Michael Monroe cancels tour w/Buckcherry

[FreddyFender]

I bought Mystery City at some point in the 90s because they got name-dropped so much in the magazines back in the day and I'd never really checked them out.

It sounded like Aldo Nova without good songs.

[Love_Industry]

It sounded like Aldo Nova without good songs.

Aldo Nova has good songs?

Semi-serious question, i have heard 2-3 Nova albums but can't remember one song. Not awful but very forgettable imo. How on Earth did his s/t go double platinum in the 1990s?

[MetalSludgeCEO]

It sounded like Aldo Nova without good songs.

Aldo Nova has good songs?

Semi-serious question, i have heard 2-3 Nova albums but can't remember one song. Not awful but very forgettable imo. How on Earth did his s/t go double platinum in the 1990s?

""""""""""""How on Earth did his s/t go double platinum in the 1990s?""""""""""""

What release of his went Gold, Platinum or beyond in the 1990's?

According to a quick search... none of it did! And "Blood On The Bricks" had a HUGE push with Bon Jovi involved and it still failed.

By that point Aldo Nova was well past his prime and could not compete with the era's 20-somethings who were selling.

$tEvil

[FreddyFender]

It sounded like Aldo Nova without good songs.

Aldo Nova has good songs?

Semi-serious question, i have heard 2-3 Nova albums but can't remember one song. Not awful but very forgettable imo. How on Earth did his s/t go double platinum in the 1990s?

Fantasy by Aldo Nova was MASSIVE and is still an awesome song, and Monkey On Your Back absolutely rocks too. Never heard anything by Hanoi Rocks that comes close to those.

Anyway, he didn't sell a damn thing by the 90s. I don't know where you're seeing that - maybe that's when his album was officially certified or whatever.

[DonJuanDeMarco]

Aldo Nova wrote and/produced some songs for Celine Dion so if that counts he sold a few million albums.

As for MM, he’s a legend. He just never had that big crossover hit. I like all his records.

[LAglamrocker]

Monroe should have been next singer in Warrant after Black N Warrant era. He would have been happier and more respected. He just needs to tone down aerobic teacher on speed approach style

[Love_Industry]

It sounded like Aldo Nova without good songs.

Aldo Nova has good songs?

Semi-serious question, i have heard 2-3 Nova albums but can't remember one song. Not awful but very forgettable imo. How on Earth did his s/t go double platinum in the 1990s?

Fantasy by Aldo Nova was MASSIVE and is still an awesome song, and Monkey On Your Back absolutely rocks too. Never heard anything by Hanoi Rocks that comes close to those.

Anyway, he didn't sell a damn thing by the 90s. I don't know where you're seeing that - maybe that's when his album was officially certified or whatever.

RIAA certifications for Aldo Nova s/t album:
2x Platinum | December 5, 1994 2 Million
Platinum | February 14, 1989
Gold | May 14, 1982

What this says is that the album released in April 1982 sold 500k in a month, another 500k from 1982 to 1989, and a million between 1989 to 1994. Technically it could have sold a million in 1989 and then got recertified later, but it's not unreasonable to think most of this last million was 1990s sales.

[Bono Nettencourt]

Certifications aren't always linear... he hadn't done anything since '85, so maybe it was triggered by a label ownership change or something, and he was then maybe at ~1.5-1.8. That said, in the early days of CDs it was common for people to rebuy old favorites on CD, and him being on the Young Guns 2 ST and his subsequent JBJ-produced solo album may have goosed sales a bit.