DR. MARK BENECKE: WGT diary 2022 (49/60) – Sachertorte? Tiger? Vampyre? (3)

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Just a few minutes before The 69 Eyes start playing, all the vampyres – people from the vampire subculture – flutter into the agra dancing. The 69 Eyes, a veteran of the Gothic scene, were not at all known to me as a band popular with vampyres. Community boss Azrael explains: “Even the Olli announced them as the vampires of Helsinki, and there was a reason for that. But it’s secret!” The secret reason is that the band consists of real vampires playing humans, who in turn play vampires. This is enough to make even the vampyres enjoy the band. Especially since this motif (vampires playing humans playing vampires) also appears in Anne Rice’s vampire novels.

Backstage we meet the great and gentle Tilo Wolff (Lacrimosa) and I decide for the first time in my life to let him prepare in peace. Instead, we stand in the pelting rain and listen to the distant sounds of The 69 Eyes. The sky opens its floodgates and seems to pour down its tears into the now deep dark blue to pitch black night. Is the reason that The 69 Eyes ended their concert to really thunderous applause or is it the omen for Lacrimosa, who already have the concept of tears in their band name? (Text & photos: Mark Benecke)

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