Girls Rewrite Rock (various artists). A cd compilation of female greek groups.(cd ripped, mp3 320). 1997

This compilation came out along with Voice magazine at 1997 and it includes some of the best dark, post punk and independent music bands of Greece, all with female singers or members.

This cd is very hard to find and most of the tracks are previously unreleased.


What i like most in this compilation is the bands who have a dark sound like Ding An Sich, Forward Music Quintet, Blue Birds Refuse to Fly. But the real gem is Petunia Pig an almost all-girl band from Patra with a unique pop-punk sound. They never had a record but they still are one of the best greek bands ever (in my opinion)!

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Gong - Live. Floating Anarchy 1977 (cd ripped. format wma). 1977

        A psychedelic space trip!

Gong came together in the late '60's by the Australian guitarist David Allen. The band created a mythology of the peaceful Planet Gong populated by Radio Gnomes, Pothead Pixies, and Octave Doctors.

Rolling Stone magazine described Gong's music as combining "psychedelic English whimsy, German kosmische space jams and Gallic libertine fusion".

"A psychedelic album with a black and white cover. It is crudely hand drawn as well. It exhibits more punk flavour than flower power.

But then again, that is what Planet Gong was kind of about. They were not really the hip psychedelic flower-power band. They were very much free-form craziness.
The music here shows it.

It flows freely and weirdly. Crescendos of power chords and mysterious noodling all combine to make I a serious tour de force. The musical mayhem is accompanied by fairly strong, uncompromising anarchistic rhetoric, which at times sounds like a bit of a put on . . . but then you realise that they are quite genuine in their beliefs."

( from tonalsurge )

                          Inner Space

Some exciting photos from a friend' s site

"If your pit is too deep
it is your duty to use your hands
and dig your way up".

Greek poet Kostas Varnalis (1884 - 1974). My friend found this painting in a wall somewhere near the port of Kalamata. Some days later this beautiful artwork was covered up with a fresh coat of paint (possibly by the local authorities?)












Almost connected

Break free

It is always moony in...

The grey dimension

Sail, no matter what.

Ego trip.
(Thessaloniki, Ano Poli)

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Shadow Project - From The Heart (cd ripped). 1998.

Long time no see friends! I'm back again for some more of my favourite music!

This masterpiece comes from 1998. Rozz Williams and Eva O. create an acoustic deathrock album, full of strange melodies. 

Rozz and Eva created Shadow Project back in 1990. 

In 1997 they recorded this last cd. It was an acoustic album wich also featured guitarist / producer Michael Carivolo and keyboardist Nathan Van Hala.

Sadly, shortly after the test pressing was finished, Rozz Williams hanged himself on April 1, 1998, after which the album appeared under the title From the Heart.

Rozz will always be in our hearts....

                                                      Download here

New Zero God - new vinyl single!

   The great greek post punk/gothic band New Zero God returns with two new killer songs.
   The band formed in Athens in 2006 by Mike Pougounas, singer and guitar player of the famous punk/gothic band The Flowers of Romance and the industrial band Nexus.
   While New Zero God is billed as a post-punk group, their sound may lack any true classification, as their current style is a culmination of a musical evolution that began with The Flowers Of Romance’s pure punk style, later gothic rock style, and then Nexus’s industrial style.
   New Zero God has performed at several notable shows thus far, such as opening for the Legendary Pink Dots and Christian Death. 
Their debut album, "Fun Is A Four Letter Word" was released in January 2010 by Puzzlemusik Records.

This new digital and vinyl single (limited copies) contains two excellent gothic rock songs.
All of you out there who love original post punk and gothic rock must buy the vinyl single or at least download the songs.
Listen to the songs and order your copy here

Gulag - In the showyard (Στην αυλή των θεαμάτων). LP, vinyl rip. 1990.

  This is one of the best punk records ever made in Europe!

   I know that it sounds big but this band from Thessaloniki - Greece, managed to create mind blowing hardcore punk songs with intelligent lyrics for intelligent people, following the tradition of Dead Kennedys and early american hardcore.

  Gulag formed in 1985 and they recorded their first record "Eisodos kindynou 0 c" in local Lazy Dog records in 1987.

   It was a big surprise for the greek punk scene and three years later this second record followed (1990). They toured in Europe and they were making records till 1996, leaving a legendary name behind.

They still play from time to time.

One true diamond from the greek counter-culture!

The record is ripped from the original vinyl to two different formats. Choose!

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Gavin Friday - Adam 'n' Eve (LP, vinyl rip). 1992.

This is the second LP by the singer of Virgin Prunes. He's still teaming with the inspired musician Maurice "The Man" Seezer.

  Their love for the cabaret - style music and melancholic miniature songs is obvious here. 
   From the twisted euro-pop of  "I want to live" to the T.Rex homage "King of trash" and the melodramatic atmosphere of "Falling off the edge of the world" (fantastic duet with the American singer Maria Mc Kee - sister of Bryan Mc Lean, guitarist and sometime singer of the groundbreaking 60's psychedelic band Love) the record is a continuous adventure!

My favorite track is "Where in the world", a darkwave masterpiece that taking us back to the glory days of Virgin Prunes.

The file contains all the artwork and the lyrics and its ripped from the original vinyl record to 320 mp3.

Paradise

Died Pretty - Free Dirt (LP, vinyl rip). 1986.

   Dusty psychedelia from the heart of the Australian desert!

   Died Pretty was formed in 1983 in Sydney and they were a dirty diamond inside the Australian rock scene. Influenced by The Stooges, Velvet Underground and punk rock they let their imagination free so they created a unique sound that can sink your mind in a hazy psychedelic nightmare!

   This first LP was released in 1986 and it remains a milestone for the alternative scene. 

   This is no "indie rock" - this is Stooges tripping with LSD!

The band released eight albums from 1986 till 2000.

For more information check here

 One of my most favorite records ever.

Ripped from the original vinyl to mp3 320.

Enjoy!