Bokomolech

Bokomolech is a band from Athens, Greece. Its members met some time in 1991 in the National Technical University, studying Architecture. After a period of experimentation with the line-up, during which they performed live at the 2nd Indie Free Festival in Athens in July 1993, they came up with the formation of a singer (Dimitris Ioannou), two guitarists (Kostas Ragoussis and Evi Fraghedaki), a bassist (Lila Katerinaki) and a drummer (Vlassis Karagiannis), which lasted for a decade. Their name, proposed by Lila and supported by popular vote, came from a Ukrainian physician (Alexander Alexandrovic Bogomoletz) who came up with a drug of the same name some time in the 1950’s, supposedly postponing the ageing of cells in the human body. The drug was met with considerable success for a few years, before it was sadly proved ineffective. Just as one might expect from the combination of such a dull line-up with such a bizarre name, their songwriting is a rather perverse mix of mostly regular elements.