The Greek punk ( el, Ελληνική πάνκ, ) scene was small but powerful in the Greek capital, Athens, in the 1980s. Bands such as Adiexodo (''

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''), Genia Tou Chaous (''Chaos generation''),

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Panx Romana Panx Romana is a Greek punk rock band that was established in 1977. They are very popular among Greek anarchists and have done multiple concerts in many locations of Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athên ...

, Ex-humans, Anti (''

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'') functioned as a bunch of related bands, who gave concerts together, in the same locations. Like elsewhere, punk attitude has been loosely used by various individuals, but most of the times the key element was the youthful anger and the provocative anti-establishment attitude. Many newer crust and

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bands such as Ksehasmeni Profitia ( Gr:ξεχασμένη προφητεία) (''Forgotten prophecy''), Naftia (''Nausea''),

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and others of the 1990s followed

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s, gradually forming a small but powerful network in most big Greek cities. This network has sometimes been linked with local anarchist-related groups, squats, cultural/social/left-wing centers. Most of the concerts of punk bands in Greece have no, or minimal, entrance fee and many of them are arranged according to

s. Contemporary punk bands have seldom managed to form a solid scene outside that DIY / anarchopunk movement, but sometimes a band might attract an enthusiastic core of dedicated fans, such as in the

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or streetpunk subgenres. Few attempts have been made to document information about Greek punk; one of those being a limited edition brochure of Anarchist Library (Anarhiki Vivliothiki). Some Greek webzines have also documented Greek punk history.

Notable Bands

* Genia Tou Chaous * Adiexodo * Naftia *

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* The Clash Tribute

External links

Punk.gr
information on Greek punk in English (Archived)
Greek Punk/Crust/HC and more
page on Greek punk movement and punk collective
Diymusic
site on Greek diy movement
Anexartisi
site with many resources, also many Greek rock bands
Words and Stuff
articles on Greek punk, punk rock show reviews and zines

more links
Greek_Punk_blogspot
Downloads, lives ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Greek Punk Music scenes Punk by country

Notable Bands

See also

Further reading

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