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Voices from the Junta: 5 greek rock albums from the 1970s

As you may already know, Greece went through a military junta that lasted for 7 years (1967-1974) which unfortunately suppressed the majority of rock albums and music that were supposed to be around at the time. Some of them became the manifesto of anti-military movements while others have been forgotten until recently.

1. Akritas — Akritas (1974)

Jazz, progressive and psychedelic rock influences! This one is my personal favourite since there are no songs to skip in my opinion and Stavros Logaridis' vocals are amazing.

2. Socrates Drank The Conium — Phos (1974)

Probably one of the most important progressive rock bands in Greece. This album in particular was produced by Vangelis :)

3. Poll — Poll / Lefkó (Λευκό) (White)

You can tell that the cover itself recalls The Beatles' White Album. There's actually a lot to say about Poll buuuuut to cut a long story short this band became iconic during the Junta because of their anti-war songs. You want us to cut our hair and sing about how much we love our country? Booooo we want peace and sex actually 👍🏼

4. Kostas Tournas — Aperanta Chorafia (1974)

This album is composed of a suite that is like 34 minutes long! But don't worry there's a shorter version of it as well...of course it's about peace and love :) i think the long version is totally worth the listen because it has many cool changes 🙏🏼

(short version)

(long version)

5. Peloma Bokiou — Peloma Bokiou (1972)

Unfortunately I couldn't find much information about this band, but their music often combines rock and greek traditional music (as you can hear from the song linked below!!) And I think it's wonderful

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Pavlos Sidiropoulos

One of the most important Greek Rock musicians

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlos_Sidiropoulos

#Pavlos Sidiropoulos #rock n roll #rock n roll musicians #Greek Rock Scene #Damon & Phidias #Dimitris Poulikakos & Exadaktylos #Peloma Bokiou #Vlassis Mponatsos #Greece