V.A - Outsiders: Ανεξαρτητη ροκ σκηνή, Δικαίωμα Διάβασης LP 1985 (Greek Rock). Incl. 3 huge sheets. Check samples! SUPER RARE!!

Various - Outsiders
Label: Di Di Music
Catalog#: Δ.Δ. 100
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation....Includes 3 X 12"-sized double-sided inserts with lyrics, photography & credits...
Country: Hellas [Greece] Ελλάς
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave, Garage Rock, Indie Rock, Rock

Tracklist
A1 Libido Blume - In My Room
Drums - Τάκης Μπουρούσας*
Guitar - Γιάννης Ντρενογιάννης
Recorded By - Χρήστος Μανωλίτσης*
Saxophone, Keyboards - Τάσος "Σαξούλης"*
Vocals - Αλέξης Μεταξάς
Voice, Bass, Lyrics By, Music By - Aki Bua*

A2 Not 2 Without 3 - I Keep
Bass - Νικόλας
Composed By, Producer, Orchestrated By - N2W3*
Drums - Σωτήρης
Guitar, Music By - Σπύρος
Vocals, Lyrics By - Βασίλης

A3 X Mandarina Duck - Television
Bass Guitar - Zack Antvark*
Drums, Cymbal - Chris Mine
Engineer - Chris Manolitsis
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Music By, Lyrics By - Tom Bouzanis*

A4 Venericna Bolest - Το Hit
Drums - Βαγγέλης Πιπίνης , Γιώργος Πιπίνης
Guitar - Αντρέας Τάκης
Keyboards - Γιώργος Δρακόπουλος
Lyrics By, Music By - Venericna B.*
Photography - Wolfi
Voice, Bass - Γιώργης Καναβάκης

A5 Anti-Troppau Council* - Contract With The Devil
Bass - Τόλης Μ.*
Drums - Τάκης Καννέλος
Electric Guitar - Γιάννης Ντρενογιάννης
Lyrics By, Music By - A.T.C.*
Voice - Βασίλης*

B1 Anti-Troppau Council* - Remissed
Bass - Τόλης Μ.*
Drums - Τάκης Καννέλος
Electric Guitar - Γιάννης Ντρενογιάννης
Lyrics By, Music By - A.T.C.*
Voice - Βασίλης*

B2 Venericna Bolest - Τυπωμένη Συνήθεια
Drums - Βαγγέλης Πιπίνης , Γιώργος Πιπίνης
Guitar - Αντρέας Τάκης
Keyboards - Γιώργος Δρακόπουλος
Lyrics By - Τέλης
Music By - Venericna B.* , Σάκης
Photography - Wolfi
Voice, Bass - Γιώργης Καναβάκης

B3 X Mandarina Duck - Passengers
Bass Guitar - Zack Antvark*
Drums, Cymbal - Chris Mine
Engineer - Chris Manolitsis
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Music By, Lyrics By - Tom Bouzanis*
To ''PASSENGERS'' to diaskeyasan polla xronia argotera oi MAGIC DESPELL me titlo ΜΑΥΡΗ ΓΑΤΑ me elliniko stixo.
X MANDARINA DUCK - ΑΘΗΝΑ - 1984.
Ξεκίνησαν στην Αθήνα το 1984 σαν τριμελής μπάντα που έπαιζε δυναμικό new wave. Τα μέλη της ήταν οι Θωμάς 'Tommie' Μπουζιάνης (ex "Παρθενογένεσις", "Stress") φωνή και κιθάρα, Ζαχαρίας 'Zack Antvark' Βρελιανάκης μπάσο και Chris Mine τύμπανα. Επαιξαν μάλιστα και στην Αγγλία τότε αλλά οι συνθήκες δεν τους ευνόησαν και επιστρέφοντας στην ελλάδα διαλύθηκαν.
Ο Tommie Μπουζιάνης μετά τη διάλυσή τους βρέθηκε στο εξωτερικό και σε διάφορες μπάντες όπως "Passengers", "Dynamite Inc" κ.α.

B4 Not 2 Without 3 - Crocodiles
Bass, Music By - Νικόλας
Composed By, Producer, Orchestrated By - N2W3*
Drums - Σωτήρης
Guitar - Σπύρος (3)
Vocals, Lyrics By - Βασίλης

B5 Libido Blume - House Of Light
Drums - Τάκης Μπουρούσας*
Guitar - Γιάννης Ντρενογιάννης
Recorded By - Χρήστος Μανωλίτσης*
Saxophone, Keyboards - Τάσος "Σαξούλης"*
Vocals - Αλέξης Μεταξάς
Voice, Bass, Lyrics By, Music By - Aki Bua*

Notes
A1, B5: Tracks taken from a demo which was recorded at Master Sound.
A2, B4: Recorded at Mini Farm Studio (Ag. Paraskevi, Athens) on 29.7.85.
A3, B3: Recorded at Mastersound Studios, Athens, on 1-Oct-'85.
A4, B2: Recorded & remixed at Mastersound Studio, September '85.
A5, B1: Recorded in September '85 at 111.

Includes 3 X 12"-sized double-sided inserts with lyrics, photography & credits.

Track A1 is accidentally misspelled on the label as "In My Zoom".

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It is a compilation LP that Costas from the Chaos Generation
...Not 2 without 3 participated with two tracks: “I keep” and “Crocodiles“. It was a dark wave band with a typical line up, bass-drums-guitar-vocals. “I keep” had a great chorus line on vocals and strangely enough for that era, there is a guitar solo which is very melodic and interesting.
On “Crocodiles” the rhythm section was influenced by the Cure of the early days (this was 1985 after all…) but the singer was singing in a more personal style.
For sure that song would be a great dance floor hit in some gothic clubs in the present time. 2 without 3 never released a full album.

....Venericna Bolest never released an album either.
This was an Athenian post punk band with Greek lyrics.
George Drakopoulos was on the keyboards (former member of the bands Horis Peridereo, Moist Device, he would join later the band Chaos Generation / Genia tou Haous).
The rest band members were guitar player Andreas Takis, singer/bassist Giorgos Kanavakis and drummer Vangelis Pipinis.
Their sound was close to Wasted Youth’s or the early Modern English.
They never released a full length album or any 7″ single.

....X-Mandarina Duck was Tom Bouzanis’s three piece band.
Tom was an ex member of Parthenogenesis and joined for a while the punk rock band Stress.
In 1984 he founded the X-Mandarina Duck with Zacharias ‘Zack Antvark’ Vrelianakis on the bass and drummer Chris Mine.
Their sound was close the English punk rock scene of the late 70′s.
They released the 7″ single “Non Stop Sensations” in 1986 and split.
Tom Bouzanis joined later the English bands “Passengers” and “Dynamite Inc“.
In 2005 he released the CD album “13een Black“ (available here). This album had little to do with the old X-Mandarina Duck sound.

...Libido Blume was the post-punk/new wave band that Aki “Bua” Bogiatzis formed in 1984 when Captain Nefos disbanded.
The band released two albums “Colours Melting” in 1986 and “Liquid Situation” in 1987.
They also released a 5 track mini album in 1986, titled “Brilliant names and dames“.
The line up of the band was Aki “Bua” Bogiatzis – bass/vocals, Dimitris Stergiou – keyboards/vocals, Giannis Drenogiannis-guitar
(Stelios Habibis would soon take his place) Dimitris Bourousas-Drums.
Later Tasos Katsaris-sax/keyboards and Makis Vretos-drums joined the band replacing Stergiou and Bourousas respectively.
The track “In My Room” appears also on “Colours Melting” on a different (and better) version.

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ANTI TROPPAU COUNCIL = Δημιουργήθηκαν στην Αθήνα τον Γενάρη του 1984 από τους Γιάννη Ντρεντογιάννη κιθάρα και φωνή και Τόλη Μαραγκό μπάσο, μετά τη διάλυση του προηγούμενου γκρουπ τους "Psychomafia". Στην μπάντα έπαιζαν ακόμα οι Τάκης Κανέλλος τύμπανα και Βασίλης Τζαβάρας φωνή. 'Ενα πέρασμα από το μπάσο έκανε και ο Γεράσιμος Γκατζελιάς. 'Επειτα από σκληρές πρόβες, άνοιξαν την αυλαία του ηρωικού "Πήγασου", όπου παίξαν για αρκετό καιρό. Το '85 συμμετείχαν στην κασετοσυλλογή της "Δικαίωμα Διάβασης" με τίτλο "Live Στο Κύτταρο 25-26/2/85" από τη συναυλιία τους το Φεβρουάριο του '85 στο club "Κύτταρο". Την ίδια χρονιά η "Δικαίωμα Διάβασης" κυκλοφόρησε ακόμα μια συλλογή, το lp "Outsiders", όπου συμμετείχαν με τα κομμάτια "Remissed" και "Contract With The Devil". Το '86 κυκλοφόρησαν το lp με τίτλο "A Way Out" από την ανεξάρτητη "Pegasus". Το '87 και ενώ η φήμη της μπάντας είχε κορυφωθεί, ξεκίνησαν της ηχογραφήσεις για το δεύτερο δίσκο τους, που θα κυκλοφορούσε με τον τίτλο "Nightride With My Time Machine Back To '66", αλλά τελικά δεν κυκλοφόρησε αφού διαλύθηκαν. Την ίδια χρονιά και μετά τη διάλυσή τους, δύο κομμάτια τους κυκλοφόρησαν στη συλλογή "Cicadas" της "Pegasus". Η μπάντα, στα λίγα χρόνια που υπήρξε, συμμετείχε σε αναρίθμητες συναυλίες αλληλεγγύης.
Μετά τη διάλυσή τους ο Ντρεντογιάννης σχημάτισε τους "Yeah!". Οι Τζαβάρας και Μαραγκός σχημάτισαν τους εφήμερους "Angel Drop".

ΒΑΣΙΛΗΣ ΤΖΑΒΑΡΑΣ [ΦΩΝΗ] ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ ΝΤΡΕΝΟΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ [ΚΙΘΑΡΑ/ΦΩΝΗ]
ΓΕΡΑΣΙΜΟΣ ΓΚΑΤΖΕΛΙΑΣ [ΜΠΑΣΟ] ΤΟΛΗΣ ΜΑΡΑΓΚΟΣ [ΜΠΑΣΟ]
ΤΑΚΗΣ ΚΑΝΕΛΛΟΣ [ΤΥΜΠΑΝΑ]
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The compilation “Outsiders” was released by the indie record label Dikaioma Diavasis.
Later, this record label would become “Di-Di music” and “Big Star Promotions“.
“Big Star Promotions” is nowdays the top Greek rock promoter, organizing many festivals every year in Greece with Rockwave Festival on top of them all, which is taking place in Greece every summer.
Rockwave Festival (it was Rock of Gods till the year 2000) hosted bands such as the Black Sabbath, Offspring, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Sisters of Mercy, Slipknot and many others…