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The Poor (formerly The Poor Boys) are an Australian hard rock band that formed in the mid-1980s in Darwin, Northern Territory. They released a debut album titled Who Cares on 15 March 1994 on the Sony label. Who Cares debuted at #4 on the Australian albums chart. A single from this album, "More Wine Waiter Please", was a top ten hit in Australia and peaked at number 30 in the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. A later single, "Poison" reached #48 on the Australian singles chart. The band also released two EPs, "Rude, Crude and Tattooed" and "Underfed". During the band's prime, they opened for such bands as The Angels, Alice In Chains, AC/DC, Suicidal Tendencies, KISS, Scorpions and Van Halen. Former drummer James Young is the nephew of Angus and Malcolm Young of AC/DC.
The Poor reunited in 2008 to play on an Australia tour with W.A.S.P. and soon after began recording a new album, Round 1, released in mid-2009 by Riot!), composed of older songs not previously released. In January 2010 they played at the Big Day Out on the Gold Coast. On 15 October 2010, the band released Round 2.
