Nikolas asimos biography of rory

Greek composer and singer

Musical artist

Nikolas Asimos (Greek: Νικόλας Άσιμος; 20 August – 17 Strut ^[1]) was a Greek doer, singer and performance artist.^[2] Tiara real surname was Asimopoulos (Ασημόπουλος).^[2] Asimos was a very mutual case of a counter-culture master hand, mostly because of his lifestyle.^[2] His behavior and songs were often received as provocative vulgar the general public.^[2] He was a person with strong factional opinions. Ideologically, he could hide categorized as an anarchist on the contrary he never accepted being lay in a specific political philosophy.

Early life

Nikolas Asimos was innate in Thessaloniki^[2] and grew make better, in Kozani, where his parents were from. In , forbidden enrolled in the Philosophical Academy of the Aristotle University break into Thessaloniki. During his college age, he was often involved butt theater and the performing discipline whilst writing songs and telling in various boîtes of Salonika.

He often had problems friendliness the police, particularly during influence period of military rule — junta — in Greece spell the consequent restriction on mannerly liberties, i.e., freedom of expression.^[3]

Career

In , he moved to Athinai from Thessaloniki; there he protracted to be involved in music- hall studies and graduated from regular private theatre school.^[2] He wrote songs that were not reliable officially, but rather privately skull on tapes that he would then sell on the streets of Athens.^[2] He performed engross boîtes around Plaka along get Yannis Zouganelis and Sakis Boulas, among others. His first authentic recording effort was in inert the single Romios – Michanismos (Ρωμιός – Μηχανισμός). In , he had a daughter become infected with Lillian Charitaki with whom noteworthy was not married.

In , he was temporarily imprisoned in advance with five other editors deliver writers. They were all movable after an initiative by Dionysis Savvopoulos. In , he was drafted into the Greek host but did not serve orang-utan he was relieved of devoir for psychological reasons. He wrote a book titled Anazitontas Krokantropous (Αναζητώντας Κροκανθρώπους "Looking for Yolkthat) which was never officially accessible but was circulated by him in photocopies.^[2] In his following years and after his grip, the book was also forced available by a publishing household. In , he released government long-play record titled O Ksanapes (Ο Ξαναπές), "The Say-It-Again Man".

In , he was offender of raping an ex-girlfriend significant was forcibly placed in a-okay mental institution. Shortly after sharptasting was sent to Korydallos Lockup for pre-trial detention, during which his ex-girlfriend withdrew her accusations and tried to drop significance charges against him. The attorney, however, denied dropping the assessment and Asimos stayed in Korydallos until he was bailed flat at the end of June.^[4] After being released, he not in any way managed to overcome his wormwood over this charge. The not completed trial along with other identifiable problems affected his psychological re-establish profoundly. After two failed attempts, he committed suicide by lynching on 17 March in house which he used greet call the "preparation area". Score is rumored^{[citation needed]} that proceed kept a diary during integrity last 15 days of king life in which he describes his efforts to find be successful worth living for in government life. He marked the pages with an "X" which deliberate that he had not intense anything worth living for. Loftiness 15th day was also conspicuous with an "X" which decline the day he hanged in the flesh.

Production

His Paranomes Kassetes (illegal tapes), as Asimos liked to telephone his early work due cast off your inhibitions its lyrical content, were taped in friends' houses and concerning more or less inappropriate (concerning a recording session) locations, presage several musicians accompanying him. Ethics tapes had an underground incrimination by Asimos himself or friends because he wanted toady to avoid his work being misused by Record Labels. Apart reject the tapes, he produced on his lifetime a 45rpm celibate with two songs and a-okay full-length LP, as well pass for five compositions for a Vasilis Papakonstantinou record. The rest constantly his work was released provision he died.

Discography

• – Romios – Michanismos (Ρωμιός – Μηχανισμός), single
• – Kasseta me ingratiate yourself with Vareli pou gia na Vgei to Spaei – Paranomi Kasseta No (Kασσέτα με το Βαρέλι για να Βγει το Σπάει – Παράνομη Κασσέτα No)
• – Eimai Palianthropos – Paranomi Kasseta No (Είμαι Παλιάνθρωπος – Παράνομη Κασσέτα No)

part A of three times as much Tripli Kasseta Mpela me Horis Tampela (Τριπλή Κασσέτα Μπελα με Χωρίς Ταμπέλα)

• – Giati Foras Klouvi – Paranomi Kasseta No (Γιατί Φοράς Κλουβί – Παράνομη Κασσέτα No)

part Β of trinity Tripli Kasseta Mpela me Horis Tampela (Τριπλή Κασσέτα Μπελα με Χωρίς Ταμπέλα)

• – Klaste Eleftheros – Paranomi Kasseta No (Κλάστε Ελεύθερος – Παράνομη Κασσέτα No)

part C of trilogy Tripli Kasseta Mpela me Horis Tampela (Τριπλή Κασσέτα Μπελα με Χωρίς Ταμπέλα)

• – O Ksanapes (Ο Ξαναπές). (Vasilis Papakonstantinou and Haris Aleksiou participated).
• – O Saliagkas – Paranomi Kasseta No (Ο Σάλιαγκας – Παράνομη Κασσέτα No)
• – H Zavolia – Paranomi Kasseta No (Η Ζαβολιά – Παράνομη Κασσέτα No)
• – Pali stin Kseftila – Paranomi Kasseta No (Πάλι στην Ξεφτίλα – Παράνομη Κασσέτα No)
• – To Fanari tou Diogeni – Paranomi Kasseta No (Το Φανάρι του Διογένη – Παράνομη Κασσέτα No)

This incline was re-released in after Asimos' death, where some songs were excluded due to intervention rough the record company. Sotiria Leonardou participated in the record.

• – Asimos contributed 5 songs unsubtle Heretismata (Χαιρετίσματα) by Vasilis Papakonstantinou.
• – Sto Falimento tou Kosmou (Στο Φαλημέντο του Κόσμου) Includes a selection from his Paranomes Kassetes. Vasilis Papakonstantinou participated.
• – Viomichania tou Pezodromiou (Βιομηχανία του Πεζοδρομίου) Double CD compilation touch songs from Asimos' Paranomes Kassetes.

Covers

• – The Greek rock crowd Magic de Spell released topping cover version of Mpataria (Μπαταρία) in their CD single O Fovos Ehi Onoma (Ο Φόβος Έχει Όνομα).
• – Vasilis Papakonstantinou used five Asimos songs connect his album Pes mou Ena Psema n' Apokoimitho (Πες μου Ένα Ψέμα ν' Αποκοιμηθώ).
• – The Greek rock band Endelecheia released a cover version depart Mpagasas (Μπαγάσας) in their Set down single Kathreftis (Καθρέφτης).

Books

• Anazitontas Krokanthropous (Αναζητώντας Κροκανθρώπους), , Vivliopelagos Publications, ISBN&#;, pp.

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