Socrates Drank The Conium greek band from their 1999 reunion concert. Very rare NET coverage.

Socrates (as the somewhat ponderous name is often abbreviated) began its career in the clubs of Athens. Most prominent of these was the popular Kyttaro. They were present at a number of other locations in and around Victoria Square in Athens. Apart from playing many original songs at gigs, Socrates often covered Jimi Hendrix songs, none of which were featured on any studio releases. However, a thirteen-minute cover of (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones found its way onto their 1972 album Taste of Conium. The guitarist, Yannis Spathas, favored a mid-1960's sunburst Fender Stratocaster, a Candy Apple Red Roland GR-505 guitar synthesizer and a black Gibson Les Paul Custom as his instruments, Antonis Tourkoyorgis played a mid-1970's natural ash-bodied Fender Jazz Bass and sang, while several drummers were used throughout the live shows and recording sessions. As a whole, the three-piece outfit resembled that of Cream: counterparts Spathas and Clapton, singer/bassists Tourkoyorgis and Bruce and drummers Boukouvalas and Baker. In 1974, Socrates went through a change in stylistic direction with "Phos" which was produced by Vangelis and featured his contribution on many tracks. Phos was mostly reworkings of older songs by Socrates. During 2006 Socrates reunited in an extended form (featuring keyboards and a second singer) to do several shows around Athens.

Socrates Drank The Conium greek band from their 1999 reunion concert. Very rare NET coverage.

Socrates Drank The Conium greek band from their 1999 reunion concert. Very rare NET coverage.

Socrates Drank The Conium greek band from their 1999 reunion concert. Very rare NET coverage.

Socrates Drank The Conium greek band from their 1999 reunion concert. Very rare NET coverage.

Socrates Drank The Conium greek band from their 1999 reunion concert. Very rare NET coverage.

Socrates Drank The Conium greek band from their 1999 reunion concert. Very rare NET coverage.

Fine blues by one of the best 70s Greek rock band. Enjoy!

Οι Socrates drank the conium στο Κηποθέατρο έκαναν την συναυλιακή έναρξη του καλοκαιριού στον ιστορικό αυτό χώρο. Δείτε τι είδαμε.

Socrates - Taste of Conium LP. Track Listing: Wild Satisfaction Good Morning Blues See See Rider Door of the Dream Waiting for the Sun A Trip in the Sky It's OK Born to be Free She's Gone Away

Socrates Drank The Conium greek band from their 1999 reunion concert. Very rare NET coverage.

Live in Athens 2005 Socrates Drank the Conium is a Greek progressive/blues rock band that was active in the early 1970s. Their sound was reminiscent of other such bands of the approximate period like the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, Cream, Jeff Beck and some of the more progressive, experimental works of Black Sabbath. Their categorization as "progressive" can be attributed mainly to their abundant use of less-than-conventional time signatures. The Group would go through many lineup changes throughout the years, but the two core members have remained: guitarist Yannis Spathas and bassist/singer Antonis Tourkoyorgis History Socrates (as the somewhat ponderous name is often abbreviated) began its career in the clubs of Athens. Most prominent of these was the popular Kyttaro. They were present at a number of other locations in and around Victoria Square in Athens. Apart from playing many original songs at gigs, Socrates often covered Jimi Hendrix songs, none of which were featured on any studio releases. However, a thirteen-minute cover of (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones found its way onto their 1972 album Taste of Conium. The guitarist, Yannis Spathas, favored a mid-1960's sunburst Fender Stratocaster, a Candy Apple Red Roland GR-505 guitar synthesizer and a black Gibson Les Paul Custom as his instruments, Antonis Tourkoyorgis played a mid-1970's natural ash-bodied Fender Jazz Bass and sang, while several drummers were used throughout the live shows and recording sessions. As a whole, the three-piece outfit resembled that of Cream: counterparts Spathas and Clapton, singer/bassists Tourkoyorgis and Bruce and drummers Boukouvalas and Baker. In 1974, Socrates went through a change in stylistic direction with "Phos" which was produced by Vangelis and featured his contribution on many tracks. Phos was mostly reworkings of older songs by Socrates. During 2006 Socrates reunited in an extended form (featuring keyboards and a second singer) to do several shows around Athens. Members (founding and other) * Antonis Tourkoyorgis - Bass guitar, vocals * Yannis Spathas - Lead guitar, Guitar synth * George Trantalidis - Drums * Elias Boukouvalas - Drums * Gus Doukakis - Guitar (1973) * Makis Gioulis - Drums * Asteris Papastamatakis - Keyboards * Markella Panagiotou - vocals [edit] Discography * (Appears on) Live at Kyttaro[2] - 1971 * Socrates Drank the Conium - 1972 * Taste of Conium - 1972 * On The Wings - 1973 * Phos - 1974 * Waiting for Something - 1980 * Breaking Through - 1981 * Plaza - 1983 * The Original Singles - Compilation released 2005 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates_Drank_The_Conium

The most famous Hellenic group, Socrates! Recorded Live, Saturday 2005-05-07 in N.Smyrni Square with handycam. Band line up: YANNIS SPATHAS guitar ANTONIS TOURKOGIORGIS bass, vocals MAKIS GIOULIS drums ASTERIS PAPASTAMATAKIS keyboards MARKELLA PANAGIOTOU backing vocals

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Makis Gioulis - "Drum Solo" - "Kyttaro" club,7-6-08

Socrates (a.k.a. Socrates Drank The Conium) will probably never get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But while other groups were becoming well known in the free world, this Hendrix-style blues band was playing to standing-room-only crowds in a small club in Athens, during Greece's military dictatorship, a period when even Rolling Stone albums were hard to find, and for a time illegal. Socrates was Yannis Spathas and Antonis Tourkoyorgis on guitar and bass respectively. During the period that they were playing in the Kitarro Club they went through several drummers including George Trantalidis, all of them terrific. In Athens during the early seventies, when the 1967 military dictatorship was still in control, there were a number of rock clubs in the area around Victoria Square and in the Plaka. Poll and Morka played at the Elaterion. Socrates and Exidaktilo played at the Kitarro.Musicians loved Socrates. Even Savopoulos used to go hear them. What made them so remarkable was the guitar playing of Spathas. If you liked the way Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, Jimmy Page and Eddie Van Halen play you will love Spathas and if you play guitar yourself you will wonder "If this was thirty years ago and he is still playing how good must he be now?" Socrates still plays. They are again a three-piece with Spathas and Tourkogiorgis joined by -Makis Gioulis, a fine drummer in the traditon of the band. Asteris Papastamatakis plays keyboards on some material and a female vocalist named Markela Panagiotou, harmonizes and does duets with Tourkogiorgis and sings a couple songs on her own. LIKE WHAT U HEARD? SUBSCRIBE IF YOU WILL FOR MORE EXCELLENT MUSIC

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Dimitris Poulikakos kai Socrates drunk the conium stis 14 Martiou 2008 sto rodeo. O Mitsaras tragoudaei "to '69" tou Pavlou sidiropoulou

Dimitris Poulikakos kai Socrates drunk the conium stis 14 Martiou 2008 sto rodeo. O Mitsaras tragoudaei to "Yparxw" tou Kazantzidi.

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Socrates Drunk The Conium Song cover version live by P.S.

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