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Aphrodite's Child
Aphrodite's Child is a psychedelic rock artist from English formed in 1968. 8 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Psychedelic Rock · English · Best psychedelic rock albums
- 8
- Releases
- 1968–2024
- Active years
- 1968
- Formed
Artist
Aphrodite's Child is a psychedelic rock artist from English formed in 1968. 8 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Psychedelic Rock · English · Best psychedelic rock albums
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1975
Aphrodite's Child was a Greek progressive rock band formed in 1967, by Vangelis Papathanassiou (keyboards), Demis Roussos (bass guitar and vocals), Loukas Sideras (drums and vocals), and Anargyros "Silver" Koulouris (guitar). Papathanassiou and Roussos had already been successful in Greece (playing in the bands Formynx and Idols respectively) while they got together with Sideras and Koulouris (born 26 January 1947, Piraeus, Greece) to form a new band. Their band's name was derived from the title of a track from another Mercury act, Dick Campbell, from his Sings Where It's At album. Their first recording as a band was for George Romanos' album In Concert and in Studio where they played on four songs and were credited as "Vangelis and his Orchestra". In the same year they recorded a two-song demo and submitted it to Philips Records. It was probably Vangelis' idea that the still-anonymous band should be relocated to London, which would be a more suitable environment for their music, as their country had entered a right-wing dictatorship in 1967. This decision, however, was not problem-free. Koulouris had to stay in Greece to fulfill his military service, while the band, on their way…
