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Aphrodite’s Child was a Greek rock band formed in 1968 by vocalist/bassist Demis Roussos, multi-instrumentalist Evangelos (Vangelis) Papathanassiou and drummer Lucas Sideras. After a failed attempt to enter England, the band regrouped in Paris, where guitarist Anargyros “Silver” Koulouris was added to their line-up (although he would be forced to leave the band to perform military service, with guitar and bass both being played by Roussos during his absence).
The band’s first two albums, End of the World and It’s Five O’Clock, combined a very ’60s sounding Euro-pop-rock with Greek folk music elements. The former album featured the song “Rain and Tears”, a reworking of Pachelbel’s Canon in D major. The song was a minor hit in the United Kingdom, but did far better in France, where the band was based, as well as the rest of Europe. Other European hits included “Marie Jolie”, “I Want to Live”, and “Spring, Summer, Winter, and Fall” from 1969 and 1970 respectively.
The band began to record their crowning achievement in 1970: a musical adaptation of the biblical Book of Revelations, entitled 666 - The Apocalypse of St. John. Relations between Roussos, Vangelis and Sideras were not good at the time, and continued to worsen before the album’s creation. However, the group was contractually obligated to release a third album, and went into the studio in 1970 to create 666.
The band’s first two albums, End of the World and It’s Five O’Clock, combined a very ’60s sounding Euro-pop-rock with Greek folk music elements. The former album featured the song “Rain and Tears”, a reworking of Pachelbel’s Canon in D major. The song was a minor hit in the United Kingdom, but did far better in France, where the band was based, as well as the rest of Europe. Other European hits included “Marie Jolie”, “I Want to Live”, and “Spring, Summer, Winter, and Fall” from 1969 and 1970 respectively.
The band began to record their crowning achievement in 1970: a musical adaptation of the biblical Book of Revelations, entitled 666 - The Apocalypse of St. John. Relations between Roussos, Vangelis and Sideras were not good at the time, and continued to worsen before the album’s creation. However, the group was contractually obligated to release a third album, and went into the studio in 1970 to create 666.
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Argamocrypt wrote:
I would say "666 is probably one of the greatest albums of all times" but that "probably" implies that there might be better albums out there.
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tidawilson wrote:
:')
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xatzi wrote:
great band!!!
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JLucasACDC wrote:
grande banda... end of the world é uma das musicas mais lindas q ja ouvi...
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alfapp wrote:
666 is probably one of the greatest albums of all times [2]
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zfoxer wrote:
666 is an album that is overrated by some people, and at the same time, underrated by others. I just like it.
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Argamocrypt wrote:
Side 3 of 666 is a batshit crazy, acid trip set to music. May be my all-time favorite album.
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JLucasACDC wrote:
The Four Horseman *-----------*
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CasiniProjekt wrote:
Hey please check out my music, its free hard rock/prog http://www.last.fm/music/The+Cassini+Projekt/Blind+Vision
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FyoMiDos wrote:
666 is probably one of the greatest albums of all times
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Amidlo wrote:
i have just lately discovered - and am wondering - how come a life may be, if one does not know the pure gold of the wonderfuly amazing track Spring, Summer, Winter and Fall..! :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGTftb2kqFc
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gonzab wrote:
666 instantaneously became one of my favorite prog rock albums. really recommend it to anyone that likes the genre and maybe even if they don't.
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djblatch wrote:
I was introduced to this band last night, I can't stop listening to them!
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Hanzz6 wrote:
Warning: Highly Addictive!!
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MaceSkinner wrote:
Русос, Русос))) Когда я узнал об этой группе то дико о..уел)
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Rockin_doll wrote:
Они прекрасны! слушаю и слушаю.. а 666 - вообще апогей рок-оргазма! жаль, что всего 3 альбома оставили((
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FernandoVGP wrote:
Perfeita http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P72HUDxOKFo
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ThaatsDerringer wrote:
absolutely perfect.
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KathyRockett wrote:
It's kind of sad The Four Horseman is the tune everybody loves.
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eoganwood wrote:
The four horseman is such an amazing tune!
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