Q: What about Greek music scene in general. How well are you received by Greek public as a band?

It depends on the city, we can either pack places or count the attendants using our fingers. We are known by name in the alternative circles, but Greek audiences have some strange habits and deciding factors for seeing live music, like talking over bands, not seeing the support acts, or leaving the room after they see their friend’s band that was supporting, etc. and too much of an acquired taste for someone that doesn’t come to specifically see us possibly. It’s a bit sad to see because our hometown especially has a history of having an educated audience with eclectic tastes without caring for trends, and they have helped quality underground bands develop through their support. I think Greeks, for reasons I’m not going to discuss here, in their vast majority can be really immature and disorientated when it comes to taste, and holding an opinion is mostly dictated by how having that can be seen by others and what it says about their status. You can reasonably infer that, by looking at what they vote for, or how fashions they follow rise and fall. Of course, there are still a few bright examples of true music enthusiasts.  It’s a minefield really, but we are not here to seek acceptance anyway, but to do our thing and provoke and promote discussions where at all possible.

Sonia Stępień on an A grade Essay on Journalism (University Nikolai Copernici, Torun Poland)

Period: November 2013