Life In Cage

They started as a trio in 1984 with Christos Skordilis (guitar), Theofilos Tsiolakakis (bass, vocals) and Manolis Romenis (drums). The latter left early due to studies. Theofilos was inspired by the name "The Lion In A Cage" by Genesis P-Orridge of Throbbing Gristle, on the back cover of Clock DVA's Thirst album. With the addition of Babis Argiriou (keyboards, guitar, vocals), Giorgos Kyriakos (guitarist already in International Comedy and Mushrooms) as drummer and Kosmas Alexiou who took over the bass, they released a self-titled tape which was the first release of Lazy Dog Records (1985). In two of the songs on the tape, "Nekropsia" and "Fall (In A Basket Full Of Snakes)", drums were played by Lazaros Pliambas (International Comedy, Proxies, Flood, Grover, Rodama, Dinos Sadikis). After the departure of Theofilos Tsiolakakis, with Babis Argyriou on vocals, the group recorded the songs "Inactive" and "Maybe Some More", which were included on the cassette compilation "Give Bees A Chance" (1985).