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The Last Drive
12+ albums
Garage Rockrockabillygreecegaragegarage rock revival
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The Last Drive is a garage rock revival group from Athens, Greece that was formed in 1983. They are considered by many, to be the most important Greek rock group of the 80's and one of the most important and influential groups of Greek rock history. They've released 6 studio albums, 1 live album, 1 best-of, 1 EP and have participated in numerous compilations. The band split up in 1995 and reunited in February 2007. As of 2009, the line-up consists of: Alexis Kalofolias (Alex K) - bass/vocals, Yiorgos Karanikolas (B.George Bop) - guitar/vocals, Christos Michalatos (Chris B.I.) - drums, Thanos Amorginos (T.H. Lime) - guitar. Biography: They started playing under the name "Last Drive" in late 1983 and their first performance was at the "Rodeo Club" on December 27, 1983. During 1984, following the departure of -the "then" member- Panos "P.PEP" Kasiaris, Yiorgos "B.George Bop" Karanikolas replaced him on lead guitar. The band's music was basically inspired by pre-80's music, mostly garage rock, rockabilly, protopunk (70's punk) and surf rock In 1985 they released their first record, the 7" single Midnite Hop. They also participated with a song in a compilation tape by Dikaioma Diavasis (translation: Right of Passage) records, named Live at Kyttaro. In 1986 they released their first full-length album, called Underworld Shakedown, which caused a sensation both for its content and the quality of production (done by the band themselves) which was unusually high for the standa
