Biography

"Sleazy Goth'n'Roll from HELLsinki, Finland. Balling the Gothic Girls in the motherf**king Matrix and riding out of the town with the tail lights flashing... Yeah... The 69 Eyes... Beware... Be blessed. "

For the whole biography visit the official homepage:
www.69eyes.com

Here are some facts:

Early 1990's 5 guys want to play in a band and maybe choose the hardest and best way of their life. The life as a Rock'n'Roll star...
19 90 First single release: ' Sugarman '
19 92 First album: ' Bump'n'Grind '
< for whole Discography click here>
1992 - 1997 Lots of records , tours (in Sweden, Italy, U.K.), chaos.
19 97 Dark industrial rock version of Blondie's ' Call Me
1999 First international release ' Wasting the Dawn '. New music style:t Goth'n'Roll -
The unique mixture of Gothic Rock with Rock'n'Roll: Success is growing, now the 69 Eyes are known in whole Europe.
Top ten hit : single 'Wasting the Dawn', a tribute to The DOORS' Jim Morisson
Spring 2000 Single: 'Gothic Girl' which changes everything. The single is months on the
Single Top 10 in Finland and on the Finnish national radio's playlist. 'Gothic Girl' brings the first gold record to the band.
09 /20 00 Short tour in Germany (based on Wasting the Dawn); also a show on the M'era Luna Festival
End of 2000 Second single from the album 'Blessed Be': Brandon Lee It stayed 14 weeks in the Finnish Top 20 one of the most requested videos in the German music channel VIVA 2
02 / 2001 The Chair (3rd single) No. 2 on Finnish Single Charts
05 / 20 01 Tour in Germany as support of Paradise Lost (also shows where only The 69 Eyes played) 4th Single from 'Blessed Be': Stolen Season
Summer 2001 Some shows in European Summer Festival season on big festivals like M'era Luna Festival (15 000 people) in September
10 / 2001 Band goes back to studio with Johnny Lee Michaels to record their new album coming out in Spring 2002.
12 /2001 First single from the upcoming new album 'Paris Kills' released: Dance d'Amour . Let the love play... 5 weeks number one in the Finnish single and radio Charts; gold-status.
05 /20 02 The new album 'Paris Kills' comes out, the 3rd and last part of a trilogy that began with 'Wasting the Dawn'.
20 02 New album 'Paris Kills' is out..... 'music for the masses'    Lots of success.
10 / 2002 Big tour in Germany* / Europe    ( * with 'Sulpher' as support).
11 / 2002 Tour in Finland
01 / 2003 New Single: 'Crashing high' from 'Paris kills' is released. September 03: Release of 'Framed in Blood: The very blessed of The 69 Eyes' (Best-of-CD) and the new DVD: 'Helsinki Vampires'
06 / 2004 'Lost Boys', the new single. The 69 Eyes are signed to EMI/Virgin. 'Lost Boys' is number one in the Finnish Single Charts.
Halloween 2004 Release of the new album 'DEVILS'.
Gold status.
2005 Re-release of the Japan-release 'Motor City Resurrection' (1994) with 8 bonus tracks. Festivals and show all over the year.
2006 First US-Tour, Devils releases in the US.
01 /2007 Second US-Tour
03 / 2007 'Angels' - the new album. "Made of Decadence, Apocalypse and lots of sex'.
Spring 2007 European Tour.
Summer / Fall 2007 Tour in Europe and Us.
Fall 2007 Release of the Angels/Devils 2 CD-Box + DVD in the USA.
01 / 2008 Release of the first live album 'Live at the Whisky A Go Go' in Finland.

 

 

   
 


The new album 'Angels'
Out now!