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Xylina Spathia

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Xylina Spathia (Τα Ξύλινα Σπαθιά, The Wooden Swords) were one of the most popular Greek bands, coming from Thessaloniki, that were distinguished for their special and personal sound, which was unprecedented for the Greek music of the era. [1]

27 relations: Alternative rock, Amorgos, Commune, Cyprus, Electronic music, Electronic rock, France, Great Britain, Greece, Karditsa, London, Mériel, Mode Plagal, Nikos Papazoglou, Paris, Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Pop music, Pyx Lax, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rock music, Rock music in Greece, Rodon (Athens), The Rolling Stones, The Smashing Pumpkins, Thessaloniki, Trypes, Virgin Records.

Alternative rock

Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s.

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Amorgos

Amorgos (Αμοργός) is the easternmost island of the Cyclades island group, and the nearest island to the neighboring Dodecanese island group in Greece.

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Commune

A commune (the French word appearing in the 12th century from Medieval Latin communia, meaning a large gathering of people sharing a common life; from Latin communis, things held in common) is an intentional community of people living together, sharing common interests, often having common values and beliefs, as well as shared property, possessions, resources, and, in some communes, work, income or assets.

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Cyprus

Cyprus (Κύπρος; Kıbrıs), officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία; Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti), is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean.

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Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments and circuitry-based music technology.

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Electronic rock

Electronic rock is a broad music genre that involves a combination of rock music and electronic music, featuring instruments typically found within both genres.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Greece

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Karditsa

Karditsa (Καρδίτσα) is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Mériel

Mériel is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department and Île-de-France region of France.

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Mode Plagal

Mode Plagal is an originally Greek group who perform traditional Greek music blended with jazz, funk and other international styles.

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Nikos Papazoglou

Nikolaos (Nikos) Papazoglou (in Greek: Νίκος Παπάζογλου; 20 March 1948 – 17 April 2011) was a Thessaloniki-born Greek singer-songwriter, musician, and producer.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Pavlos Sidiropoulos

Pavlos Sidiropoulos (Παύλος Σιδηρόπουλος; July 27, 1948 – December 6, 1990) was a Greek musician, noted for supporting the use of Greek lyrics in rock music, at a time when most Greek rock groups were using English lyrics.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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Pyx Lax

Pyx Lax (Πυξ Λαξ, Punching and Kicking) was a Greek rock band.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American funk rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Rock music in Greece

Rock and roll spread around the world in the 1950s and 1960s, entering Greece in the middle of the 1960s.

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Rodon (Athens)

Rodon (Ρόδον) was a rock and pop music venue (club) in Athens, Greece, from 1987 to 2005; it was in 24 Marni Street.

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1962.

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The Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins (or Smashing Pumpkins) are an American alternative rock band from Chicago, Illinois.

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Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη, Thessaloníki), also familiarly known as Thessalonica, Salonica, or Salonika is the second-largest city in Greece, with over 1 million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of Greek Macedonia, the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace.

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Trypes

Trypes (Greek: Τρύπες), which translates in English as "Holes" were a highly influential and acclaimed Greek rock band, originating from Thessaloniki, Greece.

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Virgin Records

Virgin Records Ltd. was a British record label founded by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman in 1972.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylina_Spathia

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