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The Frantic Five

The Frantic Five

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A little history...

The Frantic V were formed in early summer 1994. The boys then decided it was time for Thessalonica to see some real garage raunch, so they went off for summer vacation. As soon as they returned, they immediately became active and started performing their music in front of stunned crowds, sometimes endangering their lives. Imagine in the grunge and techno era, 5 guys in white shirts and black ties performing real unadulterated 60s garage and euro beat!!! In 1995, Jens Lindberg came to visit the boys and on a starless night they recorded properly 2 tracks lost in oblivion (but if you dig deep in our site, something is to be found) and 10 tracks as a rehearsal the night before.
Time passed and the band started to have a following, some e.p.s published in and out of Greek border , and doing wild and fun gigs was the permanent winter agenda for the cold north Greek nights. Sometimes mistaken for undertakers while carrying the farfisa, sometimes frustrated by people mocking at them, but always in a party, party party mood. It was May, 1999, and ? And the Mysterians chose the band to open for them, performing in front of a stunned crowd who could not stop dancing.
Later on the same thing happened
with the notorious Fuzztones.
During 2000, after finishing with all the military obligations bull, they came back full force, devoting themselves to the band. The Fuzztones demanded the boys again and again, they participated in Gagarins 205 battle of the bands showing Athenian crowd what Thessalonicas garage is all about, and their 10 on Misty Lane Records was reviewed various times in magazines , zines, played in radio stations and television and all that crappy things that were of no interest!
A superb gig was in order supporting the Fuzztones and Mark Lindsay during the Psychorama Festival, and the boys presented the L.P. to be recorded to their loyal fans and new friends.
An invitation to Italys Festival Beat rushed the boys over Adriatic Sea where they performed their music together with bands such as Los Banditos, Sick Rose, Curlee Wurlee (hi Cecile & guys!) establishing their sound abroad.
In 2003, the boys went in the studio to record their first 12 of sonic pleasure! "A Long Play With the Frantic V" was what came out on ON STAGE RECORDS and is being reprinted even as you go across these lines.
Next year, an invasion in Germany was in the agenda and it happened in late October, late enough for the boys to miss Oktoberfest, but just in time for Germans to enjoy some frantic tracks in full volume, screams, farfisa and fuzz!
Fond memories

The new album "The Frantic Five on The Move" is OUT NOW on On Stage records
As for future plans, who knows? The frantic gang might invade your town any moment now, so beware!
The Frantic Five in ACTION!
New Videos (by BORIANA )
Bad Girl - Zakary Thaks ("Ksilourgio-Mylos", Salonica-GR. December 1 2007)
In The Midnite Hour ("Ksilourgio-Mylos", Salonica-GR. December 1 2007)
Don't Tread On Me Included in "On The Move" album ("Ksilourgio-Mylos", Salonica-GR. December 1 2007)
You Made Me Cry -Included in "On The Move" album ("After Dark", Athens-GR. April 18 2007)
Why She'd Ever Leave -Included in "On The Move" album ("After Dark", Athens-GR. April 18 2007)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/26/2005
Band Website: franticv.com
Band Members:
CONTACT THE FRANTIC FIVE: [email protected]

Rayman:
Bass, Vocals Captain K:
Guitars, Vocals

Alex:
Drums, Vocals Dr Organ:
Farfisa Organ, Vocals

George Pappas:
Farfisa organ, guitar, Vocals

The Frantic Five: SYMPOSIO (Live, May 2006)

Influences: 60's garage punk - surf
Record Label: ON STAGE RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Frantic Five 1994-2004 25 mp3 tracks Compilation

We created this compilation with stuff from the very early days till 2004. It includes tracks taken from all of our past releases (including the unreleased "Frantic Party" from the very first demo,199...
Posted by The Frantic Five on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:02:00 PST

The Mushrooms

The Mushrooms, one of the best greek rock n roll acts from the mid 80s till the early 90s (Thessaloniki-Greece). Here are 3 videos from their last show around 1993 in Drama (northen Greece). The Mushr...
Posted by The Frantic Five on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:14:00 PST