Stress is a legendary greek punk band - one of the first and the best! Still active in ground shaking gigs, with only one record, " O Ihos tis anasfalias", in 1985 (self released, only 300 copies).
I had this record! I lost it somewhere and i'm never gonna forgive myself!
(Later Wipe-Out records re-released the LP.)
And there was somenthing special about this record, if anyone is interested to understand what was happening in Greece in the '80's.
The song "Genoktonia" ("Genocide") - an anti-military anthem - it is not listed on the record label or the lyric sheet. On the back
sleeve it is mentioned that this track was removed due to censorship.
The record plays only a few seconds of the intro, followed by about 2
minutes of silence, and then the last few seconds of the outro!
"Stress might very well have been the one & only greek band with a
high-paced punk '77/KBD sound, in a scene full of post-punk (& later
on hardcore) bands.
As far as their (sociopolitical in nature) lyrics
go, they seem to encapsulate all the events & agonies of their
generation; tracks such as "Leros" (name of an aegean island whose
mental institution has one of the worst records on human rights
violations in europe) , are indicative of the band's leanings.
...." (from band's site above).
Last year B-other side records collected some old recordings (1982-1985), not
included in the LP and released these two beautifull 7" E.P's called
"Athen's Burning" I and II (vinyl only, 500 copies).
The file contains the two E.P's (9 songs) and all the artwork.
Download here
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