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New Zero God Origin Athens, Greece Genres Rock, gothic rock, post punk, industrial music Years active 2006-present Members Mike Pougounas, Dimitris “Sidheog” Steves, Michael Christou, Harris Stavrakas Past members Averkios Hadjiantoniadis, Costas Spanos, Babis “B-abyss” Diakoumeas, Elias “E-raptor” Raptis New Zero God is a Greek Punk/Post Punk rock band formed in 2006 by frontman and vocalist Mike Pougounas, bassist Costas Spanos, drummer Dimitris “Sidheog” Steves, and guitarist Averkios Hadjiantoniadis.
New Zero God’s popularity in Greece may be due to the veteran musicians who make up the band; as most Greek rock fans were already familiar with Mike Pougounas and Averkios Hadjiantoniadis from The Flowers Of Romance, which is considered a legendary Greek gothic rock group. Costas Spanos and Dimitris Steves played with Pougounas in his previous band, Nexus. While New Zero God is billed as a post-punk group, their sound may lack any true classification, as their current style is a culmination of a musical evolution that began with The Flowers Of Romance’s pure punk style, later gothic rock style, and then Nexus’s industrial style.
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History
Although Mike Pougounas’s Cyberdelia Records closed in 2005 and Nexus disbanded along with it, Pougounas, Steves, and Spanos did not go their separate ways. They instead formed New Zero God a year later, reuniting Pougounas and Hadjiantoniadis who played together in The Flowers Of Romance before Hadjiantoniadis left the group to tour Europe.
New Zero God has been performing primarily around Greece, especially Athens, playing new songs as well as covers of Flowers Of Romance songs. New Zero God has performed at several notable shows thus far, such as opening for the Legendary Pink Dots and Christian Death. In 2007, after the departures of Hadjiantoniadis and Spanos from the lineup, they were replaced by Past Perfect veteran guitarist Elias “E-raptor” Raptis and bassist Babis “B-abyss” Diakoumeas.
New Zero God recently completed production on their debut album, Fun is A Four Letter Word, which is currently slated for a 2009 release.
A mutual collaboration was recently announced between New Zero God and Italian band Lunacy Box; New Zero God will remix at least one song from Lunacy Box’s newest self-titled album while lead singer of Lunacy Box MS Larsen will be a guest vocalist on an upcoming New Zero God single. Neither songs have of yet been announced.
New Zero God’s “In Your Dreams Again” is featured on the 4-part compilation set Because God Told Me To Do It.[1] New Zero God is also featured in “Back In Black”, a 2009 documentary film by George Kagialedakis about the Greek rock scene.
Discography
Studio Releases
- 2009 – Fun Is A Four Letter Word (Digital Release)
- 2010 – Fun Is A Four Letter Word (CD Release)
Compilations
- 2009 – Because God Told Me To Do It" (4-CD Compilation)
- 2010 - Lollipop Magazine Fall 2009 (Boston, MA USA)
See also
- Greek rock
- The Flowers Of Romance
References
- ^ Because God Told Me to Do It: The Brad Miller Blog(April 2009.)(http://theebradmiller.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html)
Categories:- Greek punk rock groups
- Post-punk music groups
- 2009 – Fun Is A Four Letter Word (Digital Release)
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