Iraklis & Lernaia Hydra
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Iraklis & Lernaia Hydra was a Greek rock band. It was formed in 1972 by musician Iraklis Triantafyllidis and was active until 1995.
History
Many musicians participated in this band:
- 1972–1995: Iraklis Triantafyllidis, core member and founder of the band (vocals, guitar, violin, banjo-mandolin, fife, harmonica and others)
- 1972–1974: Fondas Xatzis (drums), Giorgos Maglaras (violin), Petros Protopappas (flute, vocals) and Giorgos Jagger (bass) joined the band. Later, the following musicians also participated: Christos Stimagiotis (flute), Lakis Papadopoulos (guitar, vocals), Tolis Dimitrakopoulos (guitar, vocals) and Nikos Pavlakos (bass).
- 1974: Giorgos Filippidis (bass), Giannis Pachoulis (guitar, vocals). In Spring 1974, Iraklis went to Germany, forming a band with German musicians and played live in gigs where other international musicians also played. He returned to Greece in October 1974 and recorded “Se Allous Kosmous”, which was released by EMI as a double LP in January 1976.
- 1976: Dimitris Zafirelis (guitar, vocals), Giorgos Sieras (guitar, vocals), Vasilis Stamatiadis (drums), Nikos Doikas (bass), Giorgos Gavalas (flute, vocals), Nikos Sakelis (keyboard), Nikos Milionis (harmonica) and Marianna (vocals)
- 1977: Pier Choremis (guitar), Spiros Fatouros (drums), Nikos Giannatos (bass) and Marianna (vocals)
- 1978: Iraklis Saridakis (guitar), Michalis Nikolaidis (bass), Thanos Apostolou (drums), Tasos Kalianiotis (guitar, vocals), Stelios Zachariou (drums).
- 1979: Vasilis Lemonis
- 1980–1984: "Iraklis & Lernaia Hydra" played live quite often in "Sofita", a place owned by Iraklis, a place where bands and artists could perform live. Most of the rock musicians – bands of the time performed at some point in "Sofita".
- 1980: Tasos Fotodimos (drums), Giannis Giokarinis (keyboard, vocals), Panos Patsoglou (trombone), Giannis Kikinis (saxophone, flute). They played live in many gigs in Athens and other Greek cities.
- 1981: Christos Lagos (guitar), Nikos Ziogalas (vocals). With this formation and Giannis Giokarinis and Katerina Metsini contributing to vocals, the album "Pezis Me tis Michanes" ("You're playing with machines") was recorded.
- 1982: Panagiotis Gianoselis (drums), Giorgos Grekousis (vocals).
- 1982–83: Giannis Giokarinis (keyboard, vocals), Nikos Sidirikastritis (drums).
- 1983: Akis Perdikis (drums), Matt Daryan (saxophone), Milena Triantafyllou (keyboard).
- 1984: Vaggelis Efstathiou (drums), Makis Simitis (keyboard, vocals), Panos Streklas (saxophone). With these members, and Giannis Giokarinis, Sophia Noiti and Marianna Varvadouka in vocals, the rock album "I stigmi" ("The Moment") was recorded. "Legame", a song which was recorded in 1981, is included in this record.
- 1985: The band played in Belgrade.
- 1986: Stratos Alimonos (keyboard, vocals), Costas Papanikolaou (bass), Manolis Skoulas (guitar, vocals), Nikos Makrakis (drums).
- 1987: Petros Pelelis (drums)
- 1988: Charis Antoniou (drums), Tolis Voultzatis (guitar), Manolis Petalakis (keyboard), Costas Papanikolaou (bass), Michalis Nikolaidis (bass), Vangelis Efstathiou (drums), Stratos Alimonos (keyboard).
- 1995: Akis Mouchlianitis (keyboard, vocals), Dimitris Papanikou (bass, vocals), Charis Antoniou (drums), Giorgos Rallis (drums), Alexandros Triantafyllidis (guitar, vocals), Irini Triantafyllidi (vocals)
Discography
- O Giannis, LP 45's, Polygram, 1972
- Se Allous Kosmous, 2 (LP), EMI, 1976. This album has been reissued six times:
- LP, Polyavlos, 1981
- LP, EMI-Columbia, 1988
- CD, MINOS-EMI, 1995
- 2 (LP), Polyavlos, 2002
- CD, MINOS-EMI, 2003
- CD, Polyavlos, 2006
- San Oneiro Glyko, LP 45’s, EMI, 1976
- Pezis Me tis Michanes, LP, Polyavlos, 1981
- I stigmi, LP, Polyavlos, 1984
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