The 1980s saw the coexistence of many musics – both old sounds and new ones that characterized it – creating a rich world, against stereotypically grumpy notions of 'poor years', which could not be compared to the cosmogony of the 1960s and/or the "insurmountable" 1970s.
Especially in Greece, where all the international trends of the time flourished, while at the same time the domestic musical culture remained prosperous, boosted by a general sense of economic prosperity and social progress, elements that for many have made the 1980s today something like a lost domestic paradise.
Sonik therefore decided to dedicate 2 separate issues to the 1980s: one to the international experience and one to the Greek.
Among other things, in this issue:
• Aris Karabeazis evaluates Greek rock and answers whether Vassilis Papakonstantinou was rock enough
• Dimitris Mendes talks exclusively with Lena Platonos
• Michalis Tsadilas documents the rise of songwriters and talks exclusively with Vangelis Germanos, Aphrodite Manou and Panos Katsimihas
• Isovitis remembers what it was like to be a miner in the Greek countryside in the 1980s
• Andreas Kyrkos returns to Musikorama and to the days of the Radio Pirates, re-leafing through the music magazines that made history
• Haris Symboulidis explains why Nikos Papazoglou was in a class by himself and picks some favorite folk songs, no holds barred
• Anastasia Turoutoglou replays the pop hits of the era and chooses for us the 20 best
• Angelos Klitsikas makes the post-punk mosaic and talks exclusively with several of its protagonists
• Thanos Siodoros talks exclusively with Alexis Kalofolias of Last Drive, as he records the garage and psychedelic events
• Vangelis Poulios appreciates the domestic explosion of the punk sound
• Konstantinos Tsavalos guides us through the world of Vangelis Papathanasiou