HANOI ROCKS frontman Michael Monroe and Jyrki 69 (vocals) and Jussi 69 (drums) from THE 69 EYES will take part in a signing session on December 4 at Nokia Store (Aleksanterinkatu 46) in Helsinki, Finland.

Monroe recently joined forces with Jyrki 69 and Jussi 69, underground legend Adam Bomb (guitar), WARRIOR SOUL's Kory Clarke (backing vocals) and BACKYARD BABIES' Dregen (guitar) to form the Pirates Of The Baltic Sea, "an anarchistic environmental movement" to save The Baltic Sea, one the most polluted seas in the world.

"Operaatio Maa" (Operation Earth), a new series which aired in November on Finnish TV, featured three separate teams with different environmental causes. Jyrki 69 and Jussi 69 formed one of the teams that manned the barricades for saving the Baltic Sea: they formed Pirates Of The Baltic Sea and invited everyone aboard the ship that sails under the green Jolly Roger.

Monroe joined the Pirates and created a powerful, anthemic call to arms that aims to wake people up from their apathy and to take action: every single living soul CAN take part in saving the Baltic Sea. Michael Monroe has always been an actively aware person, even back in the day: in the '80s he participated in the Sun City project, which was Bruce Springsteen's and Little Steven's worldwide musical protest against apartheid. Besides singing the song along with a bunch of other international rock stars, Michael Monroe can be seen in the legendary Sun City music video.

With the song "Pirates Of The Baltic Sea", Michael Monroe appears at his most aggressive, and punky for quite some while.

A music video for "Pirates Of The Baltic Sea" — directed by Tuukka Temonen — was shot a short while ago on the Baltic Sea aboard the marine research vessel Aranda and can be viewed below.

For more information, visit www.piratesofthebalticsea.fi.