From OP: Ah, Say Yeah! Everybody now do the shake, The Forminx are in the house! Times must have been fun back then in the sixties :-) What started out as a school band quickly turned into the hottest garage act in those days in Athens, and the rest of Greece quickly followed.... Vangelis' first band 'The Forminx' scored hit after hit in 1964 and 1965 with songs like Jeronima Yanka and Jenka Beat, and with their performances reminiscent to those of the Beatles, attracted a new generation, who no doubt appreciated the international look of their local heroes...
The Forminx line up: Vangelis Papathanassiou on organ, Vassilis Bakopoulos on guitar, Sotiris Arnis on bass and Costas Skokos on drums. Tassos Papastamatis, who also made a short-lived solo career outside the band, joined in on occasion as the lead singer. The Forminx released a total of 22 songs, 14 of which were published on the album 'The Forminx'. Most songs are composed by Vangelis Papathanassiou, some others by Nikos Mastorakis. Most lyrics were written by Nikos Mastorakis. In 1965 Greek director Theo Angelopoulos started a film about the Forminx named 'Peripeteies Me Tous Forminx' ('The Forminx Story') or also known as 'Troubles'. Sadly this film was never finished due to production problems, but a number of songs were put online on the Radio Gold website with the following names: "Gipity-Ripity", "Gud-Bay", "I Found You Again", "Lonely Dove", "Party No.3", "Tail", "Train" and "Troubles".
THE FORMINX - Train
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Ah, Say Yeah! Everybody now do the shake, The Forminx are in the house! Times must have been fun back then in the sixties :-) What started out as a school band quickly turned into the hottest garage act in those days in Athens, and the rest of Greece quickly followed.... Vangelis' first band 'The Forminx' scored hit after hit in 1964 and 1965 with songs like Jeronima Yanka and Jenka Beat, and with their performances reminiscent to those of the Beatles, attracted a new generation, who no doubt appreciated the international look of their local heroes...
The Forminx line up: Vangelis Papathanassiou on organ, Vassilis Bakopoulos on guitar, Sotiris Arnis on bass and Costas Skokos on drums. Tassos Papastamatis, who also made a short-lived solo career outside the band, joined in on occasion as the lead singer.
The Forminx released a total of 22 songs, 14 of which were published on the album 'The Forminx'. Most songs are composed by Vangelis Papathanassiou, some others by Nikos Mastorakis. Most lyrics were written by Nikos Mastorakis.
In 1965 Greek director Theo Angelopoulos started a film about the Forminx named 'Peripeteies Me Tous Forminx' ('The Forminx Story') or also known as 'Troubles'. Sadly this film was never finished due to production problems, but a number of songs were put online on the Radio Gold website with the following names: "Gipity-Ripity", "Gud-Bay", "I Found You Again", "Lonely Dove", "Party No.3", "Tail", "Train" and "Troubles".