ATROPOI
ATROPOI IS A GREEK ROCK
BAND AND WHEN WE SAY ROCK WE REALLY MEAN CLASSIC ROCK AND NOT THE ALTERNATIVES
NONSENSE THAT ALL THE MUSIC CHANNELS PALY. EXCEPT THAT THEIR SOUND HAS
MANY HARD ROCK AND METAL ELEMENTS AND SO THE METALHEADS CAN LISTEN EASILY
THEIR SONGS AND LIKE THEM. ANYWAY THEY ARE A VERY GOOD BAND AND THEY ONLY
ASK FEW OF YOUR TIME TO READ THIS INTERVIEW...
1.FIRST OF ALL, GIVE US A SHORT
BAND BIO AND TELL US WHY WE FIND 2 PEOPLE ONLY BEHIND THIS BAND? ARE YOU
IN THE SEARCH OF MEMBERS OR WILL YOU KEEP IT A 2 PIECE ACT?
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I think it's chemistry and hard work
that made us work as a two member band! We're in search of new members
but that's not in our hands.
2.WHY DID YOU SELECT TO NAME THE BAND
ATROPOI? IS THERE SOMETHING DEEPER YOU WANT TO SUGGEST BY IT?
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Our name is an ironical way to express
our disgust about hypocrits of the society!
3.YOUR LYRICS ARE WRITTEN IN GREEK.
WHY? IS IT BECAUSE YOUR ENGLISH IS BAD OR DO YOU FEEL THAT WHAT YOU WANT
TO EXPRESS CAN BE BETER EXPRESSED IN YOUR MOTHER TONGUE?
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It's our mother language so we can
express our thoughts better!
4.DO YOU ONLY FOCUS ON THE GREEK AUDIENCE?
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO BE HEARD BY PEOPLE WORLDWIDE? IS THERE ANY THOUGHT
TO WRITE SOME ENGLISH LYRICS IN THE FUTURE?
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We'd like to have foreign audience
but for the above reason we take the risk!
5.GIVE US SOME INFO REGARDING THIS
3 TRACK DEMO. WHERE WAS IT RECORDED? WHO PRODUCED IT? DO YOU WANT TO HAVE
THE ABSOLUTE SAY IN YOUR COMPOSITIONS OR DO YOU TRUST OTHER PEOPLE'S TASTE
AND OPINION?
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We did the recording at fame studio,neo
faliro piraeus and we co - operated very well with our sound engineer George!
6.ALTHOUGH I DON'T LISTEN TO GREEK
ROCK MUSIC, I FOUND YOUR COMOPISTIONS REALLY PLEASANT AND THE MORE I
LISTEN TO IT THE MORE I GROW TO LIKE IT. SO, WHICH ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?
NAME SOME OF YOUR MOST BELOVED ALBUMS.
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Thank you very much for your nice words!
We have in our minds too many bands to tell you so i'll say that we like
bands from the rock scene,greek and english!
7.SINCE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE FROM
ABROAD READING THE ZINE AND DON'T SPEAK GREEK, EXPLAIN WHAT THE LYRICS
ARE ALL ABOUT. WHAT OFFERS YOU INSPIRATION?
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Our lyrics speak about everyday's situations
and the problems we face!
8.WHICH ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE?
WILL YOU DO ANY LIVE SHOWS?
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We have so many songs so the next step
is to make our second cd!we want to do live performances but it's a bit
difficult because we don't have a bass player!
9.YOU LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN, WHICH IS
FAR FROM THE MUSICAL CENTRES. SO, HOW DIFFICULT IS IT FOR YOU TO STAND
OUT, DO SOMETHING REALLY GOOD AND DRAW ATTENTION?
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Although we are close to the centre
(Athens) we face the same problems like all greek regions!
10.WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO SOMEONE THAT
IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH YOUR MUSIC TO INTRIGUE HIS INTEREST? WHICH IS YOUR
MOST RECOGNIZABLE ELEMENT?
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The drummer! our lyrics! melodic rhythms
and solo's!
11.DO YOU THINK GOD GOT SO FRIGHTENED
FROM WHAT HE CREATED THAT HE MOVED TO HEAVEN TO KEEP DISTANCE FROM HIS
CREATIONS? :))
12.IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO TRAVEL
BACK IN TIME, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AND WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE?
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(drummer) I'd like to be at midikoi
(Persian) wars because we made the strongest defence for europe!
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(guitarist) I'd like to be in ancient
greece and talk to socrates!
13.WHAT TITLE WOULD YOU GIVE TO THIS
INTERVIEW?
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A walk at ladadika,thessalonica!
15.WHICH IS THE WILDEST, CRAZIEST THING
YOU'D LIKE TO BE ASKED?
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(drummer) "where would you like to
be with your motorbike and a woman?"
16.THANK YOU! HAVE I FORGOTTEN TO ASK
YOU ANYTHING AND YOU'D LIKE TO MENTION?
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We thank you!our regards to all macedonians
and we hope to see you here in aegina! keep on rockin' ATROPOI
Christine Parastatidou
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