![]() Speaking of Hanoi Rocks, what are your thoughts on the love the HBO Max series Peacemaker has shown the band? There has been at least a couple Hanoi songs featured on the show, and the main character even talks about how much he likes the band. And also, he's the best rock ‘n’ roll bass player on the planet at the moment, so definitely worth holding on to. He’s just a great guy and we’re the best of friends. Everything we've done together has always been successful and fun and really worked out cool, from Hanoi Rocks to Demolition 23 to my solo stuff. Monroe: We grew up together and we have a connection, you know? We’re just like brothers. Why are you two still so simpatico after all this time? You and Sami Yaffa have a long history dating back to the Hanoi Rocks days. Within two days we had the solo and it was great. I said, “Like, now.” And he said okay, he’ll see if he can carve out a day for it. ![]() I emailed him the song and said, “Would you like to play a solo on this track? It's going to be the title track of my new album.” He said he’d love to do it, but he’s really busy, and when do I need it by. He hadn't played on the past four albums before this one, and I thought it would be a cool idea. The song “Live Too Fast to Die Young” is about reinventing an old cliché – it fits me perfectly. Monroe: Well, the title of the album, I just turned 60 and it's too late to die young anymore. How did Slash get involved on the title track? The kind of record you want to hear again after it’s over. It has a lot of dynamics, and 11 songs is the perfect amount. The sound, the whole production, turned out really good. We did go to a new studio, new surroundings, a new engineer I've never worked with before, and it was a conscious risk. But the album, it just fell perfectly in place.
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