The 69 Eyes

News Archive

NEW SINGLE & VIDEO: "PERFECT SKIN"!!! CLEOPATRA RECORDS RELEASES THE 69 EYES' BACK CATALOGUE IN THE U.S.A.!!!

† 09.10.2006
The 69 Eyes are currently in the studio recording their new album "Angels" with the producers Hiili Hiilesmaa and Johnny Lee Michaels – the same team that brought you "Devils". The album will be out through Virgin/EMI in the early 2007.

The first single pick from it is "Perfect Skin" – you can listen to it from EMI Finland’s Jukebox here. The commercial release of the single will be closer to the end of the year/January 2007, depending on the country. The additional tracks on the single will be live versions of "Devils", "Christina Death" and "I Just Want to Have Something to Do" (orig. by the Ramones) recorded at the sold-out Whisky A Go-Go show in Hollywood in March 2006. The band will film a video for "Perfect Skin" with director Ralf Strathmann in Hollywood in the mid October.

The 69 Eyes are VERY proud to announce that legendary Cleopatra Records is releasing their entire back catalogue in the USA!!! First releases in are: "Framed In Blood- The Very Blessed Of…" compilation CD and "Helsinki Vampires" live + videos DVD. Both are out NOW!!! Later on this year albums "Paris Kills" and "Blessed Be" will follow.

"Zombie Love – Vampires, ghosts and The 69 Eyes", a hard-cover comic book by Jyrki 69 came out in September. It is a beautiful collection of Jyrki’s old skool goth’n’roll comics from the 80’s to this date published by Deggael Communications. The first signed edition of 1000 was immeaditely sold-out from the publisher but the new normal edition is on its way!

Ville Juurikkala's two-year photographic journey with The 69 Eyes called "Route 69" will come out in October. Jyrki has also been writing comments from the road for the book. It will be published by Like.

Meanwhile, for those about to Goth - get this book: The 69 Eyes: "Helsinki Vampires Song Book" from here!

The 69 Eyes have a new management now, for enquiries please contact Mr.Ulysses Hüppauff:
info@halbemiete.com

Jyrki spent a week fulfilling his UNICEF goodwill ambassador duties in Kenya in early October but is now back in the studio in Helsinki.

ROCK'N'ROLL HALLOWEEN 2006: Jyrki69 will be DJing at Nocturnal Model's Halloween Ball in Stockholm, Sweden on Saturday, Nov.4th. Once bitten...

See also The 69 Eyes official mySpace!