Von Hertzen Brothers & The 69 Cats Head to SXSW 2015

Finland is sending two tremendous artists to Austin for South by Southwest this month in the Von Hertzen Brothers & The 69 Cats. Von Hertzen Brothers will perform at The Trophy Club on March 18th at 11pm and the 69 Cats showcase is on Saturday, March 21st at the Lucky Lounge at 10pm.

The Von Hertzen Brothers are bonded by blood and their music shows this connection. Formed in 2000 in their hometown of Helsinki, their progressive rock has topped the charts with their last four albums. All have been certified gold in their native Finland and in 2012 they were nominated 'Best New Band' Award at Classic Rock Magazine's annual awards show and in the "New Blood" category at the Classic Rock Prog awards.

The 69 Cats came about when Jyrki69, the singer of The 69 Eyes, had an idea. His Helsinki-based goth'n'roll band had been playing their unique music for a quarter century and at their occasional acoustic shows the singer was able to show his rockabilly roots and Elvis-like voice. Fans were overwhelmed and begged for more.

Years later he was introduced to Danny B. Harvey, the guitar hero whose past bands include Rockats and recently the Lemmy-fronted Headcat. They immediately worked out a number of "cover songs that needed resurrection" and recruited the Cramps bass player Chopper Franklin to this new dark rockabilly supergroup.

Music Finland is the organization dedicated to promoting awareness and the success of Finnish music at home and abroad. Music Finland creates and manages a wide variety of services, marketing programmes, events, networking opportunities, training, consultancy, support, research, information and funding programmes. The activities aim to maximize success for Finnish music and music companies, and increase Finnish music export revenue.

http://the69cats.com

http://vonhertzenbrothers.com

www.musicfinland.fi

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