''Street Poetry'' is the Finnish rock band

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's eighth and final studio album. The album reached the top 10 on the Finnish charts, and succeeded very well elsewhere in Europe too. The first single spawned was "

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", and the second was an internet-only single " This One's for Rock'n'Roll". The album's release was celebrated at the

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with three live shows, which were followed by a tour across Scandinavia, England and Japan. The album's title comes from a time when the original Hanoi Rocks were living in London. A drifter was living in the

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-station, where he wrote poems of things he saw. He was called a "Street Poet", and hence the title "Street Poetry". Some reviews said that the album was Hanoi Rocks' first real rock record since the 80's.

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Michael Monroe Matti Antero Kristian Fagerholm (born 17 June 1962), better known by his stage name Michael Monroe, is a Finnish rock musician who rose to fame as the vocalist for the glam punk band Hanoi Rocks, and has served as the frontman for all-star s ...

– lead vocals, saxophone, harmonica, piano *

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– lead guitar, piano, backing vocals * Conny Bloom – rhythm guitar, backing vocals *

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