Double Faced Eels is a four- member alternative pop – rock band from Riga

Riga

Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

, Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

 formed in 1999.

Biography

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

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, 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, Mežaparks

Mežaparks

Mežaparks is a neighbourhood in North Central Riga, Latvia. The name is literally translated as 'forest park'. The park was built in the early 20th century and was originally called Kaiserwald. It was one of the world's first garden cities...

 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 Džūliju? Nezinu, bet trāpīja mums (Who wanted to kill Maria? I don't know but they hit me).

Current lineup

• Marka (Mārtiņš Gailītis) (lead vocals and guitar),
• Reinis (rhythm guitar and backing vocals),
• Chiky (bass guitar)
• Pauls Kesteris (drums).

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Discography

Album Cover	Date of Release	Title	Label
January 11, 2006	Zilais valis Zilais valis -Track listing:#"Zilais valis"#"100g"#"Cemme"#"To Take Breathe"#"16"#"Ja esi stulbs"#"Krokodils"#"Bikses"#"Sha-la-la"#"Prasīt aizmirsto"#"SEX"#"No Lies"#"Pa jokam"#"LPDZ"...	Platforma Records