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1000mods is a heavy rock band from Chiliomodi, Greece, formed in 2006. [1] The group consists of Dani G. (vocals and bass), Giorgos T. (guitar), and Labros G. (drums). Since their formation, the band has toured extensively across the globe and released five full-length studio albums.
The instrument is widespread in the Greek islands. [2] The word is a reborrowing of zampogna , the word for the Italian double chantered pipes. [ 3 ] Tsampouna is etymologically related to the Greek sumfōnia ( Greek : συμφωνία ), meaning "concord or unison of sound" [ 4 ] (from σῠν- sun-, "with, together" + φωνή phōnḗ ...
Regions of the Greek islands. Greece has many islands, [Note 1] with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 [1] to 6,000, [2] depending on the minimum size to take into account. The number of inhabited islands is variously cited as between 166 [3] and 227. [2] The largest Greek island by both area and population is Crete, located at the ...
Chora or Hora (Greek: Χώρα [2]), officially Ios (Greek: Ίος), is the capital town of Ios Island in Greece and is the largest settlement on the island. It contains many of the island's facilities of tourism such as hotels and apartments. The town has only some small roads for cars many paths only accessible by foot.
It is considered a historic Greek group of the 1970s with pioneering lyrics, [1] that resonated with the Greek youth of the '70s. The band's songs are described as "some of the best songs, which have remained in the history of Greek music". [2] Poll is the most commercially successful Greek band of all time. [3]
Antique is a Swedish-Greek singing duo consisting of Helena Paparizou (Έλενα Παπαρίζου; born 1982) and Nikos Panagiotidis (Νίκος Παναγιωτίδης; born 1978), originating from Sweden and combining Greek popular music and lyrics with a Nordic dance-pop beat. Both Paparizou and Panagiotidis were born and raised in ...
Another aspect of Greek rock in the late '60s saw the release of the first albums by Dionysis Savvopoulos, who combined Greek folk-music with rock elements. In the beginning of the '80s there was a small but energetic number of punk and New Wave bands and in the 1990s hip-hop elements also entered the mainstream rock scene in Greece.
It was originally released as the lead single off her 2001 multi-platinum Greek album also of the same name. Vandi signed with Ultra Records for the international release of the track, and in 2003 a CD single was made available in many markets, following by a 2004 US re-issued which included a new English-language version.