ArtistInfo

Socrates Drank The Conium

Band, 1969-2010 GR, Athens
Rock

Socrates Drank the Conium, known also as Socrates, is a Greek rock band that formed in 1969 and achieved success in the 1970s. Influenced by heavy blues and rock bands like The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream, the band melded the unorthodox time signatures and orchestration of progressive rock and the intensity of blues and hard rock music, creating a unique sound that distinguished them from other Greek rock acts of that period. Outside Greece, Socrates is best known for Phos, their 1976 landmark collaboration album with Vangelis.

Members

	Αντώνης Τουρκογιώργης b, voc *1951 GR
	John Spathas g, acg, eg
	Γιώργος Τρανταλίδης dr, perc GR
	Elias Boukouvalas dr, voc
	Evangelos Papathanassiou *1943 GR
	Μάκης Γιούλης dr