Double Faced Eels

Full Name: Various
Birth Date: Various
Birth Place: Riga, Latvia

Double Faced Eels (DFE) is a four- member alternative pop – rock band from Riga, Latvia formed in 1999.

The band's debut single To Take Breath reached number one position in Radio SWH Top 40 which guaranteed them a place in one of the most competitive music shows in Latvia – Radio SWH Top of The Year (2004), starting off their road to success. In the same year DFE participated in several competitions involving new bands, and collected a succession of prizes : 2nd place in the well known Liepājas Dzintars (Amber Of Liepaja) festival; Best Vocal, Best Guitar, Best Drummer and The Best Band at the Tu Esi Pamanīts (You Have Been Noticed) talent festival. Thus, they quickly gained recognition in Latvian music. Their next single Prasīt Aizmirsto (2005) also reached the first places in most of the radio charts in Latvia. But the biggest breakthrough was when they released their single Zilais Valis which went straight to the number ones in every chart it was played in 2005. It became a true number one hit in Latvian music. In summer 2005 the most popular band from Latvia, Brainstorm, offered DFE to be the warm – up band in their album tour Four Shores. In overall DFE played in 3 Brainstorm shows and one of them which were in Riga, Me?aparks where the attendance reached 40,000 people. DFE released their debut album in winter 2005 having a very successful tour in Latvia and success in several TV music shows and competitions. In year 2005 they released 5 singles and every one of them had big success in Latvian music charts. In 2007 they released their second album Kurš gribēja nogalināt D?ūliju? Nezinu, bet trāpīja mums (Who wanted to kill Maria? I don't know but they hit me)

Marka (Mārtiņš Gailītis) (lead vocals and guitar),

Reinis (rhythm guitar and backing vocals),

Chiky (bass guitar)

Pauls Kesteris (drums).

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