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Hi Jyrki69 With DEVILS you guys released (in my opinion) the best album in the history of 69 EYES (the album got 9 points (out of 10) at MEDAZZAROCK). Congratulations! Any story or deeper meaning behind the title "Devils"? As I came up with the title, I was surprised to found out that NO ONE has used that title for an album before! But it could really easily have been a title for any of my favourites from Misfits to Danzig to Iggy Pop to even Johnny Cash! And still no one had used it – it sounded so much like rock’n’roll, so it was a perfect title for the new 69 Eyes album. The word "Devils" reminds me a bit of the word "Elvis"… So I have a good bridge to my next question… A friend of mine said, you sound very much like "The King", an Elvis-Sound-a-like who had some hits a few years ago – something I had to agree. I guess that’s something you don’t hear for the first time. Can you deal with this comparison? That’s pretty cool thing to come up with! I’ve always been a huge Elvis fan, that’s where my musical roots are, and I actually really liked those two The King albums! I actually think that The King’s version of Nirvana’s "Come As You Are" is better than the original…so hell yeah, sounds very cool to me! Some years ago some people said you sound a bit like Peter Steele (Type O Negative)... Now it’s Elvis (and/or The King)... which comparison do you prefer? Elvis means rock’n’roll to me, I’m a rocker. DEVILS already reached gold in Finland… also like the previous albums PARIS KILLS, BLESSED BE and FRAMED IN BLOOD… so how is DEVILS going in other European countries? It’s just starting to happen, since the first single "Lost Boys" and Bam’s cool video for it comes out this week! In my opinion, DEVILS is the best album you guys created so far. There are catchy melodies and great refrains as far as you can see/listen. Was it different to write DEVILS than the last one, PARIS KILLS? How was the songwrting process of DEVILS? In "Paris Kills" keyboards and synthesizers were in the really important role; for this record we wanted more organic sound and guitar driven stuff – so even though there’s even strings and stuff on this album, it’s still more organic, real instruments and that was important for us. The album was written basically by me and our guitarist Bazie this time, arranged by Johnny Lee Michaels like always. I think one of the important key factors on it is also that it sounds more solid album as well, a solid piece from the first song to the last – maybe this how it’s written also has something to do with it, also our main producer Hiili Hiilesmaa cut out some stuff to get the album as solid as possible. On HEVIOSO you included some indian rythm elements. Was this a try to break out of a "typical style"? - HEVIOSO has AFRICAN RHYTHMS (Note/Ralph: Ooops, sorry, thought that was indian style...). HEVIOSO is an African voodoo god of thunder. I spent a month in Benin, West Africa to write material for this album – on "Hevioso" we included some djembe drumming and vocals of Alfa Kaza, my new rasta friend from Grand-Popo, Benin. I wanted to mixture African music with Gothic Rock in that song, bring some different kind of darkness from the darkest part of Africa to our music. When I first listenend to LOST BOYS (track no.5 on DEVILS), this rock/goth-dancefloor smasher reminded me very much of BILLY IDOL… do you agree? We wanted to write a song referring to that movie (The Lost Boys) which had this 80’s Hollywood glam rock vibe like Nikki Sixx, Slash and Billy Idol had jammed together… You guys did a video for LOST BOYS during Christmas time with Bam Margera. Unfortunately I didn’t see it until yet… What is the video about? Any story behind? Bam’s favourite movie was really The Lost Boys, so he was a really perfect choice to direct the video for the song! The video is like a remake of the movie or maybe the updated version of it…I think it’s the best Gothic Glam Rock video ever done! In Finland you can find many good rock bands in the charts, even the heavier ones as for example NIGHTWISH. Any idea why the Finnish people are more into hard tunes than people from other countries? It’s always been like that! Finland just is a rock’n’roll country, we can’t dance, we ROCK! Yeah... sounds like that :-) Guess I must be finish, cause I can't dance, too :-) NIGHTWISH, THE RASMUS, APOCALYPTICA, HIM and of course 69 EYES found their way out of the darkness into the light within the last few years… is there a NWOFR (new wave of Finnish rock)? Hey, that’s the first time I hear this term – sounds good to me! You can add to this list some other bands like Negative and Spiha…there’s a lots of good stuff coming up, and don’t forget HANOI ROCKS! Some of these bands also released an album within these months. Is there some kind of competition between 69 EYES and the bands mentioned above? I just flew back home from Stockholm yesterday with the Rasmus guys who were there too making their new album…no way really, we’re good friends and could be really said that I am a fan of all those bands mentioned above! It’s the spirit of Helsinki – rock’n’roll! In an Interview some years ago you said that PARIS KILLS was the end of some kind of a trilogy… So what is DEVILS? "Just" a good, solid rock album or a start of a new "concept"? It’s a start of a new concept – the next album will be called ANGELS… I'm not sure if I should believe this... guess this is sort of typical dry finish humour? :-) Let’s go a bit back in time… On 'Blessed Be' you got a song called 'Brandon Lee', why did you decide to dedicate a song to him? Was it his appearance in THE CROW that made you writing this song? Brandon Lee is the ultimate gothic symbol, he is the Crow…the death has a new meaning in that movie and in him. So it was a perfect metaphora for a song. BETTY BLUE, BRANDON LEE, BARBARELLA, LOST BOYS… are you a movie-maniac? Yes and an Elvis fan! Let’s do a short "movie-guide"… we’ll name a few movies and you tell us what think spontaneously… VAN HELSING – crap really but some sexy bitches though! UNDERWORLD - crap really but some sexy bitches though! HELLBOY – haven’t seen yet! INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE – a classic! HULK – terrible scheisse, avoid! BRAM STOKERs DRACULA – a classic! 69 EYES were on tour in January/February 2005 through Europe. Talking about the audience… is there a difference from Country to Country? Girls are getting hotter the more there is Mediterranean blood… On January 29th the Swedish band GEMINI 5 had the opening slot, before you guys entered the stage. Do you choose which bands have the opening slot or is it more a record company-thing? We always try to support the bands we really like. Gemini5 is our favourite glam band these days and our very good friends too (check them out!), also on our European tour we had bands that were our friends are we really liked… The first 69 EYES-record is BUMP ’n GRIND (1992)… what do you think about it – after all these years? Are you still proud of it or is it more like "let us forget about it.."? It’s funny glam rock from the early 90’s, it’s very cool of course – but I think our compilation "Motor City Resurrection" would be the best one to listen to our glam roots! So we reached the end of this interview. Thanx a lot for taking time and hope to see you guys on tour!

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