![]() ![]() There's nothing cool about dying young or dying in general. You lay it out right there in the title of the album and the title track, "I Live Too Fast to Die Young." Inverting that old cliche for your purposes. There's always room for improvement, which is good because that keeps me hungry. I never get complacent, always try to go for a better performance live, make a better record than the previous one and never get complacent. I mean, I just turned 60, and I don't feel 60. It's no secret that I just love doing what I do, and I always try to do better. When I put this album on for the first time, the only thing I had to ask myself was, "Where did he find this fountain of youth, and where can I find the same one?" Because, my God, you're just rocking your ass off on this record. ![]() Shortly after the release of I Live Too Fast to Die Young , the tireless frontman caught up with UCR to discuss the making of the album, the misconceptions about dying young and his influence on the '80s glam-metal zeitgeist. Monroe relishes the hard-fought consistency and camaraderie of his current band, but comfort doesn't equal complacency, as breathless tracks like "All Fighters" and "Pagan Prayer" demonstrate. Monroe's longtime pal Slash even drops by to lend a solo to the rip-roaring title track. It's his fifth solo LP since 2011 with a mostly consistent backing band, including original Hanoi Rocks (and later New York Dolls) bassist Sami Yaffa and former New York Dolls guitarist Steve Conte. His latest, June's I Live Too Fast to Die Young, is a riotous punk-rock tour de force that finds the 60-year-old Monroe putting his tongue-in-cheek spin on several rock 'n' roll cliches. ![]()
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