In the States I can just walk around but people do always come up and go вЂYou are somebody arenвЂ™t you?! You look like youвЂ™re famous, like a rock star.вЂ™ And I just say вЂYeah, well IвЂ™m a rockerвЂ™. If I start signing stuff there, thereвЂ™s going to be a queue before long. I get recognized a lot there, but what I do is sign cards ahead of time so I can hand them out to people as autographs so it takes less time. вЂњI donвЂ™t feel the need to trade anything. When asked if he would trade his fame in Finland for more global recognition, Monroe is adamant: вЂњI wouldnвЂ™t trade anything for anything. He also holds a strict no regrets policy and happily resigns himself to the hand he was dealt. But that is the only understated thing about him.

In that way he is a typical, understated Finn. Monroe is still a bundle of energy he speaks very matter-of-factly and does not betray noticeable nostalgia or affection in his voice when talking about Finland. Hanoi and Monroe are the example and the standard set for any budding musicians keen to escape the countryвЂ™s cold climate and the small club circuit. Frontman Michael Monroe is the elder statesman of rock & roll in his home country, heвЂ™s a national institution. Even though the beast had its head cut off before it could conquer the world, Hanoi Rocks were the first rock band coming out of Finland to reach really dizzy heights.

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