ZIGGY WAS первая фанк метал группы из Греции,,
Rock band formed in 1992 in Thessaloniki, Greece.
They took their name from two songs of the 70s: David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust” and Bob Marley’s “Johnny Was“. Their music style was a mixture of hardcore, punk, grunge, and metal with funk touches.
Original line-up:
Kostas Karkalis(Drums)
Panos Rossis (Vocals, Guitar)
Lambros Saltsidis (Bass).
The members of the band were very experienced as Kostas Karkalis was member of "Gulag" while Lambros Saltsidis was an ex-member of "Λώλαμα". Kostas Pantelis who was the guitarist of "Πίσσα Και Πούπουλα", joined the group as the lead guitarist later.
They began their live performances in 1993 and within the same year recorded a demo titled “Oil Land”, which attracted the interest of the local indie record label "Lazy Dog Records". After releasing a 7" single, a Mini LP and a full-length album, they finally sign to Virgin Greece in 1997 and released their second full-length album. After that they disbanded.
Albums
1993 Oil Land (Cassette Ziggy Was Self-released)
1994 Here (Lazy Dog Records)
1996 3 turns to one (Lazy Dog Records)
1997 Unicorn Pan (Virgin)
Singles & EPs
1994 Take a look at the kids (Lazy Dog Records)
1995 Two turns to one (Lazy Dog Records)