Michael Monroe

In a perfect world, Michael Monroe would have been one of the leading frontmen of the GÇÿ80s glam metal movement -- leaving most of his unbearable contemporaries in the dust. Born Matti Fagerholm on June 17, 1960, in Helsinki, Finland, Monroe played saxophone with a variety of Finnish bands throughout the late GÇÿ70s before eventually switching to vocals, and helping co-form Hanoi Rocks in 1980. Preceding M+¦tley Cr++e by several years, Hanoi Rocks was one of the first groups in several years to adopt the glam look (something that would become commonplace on L.A.'s Sunset Stri...