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The 69 Eyes Biography
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Source: http://www.poko.fi/69eyes/
Epilogue: Early 1990's Helsinki, Finland. Five guys in Ramones-like black leather jackets have a band called THE 69 EYES. They are VERY loud: Iggy & The Stooges, Motörhead etc. Signed to the indie label Gaga Goodies. Records, tours; even in Sweden, U.K. and Italy; lots of chaos, broken hearts and distortion.
Reputation goes before the band. Fan club in Japan. Dark industrial rock version of Blondie's "Call Me".
More tours. More chaos. No mercy.
"WASTING THE DAWN" was The 69 Eyes's first international release on ROADRUNNER RECORDS. In 1999 with its unique concept of Gothic melancholy mixed with hi-energy rock'n'roll roots of the band, the album not only brought some long-waited fresh blood into the Gothic scene but also launched a new term to the media: GOTH'N'ROLL.
The album's epic melanGothic TOP 10 hit single "WASTING THE DAWN" paid a tribute to The DOORS' Jim Morrison and even had HIM's Ville Valo posing at a snowy cemetery as Mr. Mojo Risin' on its video. The band is said to be the missing link between The Cult and Type O Negative.
In the spring 2000 the band released a single "GOTHIC GIRL" which changed everything. Months on the Singles TOP 10 and on the Finnish national radio's playlists "GOTHIC GIRL" brought the first gold record to the band. Like this gold-gone taster single the highly anticipated new album "BLESSED BE" was produced by JOHNNY LEE MICHAELS who as "the sixth member" of the band did all the arrangements and handles all keyboards and programming on the album as well. As Johnny Lee Michaels has also been known as a film music composer, the present BLESSED soundscape of The 69 Eyes is somewhere between epic and melanGothic yet with vibes of movies "Sleepy Hollow"-meets-"Matrix" - without forgetting the shadows of "The Crow"...
Right after the BLESSED BE sessions in August 2000 The 69 Eyes did their first short WASTING THE DAWN-based German tour which also included a show at the huge Mera Luna Gothic festival. As the support band on this tour was the fast rising Norwegian electro-Goths Zeromancer. The tour closed the first chapter and opened the new one...
"BLESSED BE" was released on the same date in September 2000 as The 69 Eyes got their gold records from the first single of it. The album rose straight to number 4 in the Finnish Album Charts and stayed over month in TOP 10 (3 months in TOP 40).
The second single from the album was "BRANDON LEE" which also became a huge power-play radio hit and the single stayed 14 weeks in TOP 20. In the "GOTHIC GIRL" video the Crow-meets-Matrix like vision featured black Goth-hop dancers in the rubber nun dresses but "BRANDON LEE" with a mid-nightly dark teenage Romeo and Juliet dream was the video which became one the most requested videos for months in the music channel German VIVA2.
The band spent the rest of year touring almost three months in Finland playing sold-out shows everywhere. Still surprised the band was voted in the biggest Finnish music magazine Soundi for NUMBER 1 in the Best Finnish Band, Album and Song categories - actually "Brandon Lee" was number one and "Gothic Girl" number two! Also the biggest German Gothic magazine Orkus, on the cover of which Jyrki was in October issue, voted the Eyes on the tops of the year 2000.
The third BLESSED single and video release was dark and moody "THE CHAIR" which rose straight number 2 on the Finnish Single Charts in February 2001 and continued The 69 Eyes' "hit list" on the airwaves.
The fourth BLESSED single "STOLEN SEASON" was released in May 2001 as the band successfully toured in Germany with Paradise Lost and continued touring through the European summer festival season. The final "Blessed Be" show for was played for mere 15 000 Goths at Germany's M'era Luna festival in September 2001.
In October the band went back to studio with Johnny Lee Michaels to record their follow-up to the gold gone (in Finland) "Blessed Be". The first teaser single from it, "DANCE D'AMOUR" came out in December 2001 and has been number one in both the national radio and singles charts in Finland in January and February 2002 and it went gold again.
PARIS KILLS itself is a majestetic masterpiece from the masterminds of the band and producer Lee Michaels. The band's guitar sound mixed with 80's keyboard sound and classic matured sense of melancholic melodies reaches its peak on the album which is according to the singer Jyrki "made to dance yourself to sleep just before the dawn".
"It was perfect to start recording this album right after playing the final show of the tour in the front of 20 000 goths and have that "gothic for masses" vibe still going on as we worked for the songs," he adds.
Like Depeche Mode's "Violator" PARIS KILLS is THE album for the band. Dark and stylish, some could even call Gothic-AOR, Johnny Lee Michaels' soundscapes and Jyrki's Cash-Orbison-Morrison disciplined vocals with catchy and yet beautiful songs make the midnight be true blue and bright.
It's time to dance into the serious moonlight... |
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soothing | Reviewer: Brenda Rodriguez | 1/28/2008well this band is like sooothing .. reminds me alot of him alot of lots say its Goth Rock but i dunno maybe its their lifestyle and what the wanna be known as like a woman a man a homo etz well i appreciate this band and finally this bio was fixed well its just relaxing to me go check out 3 inches of blood
METAL RISEEEE!!!!!!
songs.... | Reviewer: Alyona | 11/3/2007
I like this band and they're not posers!Some people would never heard this songs and they're telling us about them, that they're not play gothic/punk rock...I think everybody has own interests. I want to associate with confederates from other countries because in my country fans of this band so not many. Generally in me town I don't now people who listening such music...( all boys and girls write me on my e-mail:alyona@kuznetsovsk.org or angelofdeadlove@mail.ru I live in small city Kuznetsovsk,Ukraine
YayFinnishMen | Reviewer: Ale Di Angelo | 10/16/2007
The 69 Eyes are an amazing band. In my town, I'm the youngest person who listens to them. They're amazing.
about the band | Reviewer: matt kelley | 9/20/2007
the69eyesisa cool band my favorite song is perfactskin and lostboys and devils i am going to a concert and the coolest person is jussi the drummer
the 69 eyes | Reviewer: Theres | 5/3/2007
They are an amazing band with some of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard like star of fate ,Ghost,wrap your troubles in dreams and several more.
Bam. | Reviewer: French Miguel | 5/1/2007
Bam Bam Bam Bam Bam Bam Bam! If you people would stop listening to "would-be" good rock, like crapped-ass Disturbed and Stained and shit you would find (literally) an entire world of eclectic music. To proove my point as to the small mindedness of this situation: the only reason you heard of them was because of Viva La Bam, which is as American as a show can get.
So hopefully some of you will look beyond the harshness of these very true words and see that it makes sense.
If you don't know how to find good music (cause you won't find it in F.Y.E.) start google'ing what's on Top Rock Charts in Europe for this month.. last month, last year and so on. And if you make your way out of the states (god forbid) find a metal shop in Wilshire or Denmark or wherever the fuck you wanna go and just start buying shit.
69 eyes | Reviewer: erik | 2/18/2007
The 69 eyes are the most amazing band i have ever witnessed. I hate Bam margera for showing this band to the world on his T.V show. If it wasnt for bam their would be a lot less H.I.M Gwar and 69eyes posers.
the 69 eyes | Reviewer: Chelsea | 11/18/2006
I owe alot to Bam Margera,if I didnt watch I would never of heard H.I.M or the 69 eyes . . .and if not for H.I.M I would never of heard of The Rasmus.Bam is fantastic how he shows all these bands to people and get them into the music they make.
the best | Reviewer: John | 3/19/2006
The 69 Eyes are the greatest band that ever existed! If it weren't for Bam Margera then I wouldn't have heard of them my favorite song is LOST BOYS and is off the DEVILS everyone should go out and buy this CD!!!
....... | Reviewer: Jessey | 12/10/2005
The 69 Eyes are a great band, one of the best I've ever heard.... They are my favorite band... I owe my thanks to Bam Margera cause if I didnt watch his show then I never would of heard of them....... Their music is well, to sum it up in one word awesome....
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