{"id":22537,"date":"2026-09-14T14:08:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T19:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=22537"},"modified":"2026-09-14T14:08:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T19:08:59","slug":"cheetah-chrome-remembered-by-his-friend-michael-monroe-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=22537","title":{"rendered":"CHEETAH CHROME REMEMBERED BY HIS FRIEND MICHAEL MONROE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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photo: Brian Shanley<\/em>

Los Angeles, California:<\/strong>  Although Cheetah Chrome, who passed away on Sunday September 13, is best remembered – and rightfully so!!! – for his peerless performances with the Dead Boys<\/strong>, truly one of New York (and, therefore, the United States)\u2019s most unique and powerful punk bands, his career subsequently saw his razorsharp guitar unleashed alongside a plethora of other artists, from New York Doll<\/strong> Sylvain Sylvain<\/strong> to Jeff Dahl<\/strong>; from 69 Eyes <\/strong>to the UK Subs<\/strong>.

Most recently, however, his focus was on a new album, set to be released next year by Cleopatra Records – a label with which he has been associated for several years, and for whom he opened his archive to reveal some of the most electrifying of all unreleased Dead Boys recordings.  

In that time, he also became one of the label\u2019s dearest and most valued friends, both musically and socially.

For all who knew and loved him, however, his final project might well be his most meaningful, a celebration of the Dead Boys that he summed up just a few months ago, with typical Cheetah economy and humor, by saying, \u201cThe whole thing is PFG\u2026 Pretty Fucking Good.\u201d.  

The album is fronted by a variety of guest singers, including Cheetah as well as Hanoi Rocks frontman Michael Monroe, who gave us thoughts on the legend that was Cheetah, and the music they made together.

\u201cSo sad to hear that the legendary Cheetah Chrome is gone.

\u201cHe was a dear friend and one of the last true Punk Rock\u2019n’Roll icons.

\u201cThe past couple of years I’ve been working with him on a “Dead Boys Celebration\u201d- Album (with Cheetah Chrome & Friends) which is going to be great.  It features some cool guest singers as well as Cheetah and myself on vocals, doing some old Dead Boys & Cheetah stuff and some of Cheetah\u2019s favourite cover songs. 

\u201cThe band featured Clem Burke on drums, Glen Matlock on bass and Cheetah on guitar, with James Williamson guesting on one track on guitar. I guess now that record will be even more significant when it comes out.

\u201cRest in peace, my friend.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

photo: Brian Shanley Los Angeles, California:  Although Cheetah Chrome, who passed away on Sunday September 13, is best remembered – and rightfully so!!! – for his peerless performances with the Dead Boys, truly one of New York (and, therefore, the United States)\u2019s most unique and powerful punk bands, his career subsequently saw his razorsharp guitar unleashed… Read More »CHEETAH CHROME REMEMBERED BY HIS FRIEND MICHAEL MONROE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22539,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22537\/revisions\/22539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}