Biography
The band was formed in the summer of 1989 in Jelgava, Latvia by four former classmates –Renārs Kaupers, Jānis Jubalts, Gundars Mauševics and Kaspars Roga. Soon after, their classmate Māris Mihelsons also joined the band.
The title of the band was taken from what one old foreign lady said about their music, who characterized it as a "brainstorm".
Brainstorm's first international single was recorded in 1998 in Germany with Volker Hinkel, the producer of Fool's Garden. This single was "Under my wing", the English version of "Tavas mājas manā azotē".
On 13 May 2000 in Sweden, in only 3 minutes Prāta Vētra or Brainstorm became an internationally noticed band when they participed in the 45th Eurovision song contest.…
