Both bands were young but they did tight, professional sets and the Melrose Rock Bar in Pyrgos was packed for the whole night. The bar is fifty square meters but there were one hundred and twenty people in it. That's a lot of people but it was cool and everyone was extremely well-mannered. Harry has been running the Melrose Rock Bar for quite a few years and he knows how to keep things together. People don't get drunk and hit each other over the head with bottles, etc. The police know he stays on top of it so the whole vibe is very, very cool ... and it rocks hard. This is NOT traditional Greek music.
Here's a shot from outside so you will know when you've found it. Maybe you ask why travel five thousand miles to hear kids playing rock but there's a perfectly good reason: it's good rock!
Here are some shots from inside the bar:
No drugs, drunks, nor bad attitudes, just a whole lot of kids having a good time and doing it quite loud! The sound reinforcement was excellent as the sound was punched up great but you could still talk ... a little bit. It wouldn't do to be hanging there in long chats about philosophy while the band plays, right.
Harry is a big-hearted man and he encourages kids to bring their bands to play there on Tuesdays to Thursdays to get them started in a live venue and give them a taste of playing in front of a real crowd. He's known for it and many in the crowd are musicians and I met Yanis there tonight. He wasn't playing but he rehearses at Harry's studio and he invited me over to listen to his experimental bass playing. It sounds like what he's doing is very cool as he's using an excellent looper that not only loops but provides audio effects to the loops as Yanis doesn't just want to get away from playing the same old songs, he wants to get away from the same old sounds as well. There might be an opportunity to go over there on Saturday and hear him play and that would be a great pleasure.
Yes, Harry is a very big-hearted man and to tell you the full of it would probably embarrass him as people like that hardly ever want publicity for it. What I can tell you is that Harry is also a businessman and he can probably find whatever you need from a vacation rental to a car to a great place to stage your band. He is living proof that you don't have to throw your heart away to be good and successful in business.
Oh yes, this was a very good time tonight!
Here's a shot from outside so you will know when you've found it. Maybe you ask why travel five thousand miles to hear kids playing rock but there's a perfectly good reason: it's good rock!
Here are some shots from inside the bar:
No drugs, drunks, nor bad attitudes, just a whole lot of kids having a good time and doing it quite loud! The sound reinforcement was excellent as the sound was punched up great but you could still talk ... a little bit. It wouldn't do to be hanging there in long chats about philosophy while the band plays, right.
Harry is a big-hearted man and he encourages kids to bring their bands to play there on Tuesdays to Thursdays to get them started in a live venue and give them a taste of playing in front of a real crowd. He's known for it and many in the crowd are musicians and I met Yanis there tonight. He wasn't playing but he rehearses at Harry's studio and he invited me over to listen to his experimental bass playing. It sounds like what he's doing is very cool as he's using an excellent looper that not only loops but provides audio effects to the loops as Yanis doesn't just want to get away from playing the same old songs, he wants to get away from the same old sounds as well. There might be an opportunity to go over there on Saturday and hear him play and that would be a great pleasure.
Yes, Harry is a very big-hearted man and to tell you the full of it would probably embarrass him as people like that hardly ever want publicity for it. What I can tell you is that Harry is also a businessman and he can probably find whatever you need from a vacation rental to a car to a great place to stage your band. He is living proof that you don't have to throw your heart away to be good and successful in business.
Oh yes, this was a very good time tonight!
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