ANTI TROPPAU COUNCIL "A Way Out" 1986

Here are their complete recordings. They were formed in Athens, Greece in 1983. They have released the lp, "A WAY OUT" in 1986 under the Pegasus label. It was recorded in Agrotikon Studio in Thessaloniki with Nick Papazoglou as sound engineer. Their sound is raw punk rock with garage edges influeced by Radio Birdman and Roky Erickson amongst others. The song "I Believe", actually is dedicated to Roky Errickson. They were excellent on stage, energetic powerfull and they had a limited but very faithfull fans. They supported Dream Syndicate in their 1985 gig in Athens, played with Last Drive, and also supported TV Personalities in their 1st gig in Athens in 1986. They had also contributed in the "Outsiders" and "Cicadas" compilations (songs included here).They split up in 1987. Their guitarist John Drenogiannis was consider one of the most prolific guitarists of his time, although he was self teached (after hearing in 1978 the 1st Sex Pistols lp, he said, he took a wooden stick pretending that it was a guitar and started jumping up and down scaring his mother, and that was it!). He played as session musician in many bands (Xwris Perideraio amongst others) and after splitting up of ATC he formed YEAH! that have released 2 great LPs. He also played with LIBIDO BLOOM in their 3 LPs. He is now a famous motorcycle journalist with own tv programm. The vocalist Vasilis (Bill) Tzavaras was what we call performer. He along with Bassist Tolis Maragkos/Gerasimos Gatzelias and drummer Takis Kanellos, have disappearred from the scene few years after band split up. There are some tapes with the recorded but never released 2nd LP (which is great too), but that's another story (if you get what i mean:)). - mutantsound /aka Jim from Greece

trax:
1 The Last Poet on the Road 2 The Diver 3 Insanity 4 In the City 5 A Way Out 6 I Believe 7 Contract With the Devil 8 Into the 7th Sky 9 Scream a Song 10 Cartoons 11 When the Saints Go 12 Contract With the Devil 13 Remissed 14 Horizons 15 Shine