Deus Ex Machina is a popular Greek
hardcore punk
Hardcore punk (also known as simply hardcore) is a punk rock music genre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots can be traced to earlier punk ...
band from Athens formed in 1989 by Dimitris Spyropoulos and Dimitris Manthos, with Spyropoulos and Yiannis Venardis (the group's
drummer
A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one mem ...
) having already been early
Greek punk
The Greek punk ( el, Ελληνική πάνκ, ) scene was small but powerful in the Greek capital, Athens, in the 1980s. Bands such as Adiexodo (''Dead end''), Genia Tou Chaous (''Chaos generation''), Stress, Panx Romana, Ex-humans, Anti ( ...
scene's 'veterans' (they were members of
Adiexodo
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Adiexodo ( el, Αδιέξοδο; Greek Language, Greek for "Dead End") was a Greek punk band from Athens formed in 1983 by Dimitris Spyropoulos, Sotiris Theocharis, Stathis Papandreou, Thim Geo and Mimis Alimprantis. It ...
).
The band's lyrics are often political having references to subjects such as the
War on Iraq
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and the Mexican
Zapatista Army of National Liberation
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (, EZLN), often referred to as the Zapatistas (Mexican ), is a far-left political and militant group that controls a substantial amount of territory in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico.
Sin ...
movement.
Discography (selected)
* Motorpsycho (Hitch Hyke 1990)
* Worlds Apart (Hitch Hyke 1993)
* Execute/Iraq 'n' Roll (Hitch Hyke 1992)
* No Silence/SDS (Hitch Hyke 1995)
* Different? (
EP, Hitch Hyke 1997)
* Signs (Hitch Hyke 2003)
* Time Expires (EP, The Lab 2007)
* 38 Hiliosta / bastardokratia (7', The Lab 2012)
* The Sound of Liberation (LP, CD, The Lab 2013)
Band members
* Stavros X (vocals)
* Dimitris Spyropoulos (guitar)
* Tolik (guitar)
* Dimitris Manthos (bass)
* Kostas Petrou (drums)
External links
Official siteBand's History by musicmoz.org
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Greek punk rock groups
Musical groups from Athens