Metro Decay

Yannis Maniatis (drums), KP Mastoris (keys, bass) Antonis Maniatis (guitar, vox). Also: Stelios Mastrokalos (guitar), Yannis Roditis (bass), Yorgos Glynelis (bass), Yorgos Palamiotis (bass)
1980. Punk had kicked the door wide open and crowds of sans-culotte musicians were storming Bastille slaying the rock n roll aristocracy. Somehow, a bunch of wacky kids in Greece got the message and intended to do their part. Not an easy task in post-junta Greece were rock music was frowned upon by the authorities, record companies, state-controlled radio, live venues and the masses. Even worse, the local old-school rockers totally detested the new sights and sounds. What? No 20-minute guitar solo? Where's the long hair? You gotta be kidding.. Metro Decay, were one of those few musical oddities that sprang in the neighbourhoods of Athens during that era. In 1981 18 year-olds Yannis Maniatis and Costas Mastoris recruited 15 year old Antonis Maniatis who was the only one that had ever laid hand on a musical instrument till then and started rehearsing.