Giannis Aggelakas
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Giannis Aggelakas is a Greek singer, musician, and poet, better known as the lead singer of the rock band "Trypes". The band toured extensively in Greece and abroad and released seven albums that have since become classics of Greek independent music. Since the band’s break up in 2001, he has gone on to make various collaborations and recordings, composing music for films and documentaries and appearing in films. After a small part in "Dirt and Water", he starred in and wrote the score for Nikos Nikolaidis’s "The Loser takes it all".
He has also published the poetry collections "Saliva, half-words and empty verses" and "How dare you be nostalgic, jerk?", both illustrated by himself.
"For the Heart of a Beast (1985-2000)", containing all his lyrics and selected interviews, was published in 2000. In 2019 he published "The Great Student and the Little Teacher", and his last book, "The Tiger, the Raven and God", appeared in 2023.
