano
T.V. Lee: rhythm guitar
Yul Vaz: additional guitar on "She's No Angel" and "Too Rich To Be Good"
Rob Sabino: keyboards on "It's A Lie"
Tony Mercadente: backing vocals, fretless bass on "It's A Lie"
Tracks:
She's No Angel / Million Miles Away / Shake Some Action / It's A Lie / Highschool / Nights Are So Long / Can't Go Home Again / Too Rich To Be Good / You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory / Keep It Up
Nights Are So Long –album lp (H.I.T. Avenue 28HB-2042 - with lyrics)
Nights Are So Long –album ? (Mercury)
Keep It Up / It's A Lie –promo 7" (Polarvox Promo 3)
Dead, Jail Or Rock'n'Roll / Shakedown 7" (Vertigo VER 45 876192-7)
Dead, Jail Or Rock'n'Roll / Shakedown mc (Vertigo VERMC 45)
Dead, Jail Or Rock'n'Roll / Shakedown 7" (Mercury 876192-7)
1989
Dead, Jail Or Rock'n'Roll / Shakedown 7" (Mercury 876192-7 - different cover on the German edition)
Dead, Jail Or Rock'n'Roll / Shakedown cds (Mercury PPDS-15)
Dead, Jail Or Rock'n'Roll / Shakedown / Thrill Me 12" (Vertigo VERXP 45 876193-1)
Dead, Jail Or Rock'n'Roll / Shakedown / Thrill Me 12" (Vertigo VERXP 45 876529-1 - poster cover)
Dead, Jail Or Rock'n'Roll / Shakedown / Thrill Me cds (Vertigo 876 193-2)
Not Fakin' It –promo cds (Polygram Records CDP 107 – 3 - digi pack, songs: "Dead Jail Or Rock'N'Roll", " While You Were Looking At Me" and "Not Fakin' It")
Man With No Eyes –promo cds (Polygram Records CDP193)
Not Fakin' It
Polygram Records/ Vertigo 836 627-1
Polygram Records/ Vertigo 836 627-4i
Nippon Phonogram PPD 2007 - digi pack + booklet
Not Fakin' It –promo (Nippon Phonogram PPD-1045 - ten tracks)
Polygram PPD 2007, Japan, 1990. (cd with lyrics & pics)
Released 1989
Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York
Produced by Michael Frondelli
Michael Monroe: vocals, harmonica
Phil Grande: guitars
Nasty Suicide: guitars
Jimmy Ripp: guitars
Anton Fig: drums
John Regan: bass
Sue Hadjopoulos: percussion, tambourine
Little Steven: backing vocals
Holly Vincent: backing vocals
Ian Hunter: piano
Mark Rivera: saxophones
Thommy Price: drums
Ed Roynesdal: keyboards
Kenny Aaronson: bass
Suha Gur, Dave Hansen, Stephen Innocenzi, Brian Sperber, Kim Lesley, Nicole Hart, Gennaro: backing vocals
Tracks:
Dead, Jail Or Rock'n'Roll / She's No Angel / Not Fakin' It / Man With No Eyes / Smoke Screen / While You Were Looking At Me / All Night With The Lights On / Shakedown / Love Is Thicker Than Blood / Thrill Me
1990
While You Were Looking At Me / Love Is Thcker Than Blood / Dead, Jail Or Rock'N'Roll / Not Fakin' It (live) cds (Polygram Records CDP224 - four track promo with special cover)
Man With No Eyes / Dead, Jail Or Rock'n'Roll 7" (Vertigo VERP 46 876996-7 - poster cover)
Man With No Eyes / Dead, Jail Or Rock'n'Roll mc (Vertigo VERMC 46, 1990)
Man With No Eyes / Dead, Jail Or Rock'n'Roll 7" (Mercury 8767387)
Man With No Eyes / Dead, Jail Or Rock'n'Roll 7" (Mercury 876738-7, different cover on the German edition)
Man With No Eyes / Not Fakin' It (live) cds (Nippon Phonogram PHDR-4)
Man With No Eyes / Dead, Jail Or Rock'n'Roll / Love Is Thicker Than Blood / She's No Angel 12- (Vertigo VERX 46 876739-1)
Man With No Eyes / Dead, Jail Or Rock'n'Roll / Love Is Thicker Than Blood / She's No Angel 12- (Vertigo VERX 46 876739-1, pink vinyl)
Man With No Eyes / Dead, Jail Or Rock'n'Roll / Love Is Thicker Than Blood / She's No Angel cds (Vertigo VERCD 46 876739)
She's No Angel / Not Fakin' It cds (Nippon Phonogram PPDS-20)
High Voltage compilation cd (West W WW1 HV 90-10 - double-album, includes among others Michael's 20 min radio concert)
1996 Peace Of Mind
Poko Records POKOCD 185, Finland
Mercury PHCR-1457 - with a sticker tattoo)
Event Records SPV 085-60172, two bonus tracks, 1999
Svart Records SRE229, 2LP, bonus disc with demo versions, liner notes by Ari Väntänen, limited to 500 copies, 2017.
Produced by Michael Monroe
Mixed by T.T. Oksala & Michael Monroe
Engineered by T.T. Oksala
Recorded and mixed at Finnvox Studios, except for "Peace Of Mind"; recorded & mixed by Michael Monroe at home
Michael Monroe: rhythm and lead guitars, bass, vocals, harmonica, saxophone, flute
Jimmy Clark: drums, backing vocals
Olli Hildén: 2nd rhythm guitar
T.T. Oksala: acoustic guitar
Jude Wilder: backing vocals
Tracks:
Where's The Fire John? / Make It Go Away / Machine Gun Etiquette / Always Right / Relationshipwrecked / Loneliness Loves Me More / Kick Out The Jams / Not Anymore / Rentfree / Peace Of Mind
1999 Life Gets You Dirty
Steamhammer SVP GmbH, SPV 085-21522, Germany Steamhammer SPV CRCL-4735
Produced by Michael Monroe
Mixed by Dan Tigerstedt and Michael Monroe, except "Life Gets You Dirty" and "Little Troublemaker" by Michael Monroe and TT
Recorded, mixed and mastered in Finland, spring/summer 1999
Michael Monroe: vocals, all guitars, piano, harmonica, saxophone, tambourine
Pete: drums, background vocals
Jari: bass, background vocals on "If The World Don't Want Me
Jude Wilder: background vocals
Tracks:
Life Gets You Dirty / Just Because You're Paranoid / Since When Did You Care / Self Destruction Blues / Always Never Again / Go Hard / I Send You Back / What's With The World / Love And Light / If The World Don't Want Me / Little Troublemaker / Not Bad For A White Boy / No Means No
2002 Take Them and Break Them
Crown, Japan
Tracks:
Take Them And Break Them / Backbiter / Make It Go Away (Live) / Where's The Fire John? (Live) / Just Because Your Paranoid (Live) / Relationshipwrecked (Live)
2003 Whatcha Want
Steamhammer SPV 085-74732
Tracks:
Do Anything You Wanna Do / Right Here Right Now / Stranded / I Won't Lie Down and Die / Shattered Smile / What Love Is / Rumour Sets the Woods Alright / Germ Free Adolescents / Life's a Bitch and Then You Live / Telephone Bill Is All Mine / Jimmy Brown / Identity / Hey Thats No Way to Say Goodbye
2010 Another Night In the Sun: Live in Helsinki
Spinefarm Records
Recorded Live at Tavastia Club, Helsinki, Finland in 6th June 2010.
Line-up:
Michael Monroe - vocals, harmonica, sax
Sami Yaffa - bass, vocals
Ginger - guitar, vocals
Steve Conte - guitar, vocals
Karl Rockfist - drums, vocals
Tracks:
Nothin's Alriright / Motorvatin' / Hammersmith Palais / You're Next / Not Fakin' It / Dysfunctional / I Wanna Be Love / Love Song / Machine Gun Etiquette / Motorheaded For A Fall / Back To Mystery City / Malibu Beach Nightmare / Dead Jail Or Rock'N'Roll / Ain't Nothin' To Do
1970
2011 Sensory Overdrive
Spinefarm Records
2 x vinyl, gatefold, yellow & black, booklet, poster. Svart Records – SRE607LP, 2022
Produced by Jack Douglas
Recorded in Los Angeles
Line-up:
Michael Monroe - vocals, harmonica, sax
Sami Yaffa - bass, vocals
Ginger - guitar, vocals
Steve Conte - guitar, vocals
Karl Rockfist - drums, vocals
Guest stars:
Lemmy Kilmister (Debauchery as a Fine Art)
Lucinda Williams (Gone Baby Gone)
Tracks:
Trick of the Wrist / '78 / Got Blood? / Superpowered Superfly / Modern Day Miracle / Bombs Away / All You Need / Later Won't Wait /
Gone Baby Gone / Center of Your Heart / Debauchery as a Fine Art
2013
Spinefarm Records
Line-up
Michael Monroe - vocals, harmonica, sax
Sami Yaffa - bass, vocals
Steve Conte - guitar, vocals
Dregen - guitar, vocals
Karl Rockfist - drums, vocals
Guests:
Zia Conte: vocals
Christian Casagrande: vocals
Tracks:
TNT Diet / Ballad of the Lower East Side / Eighteen Angels / Saturday Night Special / Stained Glass Heart / Horns and Halos / Child of Revolution / Soul Surrender / Half the Way / Ritual / Hands Are Tied
(Special edition with tracks: Happy Never After / Don't Block the Sun)
2015
Blackout States
Spinefarm Records
Produced by Chips Kiesbye
Recorded in Gothenburg, Sweden
Line-up:
Michael Monroe - vocals, harmonica, sax
Sami Yaffa - bass, vocals
Rich Jones - guitar, vocals
Steve Conte - guitar, vocals
Karl Rockfist - drums, vocals
Tracks:
This Ain't No Love Song / Old King's Road / Goin' Down With The Ship / Keep Your Eye On You / The Bastard's Bash / Good Old Bad Days / R.L.F. / Blackout States / Under The Northern Lights / Permanent Youth / Dead Hearts On Denmark Street / Six Feet In The Ground / Walk Away
2019
One Man Gang
ADA/Silver Lining Music
Produced by Michael Monroe, Rich Jones and Steve Conte
Recorded in Sipoo, Finland
Line-up:
Michael Monroe - vocals, harmonica, sax
Sami Yaffa - bass, vocals
Rich Jones - guitar, vocals
Steve Conte - guitar, vocals
Karl Rockfist - drums, vocals
Guest artists:
Nasty Suicide - lead guitars on Wasted Years
Captain Sensible - lead guitars on One Man Gang
Eicca Toppinen - cello on Low Life In High Places
Tero Saarti - trumpet on Heaven Is Free State
Tracks:
One Man Gang / Last Train to Tokyo / Junk Planet / Midsummer Nights / The Pitfalls of Being an Outsider / Wasted Years / In the Tall Grass / Black Ties And Red Tape / Hollywood Paranoia / Heaven is a Free State / Helsinki Shakedown / Low Life in High Places
2022
I Live Too Fast To Die Young!
Silver Lining Music, 2022, SLM112P42
Recorded & mixed by Erno "Error" Laitinen @ Inkfish Studios
Produced by Erno "Error" Laitinen, Michael Monroe, Rich Jones, Sami Yaffa, Steve Conte and Karl Rockfist
Line-up:
Michael Monroe – vocals, harmonica, sax
Steve Conte – guitar, vocals
Rich Jones – guitar, vocals
Karl Rockfist – drums, vocals
Sami Yaffa – bass, vocals
Guest artists:
Slash – guitars & guitar solo on I Live Too Fast To Die Young
Lenni-Kalle Taipale – piano on Antisocialite & Can’t Stop Falling Apart
Suvi Aalto & Astrid Nicole – backing vocals on Can’t Stop Falling Apart & Murder The Summer Of Love
Neil Leyton – backing vocals on Everybody’s Nobody, Murder The Summer Of Love & All Fighter
Tracks:
Murder The Summer Of Love / Young Drunks & Old Alcoholics / Derelict Palace / All Fighter / Everybody’s Nobody / Antisocialiten / Can’t Stop Falling Apart / Pagan Prayer / No Guilt / I Live Too Fast To Die Young / Dearly Departed
*****
JERUSALEM SLIM
Mercury PHCR-33 - with booklet
Polygram 514 680-2, Japan, 1992
Released 1992
Produced by Michael Wagener
Tracks 10 & 11 produced by Michael Monroe & Steve Stevens
Line-up:
Micheal Monroe: vocals, harmonica, saxophone, guitar, piano
Steve Stevens: guitars, bass
Sam Yaffa: bass
Greg Ellis: drums
Ian McLagen: piano
Tracks:
Rock'n'Roll Degeneration / Dead Man / Attitude Adjustment / Hundred Proof Love / Criminal Instinct / Lethal Underground / Teenage Nervous Breakdown / Gotta Get A Hold / The World Is Watching / Rock'n'Roll Degeneration (demo) / Teenage Nervous Breakdown (demo) / Scum Lives On
DEMOLITION 23.
Nothin's Alright / Endangered Species cds (Renegade Nation PHDR-908, 1994)
Demolition 23.
Music For Nations CDMFN 176, 1994
Renegade Nation PHCR-1260 - digi pack + booklet
Wicked Cool Records WKC-93822-1, blue vinyl, gatefold, demo tracks, 2022
Wicked Cool Records WKC-93823-2, CD, demo tracks, 2022
Released 1994
Recorded at Power Station Studios, New York
Produced by Little Steven
Line-up:
Michael Monroe: vocals, harmonica
Sam Yaffa: bass, backing vocals
Jay Hening: guitars, backing vocals
Jimmy Clark: drums, backing vocals
Additional musicians:
Little Steven: backing vocals
Kory Clarke: backing vocals
Jude Wilder: backing vocals
Tracks:
Nothing's Alright / Hammersmith Palais / The Scum Lives On / Dysfunctional / Ain't Nothin' To Do / I Wanna Be Loved / You Crucified Me / Same Shit Different Day / Endangered Species / Deadtime Stories
GUEST APPEARANCES
FALLEN ANGELS
1984 Amphetamine Blue / He"s A Rebel 7" (Fallout Records FALL 0022)
1984 Inner Planet Love / Precious Heart 7" (Fallout Records FALL 027)
1984 Inner Planet Love / Precious Heart / Partners In Crime / Houston Tower / Dagger In My Heart 12" (Fallout Records FALL 12 027)
1984 Fallen Angels –album lp (Fallout Records FALL LP23)
1984 Fallen Angels –album lp (Fallout Records FALL CLP 23 - cassette has one bonus track "He's A Rebel")
1990 Fallen Angels –album cd (Mercury PHCR-1011)
1999 Fallen Angels –album cd (Cleopatra Records CLEO 501- different songs)
1999 Fallen Angels –album cd (Raw Power Records RP-005 - different songs)
LONDON COWBOYS
1984 London Cowboys Tall In The Saddle –album lp (Underdog 66.136 - Michael plays saxophone)
1986 Dance Crazy / Bleed Me 12" (Radio Active HORN 2.12 - Michael plays saxophone)
1986 Long Time Coming –album lp (Radio Active HORN 1 - Michael plays saxophone)
1992 Wow! Wow! Oui!! Oui!! –album (Skydog 62249-2 - Michael plays saxophone)
ARTISTS AGAINST APARTHEID
1985 Sun City / Not Far Away 7" (Manhattan / EMI MT 7)
1985 Sun City / Not Far Away 12" (Manhattan / EMI)
1985 Sun City -album lp (Manhattan / EMI MTL 1001)
JOHNNY THUNDERS
1985 Que Sera, Sera –album lp (Jungle FREUD 9)
1985 Que Sera, Sera –album lp (Jungle FREUD 9 - pink vinyl)
1985 Que Sera, Sera –album lp (Jungle FREUD P9 - picture vinyl)
1986 Que Sera, Sera –album cd (Jungle FREUD 9 - two bonus tracks)
1994 Que Sera, Sera –album cd (Jungle FREUD CD04 - three bonus tracks)
1987 Que Sera, Sera / Short Lives / I Only Wrote This Song For You 12- (Jungle JUNG 33T)
GUNS N' ROSES
1991 Use Your Illusion I –album lp (Geffen Records GEF 24415 - Michael on song "Bad Obsession")
1991 Use Your Illusion I –album cd (Geffen Records GEF 24415 - Michael on song "Bad Obsession")
1993 Ain't It Fun –promo cds (Geffen Records, PRO-CD-4579 - Michael on song "Ain't It Fun")
1993 Ain't It Fun / Down On The Farm / Attitude cds (Geffen Records 21871 - Michael Michael on song "Ain't It Fun)
1993 The Spaghetti Incident? –album lp (Geffen Records GED 24617 - Michael on song "Ain't It Fun", orange vinyl)
1993 The Spaghetti Incident? –album cd (Geffen Records GED 24617- Michael on song "Ain't It Fun")
???? Get In The Ring Motherf**ker - Round II - live at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, England, May 29 & 30th, 1993 cd (Bootleg - Michael on song "Honky Tonk Women")
SLASH AND MICHAEL MONROE
1993 Magic Carpet Ride cds (Warner Bros. WPDP-6336 - Michael on song "Magic Carpet Ride")
1993 Coneheads –soundtrack cd (Warner Bros. WB9362-45345-2 - Michael on song "Magic Carpet Ride")
ALISON GORDY -BLONDE AND BLUE-
1993 Mad As Hell –album cd (Private release)
WARRIOR SOUL
1993 Chill Pill –album cd (Geffen Records - Michael on songs "Ha Ha Ha" ja "High Road")
COMPILATIONS
1994 I Only Wrote This Song For You –Thunders –tribute cd (TKCB 70191- Michael on songs "Disappointed In You", "So Alone" and "Just Another Girl")
1994 I Only Wrote This Song For You –Thunders –tribute cd (Castle Communications, ESSCD 223 - Michael on songs "Disappointed In You", "So Alone" and "Just Another Girl", one bonus track)
JOHNNY THUNDERS AND JERRY NOLAN
1997 Countdown Love / Countdown Love 7 - (SuckSex Sex13 - Michael on background vocals)
BACKYARD BABIES
1998 Highlights cds (MVG Records MVGCDS53 - Michael on song "Rocker")
BOOTLEGS
1998 J.S Demos cd (?)
19?? Dead, Jail Or Rock'N'Roll cd (DGCD 028)
1993 MM At The Whiskey cd (Klondyke Records KR 003)
1990 Lookin' At You cd (? - two gigs in Japan)
1990 Rip It Up cd (? - two gigs in Japan)
