FEW WORDS AT THE BEGINNING....

This is the official European action started by Bosnian and Croatian The 69 Eyes homepages, that has for its goal a real goth boom in promoting "Angels" album & all other The 69 Eyes releases, gigs, djshows and everything Helsinki Vampires related!!!
We feel The 69 Eyes deserve a true goth'n''roll status everywhere they come, and it's time Europe rises as well!
We ask your cooperation in promotion in European countries, as well as worldwide.
Banners can be used both on websites, myspaces, forums, etc.,...
In addition to our action here, we'd like to extend our sincere graditude to Mirri Music and RockDynasty Promotions, for supporting our idea from the start!
All websites, promoters, media, myspace friends, trig friends, forum goers and all fellow vampires around are more than welcome to join us and exchange banners! For those about to action goth - we salute you!!!

02.01.2008

After more then successful exclusive Croatian promotion, already cult The 69 Eyes' release, "Goth'N'Roll", Croatian webzine for alternative music, Venia-Mag, recommends as the release of December 2008 / January 2009!

Also, vote for your favorite acts of 2008 and win some special Venia prizes!

Find more at: www.venia-mag.net!

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Jyrki69 and Jussi69 teamed up on Finnish TV Channel 4 - Nelonen for an environmental reality TV show "Operaatio Maa" (Operation Earth), for six weekly episodes from November to December 2008. Now you can watch it worldwide through Nelonen streaming by clicking here!

Also, visit Pirates of the Baltic Sea! And don't forget – fight for what you love!

EXCLUSIVE "GOTH'N'ROLL" PROMO PARTY
 "KINO UNA", BIHAĆ, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
 12TH DECEMBER 2008

It's going to be a night of Halloween quality...
"Goth'N'Roll", a deadly, bloody grimoire of the cult Finnish band The 69 Eyes is coming to Bosnia on a cold December night... The night when the vampires will reign the streets, this time of a city hundreds of kilometers south of Helsinki!
For the first time, you, my fellow vampires, will be the hosts – see you in an unholy setting of "Kino Una" in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina, at 20:00h! Experience a powerful atmosphere of a vampiric predicate! *evil grin*

MEET THE PIRATES!

All of you who are in Helsinki on Thursday, 4th December 2008, have the chance to Meet the Pirates - Jyrki69, Jussi69 and Michael Monroe in Nokia Flagship Store Helsinki (Aleksanterinkatu 46) - 18:00 - 20:00! :)

OPERAATION MAA (OPERATION EARTH)
www.nelonen.fi

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"Goth'N'Roll release date is 19th November 2008!
It will be available through Gaga Goodies/Poko Rekords/EMI in Finland and in Europe through Nuclear Blast. You can pre-order/ order your box-set on several music shops, including Amazon.

Also, don't forget!

Jyrki69 and Jussi 69 started a campaign to save the Baltic Sea - Pirates Of The Baltic Sea. Fight for what you love!

On Wednesday, November 12, on Finnish TV Channel 4 - Nelonen, Jyrki69 and Jussi69 will team up for an environmental reality TV show "Operation Earth" for six weekly episodes from November to December 2008.

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Thanks to everyone who were a part of  "Goth'N'Roll" promotion in Croatia on Halloween, October 31st! Check out the review on www.the69-eyes.com!

Special news regarding the promotion of this release in BiH
will await you here very soon!

Also, next "Night Of The Vampires" parties by Jussi69 will be held
on last Saturdays of the months ahead - November 29th and December 27th!

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Dear friends and fellow vampires!

We wish you a spooky and bewitching Halloween!

Also, don't forget about the best Croatian Halloween feast with The 69 Eyes' "Helsinki Vampires" DVD slide and promotion of the upcoming box-set "Goth'N'Roll"
- 31st October - Boogaloo club, Zagreb! ;))

Fangs you there!

- Angels Rising Team -

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EXCLUSIVE THE 69 EYES "GOTH'N'ROLL" BOX-SET PROMOTION

@ TWILIGHT HALLOWEEN!

Boogaloo, Zagreb, Croatia

 31st October 2008

Twilight, the famous Croatian alter-party, lead by Tomi Phantasma, presents the biggest Croatian Halloween party - Twilight Halloween including the exclusive promotion of The 69 Eyes upcoming release, the already legendary box-set "Goth'N'Roll"!
Why legendary? Because it gathers all the wicked little gothic bits and pieces that have created the great mosaic of Helsinki's finest nightcrawlers - from the "Bat Habit" documenting the life and times of the band, to the various demos and other versions of their gothic rock hymns - it's all there, and YOU can be there too, GOTH'N'ROLLING yourself on this Night of all nights! ;)

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Ipanapa 2: "Lennä lennä lepakko" by Jyrki69

Last autumn in Finland saw the release of an album for children called "Ipana 1" that has sold platinum and brought an expected extension in the form of a new disc for children made together with the leading Finnish pop and rock musicians.
The disc "Ipana 2" that will be published on 29th October 2008 contains, among others, Emma winner Jenni Vartiainen, Idol winner Hanna Pakarinen, Mikki Kauste from Egotrippi and Anna Järvinen.
On this disc also appears Jyrki69, for the first time singing in Finnish, who said the inspiration for his song "Lennä lennä lepakko" was the bat which lived under the eaves of The 69 Eyes drummer Jussi69's home.

"Ipana 2" will be published via EMI Finland and will contain following songs:

1. Vattat täynnä - Lauri Tähkä
2. Mörkö mainio - Hanna Pakarinen
3. Tilulilulei - Mikki Kauste
4. Et sä mua määrää - Janna
5. Urho Kepponen - Jenni Vartiainen      
6. Vanha rämä Volkkari - Samuli Laiho   
7. Suumusaa - Felix Zenger
8. Onnenpäivänen - Anna Järvinen
9. Sukkasillaan - Ninni Poijärvi
10. Hyvä rytmi - Mikko Kuustonen
11. Lennä lennä lepakko - Jyrki69
12. Piukusuu - Laura Sippola
13. Stefin laulu - Juha Lehti 

Listen to "Lennä lennä lepakko": www.emi.fi/jukebox/play/1036/lenna_lenna_lepakko

More info about this project (in Finnish only) find at: www.ipanapa.fi.

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"Goth'n'Roll" pre-order info!

"Goth'N'Roll", The 69 Eyes' very special 3 CD + DVD that will be released on November 5th, 2008 you can pre-order through the Swamp Music' website.

Due to the fact Swamp Music' website is only in Finnish, if you need any help regarding your order, feel free to contact us: angels_rising@yahoo.com.

More info about pre-order possibilities and some more spices will be posted upon arrival.

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The 69 Eyes confirmed their appearance at Helldone Festival that will take place in Finland, 29.-31.12.2008. This year at Helldone will also appear HIM, Negative, Stam1na, 45 Degree Woman, Sara, etc.

The 69 Eyes will play at Helldone on 30th December 2008 in the club Tavastia in Helsinki.

Ticket presale strating October 15th 2008 at 09:00 EET. More info about the festival you can find at www.myspace.com/helldone.

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"Goth'N'Roll" release date is 5th November 2008!



This special edition will only be released in Finland, and as we already reported, it will document the vast career of The 69 Eyes - in short, a cult material!
More info about the possible preorder and such will be posted upon arrival.

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HELLHOUNDS FEST

feat. TIAMAT + THE 69 EYES + NOVEMBRE + AVA INFERI + SCREAM SILENCE

SOME DATE / VENUE CHANGES - check it out in our tour section!

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Pirates Of The Baltic Sea is organizing a competition on its pages by 31st January 2009, in which, if one fills out the form located on www.piratesofthebalticsea.fi (Liity Meihin “island”) the winner gets tickets for him/her and two friends for The 69 Eyes concerts in 2009 (not including festivals, 69 – 96 €), including the possibility of meeting Jussi69 and Jyrki69 in the backstage (priceless value).

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WHAT ARE THE PIRATES OF THE BALTIC SEA ALL ABOUT?

From the state of the Baltic Sea it is visible that it has been quite sufficiently polluted. By establishing Pirates Of The Baltic Sea, Jussi69 and Jyrki69 provide an opportunity to fight for the Baltic Sea regardless of age, gender or wealth.

GIVE MONEY OR SPREAD THE WORD

Everyone who enrolls in the pirates binds itself to fight for the Baltic Sea by freely copying an on purpose unregistered pirate mark or by collecting money and by spreading the message. You can see how it goes by visiting piratesofthebalticsea.fi.

COLLECTED MONEY

The collected amount will go to the wetland project of WWF. When you give, you help the pine swamps to serve as nature's own filters which reduces eutrophication (process where enhanced plant growth under the influence of excess nutrients results in reduced oxygen in water and can cause other organisms to die). Read more on the wetland project of WWF on country.fi.

MICHAEL MONROE JOINED THE PIRATES

MIKE MONROE was among the first ones connected to the pirates, and he composed and wrote the lyrics for Pirates Of The Baltic Sea single and music video that can be seen on the address: piratesofthebalticsea.fi.

TV SERIES

The idea of an establishment of pirates was created to bring Operation in connection with the work of the country TV series company, Nordisk Film. The Operation Earth is beginning from 11.11.2008 on Nelonen, which features a program in which three celebrity pairs struggle against the climate change. Read more about the series on country.fi.

Artists who, besides Jussi69 and Jyrki69, are a part of Pirates Of The Baltic Sea are: Adam Bomb, Backyard Babies' Dregen, Kory Clarke and Havana Black's Hannu Leiden and Petri Majuri.

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PIRATES OF THE BALTIC SEA
promo photos and video!

Pirates Of The Baltic Sea promo photos:

(click the photo for full size!)

Pirates Of The Baltic Sea video you can see HERE!

More info about Pirates Of The Baltic Sea is coming soon! ;)

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THE 69 EYES, HANOI ROCKS, WARRIOR SOUL, BACKYARD BABIES Members Team Up For 'Pirates' Single!

The Baltic Sea is the most polluted sea in the world. Worldwide climate change affects us all. "Operaatio Maa" (Operation Earth), a new series starting in November on Finnish TV channel 4, features three separate teams with different environmental causes. Rock stars Jyrki 69 and Jussi 69 from THE 69 EYES form one of the teams, that will man the barricades for saving the Baltic Sea: they have formed an anarchistic environmental movement called Pirates Of The Baltic Sea and invite everyone aboard the ship that sails under the green Jolly Roger.

HANOI ROCKS frontman Michael 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. The international band of misfits that recorded the song with Michael is a true rock'n'roll crew of the highest order: Jussi 69 behind the drums, underground legend Adam Bomb on the guitar, WARRIOR SOUL's Kory Clarke singing backup, and BACKYARD BABIES' Dregen on the guitar as well. 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.

The release party for the "Pirates Of The Baltic Sea" single and video will be held at the Tavastia Club in Helsinki on Friday, September 19 starting at 1:30 p.m.

For more information, visit piratesofthebalticsea.fi where you can also check the video!

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As you already know, new The 69 Eyes release is coming right for this Halloween! It will be 4-disc box set "Goth'N'Roll". You can also preview the cover design on The 69 Eyes mobile blog! It'll be a Bible like box set wrapped up in black PVC python skin with silver chrome print on the cover.
More info will follow!

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Angels Rising is now confirmed as the official European action!
Watch out as we continue to bring you gothic goodies and some new content very soon!

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Like Jyrki revealed to both Croatian and Bosnian The 69 Eyes websites in July, the “Goth’n’Roll” box set arrives for Halloween 2008! It will be released in Finland for this holiday and will contain three CDs and a DVD.

As it says on the official website:
 

‘"Goth'N'Roll" documents The 69 Eyes' period from 1998 to 2003 when the band broke into the mainstream success in Finland and spread their Helsinki vampire bat wings over Europe. "Blessed Be" and "Paris Kills" are considered the band's classic gothic rock albums by both fans and critics alike. Both albums are here re-mastered with bonus tracks. The DVD is the same period's "Helsinki Vampires" also re-mastered incl. live show at Tavastia, Helsinki from 2002, all the videos, extras and also a never-before-released documentary "Bat Habit" from the same period. The third CD is "Goth'N'Roll Archives" which includes demos and never before released material from 1998 to 2003.

The beautiful python skin pvc wrapped box set is designed by Natas and the liner notes in the illustrated 28-page booklet are written by Natasha Scharf/Metal Hammer & TotalRock. The box set comes out on Gaga Goodies/Poko Rekords/EMI Finland.’

We await it with immense gothic glee! But this is not the end of news!

ESP Guitar company, after a guitar piece for Timo Timo, has now designed a dream goth'n'roll guitar exclusively for Bazie!

He will be offering his master solos on the first The 69 Eyes tour in Spring 2009 on a Phoenix II model with the characteristic 69 ankh symbol on the neck of the guitar.

ESP guitars are in the hands of such master shredders as Vince Neil (Mötley Crüe), Ron Wood (The Rolling Stones), Chuck Garric (Alice Cooper), Shagrath (Dimmu Borgir), Michael Paget (Bullet For My Valentine), Alexi Laiho (Children Of Bodom), Michael Amott (Arch Enemy) and many other rock virtuosi.

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New tour announced for early 2009! The 69 Eyes will take a break from their studio work and spend a little time touring with Tiamat and Gothminister! Check tour!

And if you haven't checked exclusive interviews with Jyrki69 on Croatian and Bosnian The 69 Eyes websites, as well as all live material from the Vampire Summer '08, do so now otherwise a terrible curse will befell you and your fangs will fall off! *evil scientist laugh*

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New live video for "Feel Berlin" released, shot on the legendary show at Whisky A Go Go, documented on the live album! Check the official website or click here!

New merchandise collection now available on X-tra-X!

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Venia-Mag proudly presents a look into The 69 Eyes cave through the eyes of Jyrki69!
Check out our e-mail interview with Helsinki Vampires headvampire and find out how the band felt on Viva la Pola! festival and some other interesting facts!

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Angels Rising rose to another level of pure goth'n'roll mayhem - we're now www.angelsrising.info!!!

You'll find all the latest news your favourite, the one, the only - HELSINKI VAMPIRES and feel that velvet touch coming to you from The 69 Eyes Croatian and Bosnian websites!