
Aρχή Του Τέλους (phonetically in English: Archi Tu Telus, translation: Beginning of the End) is a punk band from Athens, Greece. Formed in the summer of 2000 in Athens, in the very start as a trio lineup consisting of: Giannis S. (vocals), Kostas T. (guitar), Giorgos S. (drums).
Since their beginning the lineup was constantly changing, especially the spot of the bass player, while they stopped performing for 6 months.
Αρχή Του Τέλους follow the D.I.Y. ethics since their creation and until now - and all of their releases are D.I.Y. and free to download.
"They're a punk band, though they don't sound just like a punk band. Hard to settle under one genre, Αρχή Του Τέλους sound like they're influenced by Post-Punk, Post-Metal, Hardcore Punk all them with a twist of melody."
-words off a known famous blog.
Biography:
In Christmas '02 they released their first demo tape entitled Όλα Τα Λόγια (Ola Ta Logia, translation: All The Words) that was recorded with the absence of a bass guitar.
Sometime later the empty spot of the bass player was filled by Kostis K., that joined the band and recorded three demos with them.
In Christmas '03 they released their second demo (only this time in CD form) Μία Σύγχρονη Βαβέλ (Mia Sichroni Vavel, translation: A Modern Vavel). November '04 marked the release of Kίνηση Σε Δύο Βήματα (Kinisi Se Dio Vimata, translation: Move in Two Steps) and in 2005 they had their last release with Kostis K. entitled Tο Χρώμα Του Προσώπου (To Chroma Tu Prosopu, translation: The Color of the Face).
Shortly after, Kostis K. was replaced by Panagiotis K.
In March '07 the band had it's fourth release Σταματήστε Τη Γη, Θέλω Να Κατέβω (Stamatiste Ti Gi, Thelo Na Katevo, translation: Stop the Earth, I Want to Get Off).
A compilation entitled "Our Kinky Tunes" was released in Christmas '08 and it included a song of the band called Περιπλάνηση στο Μπελσάν (Periplanisi sto Belsan, translation: Wandering in Belsan)
the last song that features Giorgos S. as their drummer.
Vaggelis P. takes place as their new drummer a while after Giorgos S. left.
In 2009 the band had their first most formal release, their first album release entitled Θόρυβος or Θρβς (Thorivos, translation: Noise). An album actually that contains songs off their older releases, just re-recorded.
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