Aphrodite's Child
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Key facts
- Origin
- Greece
- Genres
- Psychedelic pop psychedelic rock baroque pop progressive rock
- Years active
- 1967–1972
- Labels
- Mercury , Vertigo
- Past members
- Evangelos Papathanassiou Demis Roussos Loukas Sideras Silver Koulouris
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rock band
- Notable work
- Rain and Tears
- Country
- France
- Genre
- psychedelic rock
- Country of origin
- France
- Record label
- Vertigo Records
- Image
- Aphrodite's Child (1970).png
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- inception
- 1967-01-01
- location of formation
- Greece
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- end of work period
- 1972-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Aphrodite's Child was a musical band formed in 1967, by Evangelos Papathanassiou, later known professionally as Vangelis (keyboards, flutes), Demis Roussos (bass, acoustic and electric guitar, vocals), Loukas Sideras (drums and vocals), and Silver Koulouris (guitar). They initially found success in Europe with hit singles like "Rain and Tears", "End of the World", "I Want to Live", and "It's Five O'Clock", before pivoting to progressive rock with their third and final album, 666 (1972). An ambitious concept album inspired by the Book of Revelation, it later gained critical acclaim and has appeared on a number of lists of the top progressive and psychedelic albums of all time.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aphrodite's Child” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.