Villa 21 : House Of The Damned EP 1988

This is one of the greatest bands made in Greece

Αt the end of 1981 Kostas Pothoulakis (former member of " Parthenogenesis " ) and Adda Labara at keyboards formed Villa 21.

The punk and the new wave experience of pothoulakis in "Parthenogenesis" and "The Reporters " along with the music influences of the rest of band's members created the final sound of Villa 21.



Their first appearrance was at "Sofita" club in 1982.
In 1984 supported Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and in 1987 "Membranes" and "Wipers".

At Creep Records released their first single (1982) called "villa 21", also the single "move" (1983) and on the same year the Lp "A Ghost On The Move".




Also participated in "World Class Punk" tape compilation of "Roir records" . They released some more records but they changed gradually their music style to garage punk.



The band disbanted in 1991.
In 1993 Kostas Pothoulakis was killed in a car accident.

Releases :

I See No ! / The Dream (7", Single) Creep Records (2) 1982
A Ghost On The Move (Album) Creep Records (2)1983
A Ghost On The Move (LP, Album) Creep Records (2) 1983
A Ghost On The Move (CD, Album, RE) Creep Records (2), FM Records 1995
Move (7") Creep Records (2) 1983
Men Of Clay (LP, Album) Creep Records (2) 1985
Electric Poison (LP, Album + 7", Ltd) Wipe Out! Records 1987
House Of The Damned E.P. (12", EP) Wipe Out! Records 1988
Hellucinations (LP, Album) Penguin 1990

Adda Labara after Villa 21 Was guitar player at the first ROCK Woman group in Greece : Nonmandol

NONMANDOL 45 rpm Vinyl Single in this Blog Take it HERE

Traxs

HOUSE OF THE DAMNED VINYL EP


1. The House Of The Damned
2. The Night Of The Vampire ( Original Version by Roky Erickson in this Blog Take it HERE )
3 . Back For More
4. Ride The Night Away

THE NIGHT OF THE VAMPIRE

TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT OF THE VAMPIRE
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT OF THE VAMPIRE
IF IT’S RAINING AND YOU ARE RUNNING DON’T SLIP IN MUD
BECAUSE IF YOU DO YOU WILL SLIP IN BLOOD
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT OF THE VAMPIRE
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT OF THE VAMPIRE

THE MOON MAY BE FULL
THE MOON MAY BE WHITE,
ALL I KNOW IS YOU WILL FEEL HIS BITE
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT OF THE VAMPIRE

ME CASTLE BRAN TRANSYLVANIA
ON SAINT SWITHENS DAY HE WAS BORN
EYES STARE THROUGh THE DARKNESS WITH NO FORM
MAIDENS HIS BITE HORNS

TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT OF THE VAMPIRE
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT OF THE VAMPIRE
ΗE NEVER SLEEPS IN THE NIGHT
HE COMES OUT WHEN THE MOON IS BRIGHT
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT OF THE VAMPIRE
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT OF THE VAMPIRE

Size : 88 MB
Format : Vinyl EP
Year : 1988
Made in Greece
Label : Wire Out Records
Bitrate : 320

Take it HERE( MP3 )

HERE ( Flac )