Thursday, January 30
Doors 7pm / Show 7:30pm
__ $25 to $40
18+ SHOW / ID REQUIRED
THE 69 EYES
WEBSITE [http://69eyes.com/]
FACEBOOK [http://www.facebook.com/the69eyes]
TWITTER [http://twitter.com/69eyesofficial]
INSTAGRAM [http://www.instagram.com/the69eyesofficial]
Conceived in Finland in 1989, dark rockers THE 69 EYES have come a
long way and shaped the genre of ‘Goth ‘n’ Roll’ like no
other. With several platinum-selling albums like _Blessed
Be_ and _Paris Kills_ released around the millennium, the quintet
not only reached #1 of the single and album charts in their home
country of Finland, but also plunged the world into their sinful
cosmos of love, death and eternal melancholy and outlived any other
band emerging from the goth hype of the early 2000s.
By developing their sound further into sleaze rock
on _Devils_ (2004) and _Angels_ (2007) and not shying away from
pitch black Elvis allusions in singer Jyrki 69’s majestic dark voice
and unique dance moves, the band established their worldwide following
by relentlessly touring Europe, America, Asia and Australia. And while
the concept of time seems to play no role in the life of vampires, the
year 2019 marks a reason to celebrate and blow out more candles on the
cake than most other bands will ever be able to see flickering in
front of their eyes. It’s time for the 30th anniversary of THE 69
EYES – and of course they prepared something special from the damp
cold of their crypts:
“Ever since the first rehearsals I felt that we had something
magical coming”, singer Jyrki 69 contemplates. “And the nickname
of the band – The Helsinki Vampires – does us justice. We’re the
band that time forgot. We’re the band that refuses to die. We’re
the band that refuses to change members. In all these years, we never
saw a reason to stop. After our first 10 years, people have asked us
how long we think we can keep this going… then again after our 20th
anniversary. But we’re still here! And this is how rock’n’roll
works: If you get it right, it keeps you going forever”.
Leaving their dreams behind has never been an option for THE 69 EYES
and their new anniversary album, _West End_ has a truly apocalyptic
taste to it and it seems that vocalist Jyrki, guitarists Bazie and
Timo-Timo, bassist Archzie and drummer Jussi 69 are more alive than
ever, while dancing in the ruins of our world: “The title _West
End_ evokes a dark image – when something dies, something new takes
its place and we all have to change in order to stay alive. I feel
like this planet is at a turning point. The end of the western world
is near and the question is: What will happen when the west ends..?
The title has multiple meanings for us… but be assured it has
definitely nothing to do with The Pet Shop Boys or London”, he
laughs.
Having been together for 30 years now, spending over half of their
lives as a well-established team, the band refuses to recycle their
sound over and over again and show no signs of slowing down in tempo.
Therefore most of the songs on their 12th studio piece _West
End_ are up-tempo rock anthems full of heaviness, black memento mori
moments and dark humour: “At the moment I would say it’s the best
record that THE 69 EYES have ever done and if you’ve been avoiding
us till now, it’s about time to check us out and this is a good
album to start with. It’s a modern rock’n’roll record, fitting
for 2019.”
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