STAGES A/LIVE present Puta Volcano at An Club

Digital Premiere: 14.02.2021 at 21:00 (UTC+2)

Puta Volcano alive from the stage of the legendary basement of Athens, at An Club, offering a fiery digital live at Onassis Channel on YouTube.

Photo: Pinelopi Gerasimou

Puta Volcano, a band with a hard and rich rock sound, are getting ready to leave their unmistakable musical mark on the Onassis Channel on YouTube, on February 14 at 21:00, with a concert filmed by Cristos Sarris inside the historic An Club.

Puta Volcano – a band with a powerful stage presence and crystalline sound – formed in 2012, quite simply and magically because a guitar player asked his sister and some friends to jam with him. Their essence lies not in appearances but in the very being of their sound, created collaboratively by four fanatical bandmates: Steve S. on drums, Alex Pi on guitar, Bookies on bass, and Anna on vocals. It’s a heavy rock patchwork that springs from their explosive talent when they plug in their amplifiers, and from their ability to assimilate their influences (Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, and Baroness). With a discography of one EP and three LPs to date (their latest release was the exceptional “AMMA”), and a good number of concerts played at indoor venues and open air festivals within and beyond Greece – alongside such hard rock legends as Alice in Chains, The Black Angels, and Fu Manchu, to name just a few – Puta Volcano have proved themselves to be one of those charismatic bands that are constantly surpassing themselves, every step they take, be it in the recording studio or live on stage. Journalists and fans use five words to describe their music: desert, stoner, alternative, rock, and – of course – volcanic. This is music made to be played loud. Real loud.

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Photo: Pinelopi Gerasimou

STAGES A/LIVE

STAGES A/LIVE is a series of concerts without audiences but with lots of music, hosted by the Onassis Foundation YouTube Channel. An alternative digital world tour featuring our favorite bands and artists, and everything we’ve experienced with them at legendary past lives held at landmark venues such as Gagarin 205, AN Club, and other music stages in Athens and Thessaloniki.

Until we can all be together again at a live concert, music will be bringing us closer, even though we’re far apart, helping us to relive memories and concerts shared with thousands of people – both friends and strangers – via our screens. Greece’s indie music stages were created to support young artists, and have supported yet more audiences with bands once unknown that went on to become legends, in no small part thanks to their performances at historic concert venues. Fuzzy memories that today spark nostalgia, and a need for these stages to pull through – places where we feel safe and full of energy.

In this difficult time for people working in the arts, the Onassis Foundation is actively supporting these spaces that, due to the pandemic, are close to shutting their doors for good. Stages drained of artists, of technicians, of audiences – and of life.

Photo: Pinelopi Gerasimou

An Club

Tucked away in the side streets of Exarchia is a basement space that has nurtured the very best Greek bands. One of the oldest concert spaces in Athens, An Club has set itself apart as a landmark venue in the city for more than 30 years. This historic live gig space on Solomou Street has hosted every artist that springs to mind when you think of Athenian nightlife, past and present. Creating countless memories for many successive generations, An Club has offered constant support to the Greek rock ’n’ roll, heavy rock, hip hop, and punk scenes. This renowned basement space situated in the heart of the city, with a capacity of 500, has hosted up-and-coming local bands alongside many famous international groups. It’s a place where artists and audiences always feel like they’re “one”. Legions of legendary artists – such as The Fuzztones, Dead Moon, Unida, Herman, Mike Patton, Lee Scratch Perry, Savage Republic, Helmet, and Brant Bjork – have appeared on the An Club stage, while leading lights of the Greek rock scene – such as Trypes, Xylina Spathia, Nightstalker, 1000mods, Planet of Zeus, and Vodka Juniors – all launched their careers there. And the story continues.

Photo: Pinelopi Gerasimou

Credits:

Concept & Curation: Christos Sarris
Production Coordinators: Smaragda Dogani, Elena Choremi
Production: Onassis Stegi

Puta Volcano

Anna Papathanasiou: vocals
Alex Pi: guitar
Steve Stefanidis: drums
Bookies: bass

Μanagement: Mihalis Kaloudis

Anna Papathanasiou’s styling: Philippe G.Missas

An Club

Location Manager: Panagiotis Kaparidis
Art Direction: Eva Kolomvou
F.O.H Sound Engineer: Tasos Malliouras (aka. Anastasios Tsompanis)
Electrician: Charalampos Tsimpanis

Production Execution

Production: Marina Danezi
Production Manager: Steven Elpiziotis

Filming

Director – Camera: Christos Sarris
Director of Photography: Evan Maragkoudakis
Cameras: Dimitris Zivopoulos, Orfeas Kalafatis, Filippos Zamidis, Koralia Dogani
Lighting Technician: Menelaos Orfanos
Recording Engineer - Mixing Engineer: Jacopo Fokas
Editor: Tryfon Karatzinas
Colorist: Manthos Sardis
Photography: Pinelopi Gerasimou

Onassis Stegi

Technical Manager: Lefteris Karabilas
Technical Director & Project Support: Phil Hills
Lighting Technicians: Pavlos Pappas, Giorgos Tsitsigos
Stage Technicians: Panos Koutsoumanos, Platonas Tsamados

Production Manager – Production Management Consultant: Dimitra Dernikou
Production Coordinators: Smaragda Dogani, Elena Choremi
Line Production: Irilena Tsami, Ioulia Stamouli

Director of Culture: Afroditi Panagiotakou
Deputy Director of Culture - Culture & Strategy Advisor: Dimitris Theodoropoulos
Communication & Marketing Manager: Dimitris Drivas
Campaign Manager: Kanella Psychogiou

Ηead of Content: Alexandros Roukoutakis
Social Media Manager: Vasilis Bibas
Copywriter: Margarita Grammatikou

Onassis Creative Studio
Head of Creative: Christos Sarris
Motion Graphics: Constantinos Chaidalis
Graphic Design: Georgia Leontara

Onassis Media Office: Vasso Vasilatou, Katerina Tamvaki