I know told Sweet Jane that I would start a Mott the Hoople thing today, gonna have to wait ONEmore day (worth it, I have TONS of Mott/Ian Hunter)......but today, Apanta Bapanta returns from along abscence and translates some more Greek punk albums for us........these are NOT exactly popular, as much as I'd like them to be, but I happen to love them, in fact they are a favorite semi-regular feature here. Apanta Bapanta does an EXCELLENT JOB with the translations/write-ups, PLEASE give these a try, you may enjoy them, at least they are something different. Tomorrow: Mott the Hoople: The Complete History , begins.......growing up in the 1970's, they, Bowie, and Roxy Music were some of my VERY favorite bands, so I DO have some goodies......but for now, take it away my brother in Greece!:
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The first band translates to English as Beginning of the End. I can't exactly print the Greek name as there are Greek font in the name,(try AΡΧΗ ΤΟΥ ΤΕΛΟΥΣ and as I said for some reason I can't copy/paste......anyway the zippylink for this band is:
http://www60.zippyshare.com/v/31111862/file.html
They have several demos and stuff on their Bandcamp page, free of charge......they were formed in Athens 2000......here is the Bancamp link......http://arxi-tou-telous.bandcamp.com/
Checking the Zippylink, however, will get ya the album "Movement In Two Steps" (track list: 01 Hands In Wounds/02 Hate Outbreak/03 Movement In Two Steps/04 Waking In Darkness/05 Blind in Gaza
There are three remaining songs for which we don't have titles, they come from the album "A Modern Babel" (2003)
http://www60.zippyshare.com/v/43697910/file.html
Γ.ΤΣΙΓΚΟΣ & ΜΑΥΡΟΙ ΚΥΚΛΟΙ, also known as (In English), George Tsigos and the Black Circles, they were formed in Athens ca. 1990. The album provided here("City of Immortals") gives us five tunes, 01 Wounded Dragons/02 Want/03 Pierce Silence/04 Pretending/05 Girl......for whatever reason the rest of the album is not included, and track 01, Wounded Dragon, is incomplete.
Next stop is
http://www60.zippyshare.com/v/79029042/file.html ΓΕΝΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΧΑΟΥΣ, or Chaos Generation......First up we have a 1984 album entitled "Chaos Generation-Wish You Good Appetite"......track list: 01 Death Rattle/02 War For Whom/03 Bastarokratia/04 Church-Hypocrisy/05 Irony/06 Tax Blood
So there ya are......next link is
http://www60.zippyshare.com/v/42982221/file.html
which conjurs up the band ΣΠΛΙΤ, (Negative Space)......what we have here is a split/vinyl rip, the first side featuring a band called KC Hismet, the flip including the band Negative Space. The Album is entitled " Love Is Our Strongest Weapon".....not sure WHERE the split occurs, but here are the tracks-01 You Don't Exist/02 Nights/03 Self-Censorship/04 No More Fear of Your Feelings/05 You're My Hell/06 Parallel Monologue/07 Experiments/08 The Myth of PowerOne more for today and PLEASE expand your horizons and check this stuff out, NOT the stuff you can pick up every day...........
http://www60.zippyshare.com/v/87726255/file.html
This band is called ΓΚΟΥΛΑΚ (Gulag)......what we have here are a set of songs from an album entitled "Emergency Entry 0 C"......01 Mad Musician/02 Lost Hours/03 Dangerous Guest/04 Carniverous Lamb/05 The Dead Selves (note, another track exists on the album, "Dream", which for whatever reason does not appear here.
So, that's gonna wrap it up for Greek Punk for now, I'll be sending Apanta Bapanta 5 more bands to decode for us soon (also sending him a bunch of Eddie and the Hot Rods stuff he has reqeusted for his trouble, look for it this week, my friend!).......Also thanks to Dave Sez for the cool gift, this one will truly be enjoyed by myself and my son, we are both fans of this kind of thing!
As for you Sweet Jane, just wait for tomorrow when the skies open and rain Mott the Hoople!
