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Socrates Drank the Conium
Socrates performing live at the University of Patras (2008)
Background information
Origin
Athens, Greece
Genres
Hard rock, blues-rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock
Years active
1969–2010
Labels
Polygram Vertigo Virgin
Members
Last Lineup (2010) Antonis Tourkogiorgis Yannis Spathas Makis Gioulis
Past members
Asterios Papastamatakis Markella Panagiotou Elias Boukouvalas George Trantalidis Nikos Antypas Yiorgos Zikoyiannis Pavlos Alexiou Leonidas Alachadamis Kostas "Gus" Doukakis
Socrates Drank the Conium, known also as Socrates, was a Greek rock band that formed in 1969[1] and achieved success in the 1970s. Influenced by heavy blues and rock bands like The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream, the band melded the unorthodox time signatures and orchestration of progressive rock and the intensity of blues and hard rock music, creating a unique sound that distinguished them from other Greek rock acts of that period. Outside Greece, Socrates is best known for Phos, their 1976 landmark collaboration album with Vangelis.
The group has gone through many lineup changes, but the two core members remained: guitarist Yannis Spathas and bassist/singer Antonis Tourkogiorgis. Spathas died in 2019, aged 68. Nikos Antipas died on January 31, 2022, from complications related to stroke, aged 68.
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