Birth name Sotiris Lagonikas Albums Progressively Dark Role Musical Artist | Name Sotiris Lagonikas Years active 1984–today | |
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Born 17 June 1970 (age 53)
Piraeus, Greece ( 1970-06-17 ) Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter, arranger, producer Instruments Drums, guitar, vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, harmonica Associated acts Four Wheel Drive, What's The Buzz?, SL Theory, Sotiris Lagonikas (solo work), Double Treat Genres Rock music, Hard rock, Progressive rock | ||
Sotiris Lagonikas - On my way
Sotiris Lagonikas (born 17 June 1970) is a Greek musician, best known for his work as co-founder and drummer of the Greek classic rock group What's The Buzz?, as well as for his SL Theory music project, where he has composed the music and written the lyrics while performing all instruments and vocals recorded on his debut album which was released in 2010 under the title "SL Theory - I". Two years later Lagonikas released his second solo album, under the title "Progressively Dark" and by the spring of 2013, along with longtime friend and What's The Buzz? co-founder Chris Kissadjekian under the band name Double Treat, their debut album "Wander Thirst" was released though Sleaszy Rider label. The second album of SL Theory was released December 2014, under the title "Different Space Different Time".
Contents
- Sotiris Lagonikas On my way
- Early life
- Early musical career
- Whats The Buzz
- SL Theory and solo work
- Double Treat
- Personal relationships
- Discography
- References
Early life
Sotiris Lagonikas grew up in the 1970s and was greatly influenced by the music of classic rock giants of the time like Grand Funk Railroad, Queen, Kansas, Foreigner, Styx, Toto, Kiss and many others of the like. Sotiris spent most of his childhood time, trying to replicate the moves of drummers on various music video clips, on his "imaginary drum set".
Early musical career
At the age of fourteen, Sotiris joined Four Wheel Drive, a local band of six, with whom he toured and recorded their one and only album "Athoa" ("Αθώα") in 1990.
This album contained the first song Lagonikas ever composed (1982), titled "Isos meni kairos" ("Ίσως μένει καιρός").
What's The Buzz?
In 1992, Sotiris joined local musicians and friends, Chris Kissadjekian (bass guitar), Takis Kalatsis (guitar) and Jane Sabanikou (vocals) in forming a heavy blues/rock band which was later given the name What's The Buzz? after the synonymous song from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Rock Opera Jesus Christ Superstar.
What's The Buzz? recorded a number of demos and did many gigs all around Greece performing on stage alongside bands such as Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Spiritual Beggars, Cathedral, The Answer, and others.
In the year 2000, What's The Buzz? released their first self-titled album and they are now said to be working on their second, yet untitled, album.
SL Theory and solo work
In the spring of 2009, Sotiris started working on his first solo album, under the project name SL Theory.
In his own words "each day, I would get into the studio all alone, grab my guitar, close my eyes and let my imagination fly.. Listening to my songs, now that the recordings are completed, I can't even recall much of the process".
Lagonikas' SL Theory debut album "I" was released in 2010 and his follow up album titled "Progressively Dark" was released in the winter of 2012.
On December 29, 2014, the second SL Theory album, under the title "Different Space Different Time", will be released world-wide.
Double Treat
Lagonikas teamed up again with longtime friend and What's The Buzz? co-founder Chris Kissadjekian and formed a classic hard rock duet under the name Double Treat and signed with Sleaszy Rider label, under which the band's debut album Wander Thirst was released in the spring of 2013.
Personal relationships
Sotiris has been married twice and has a son from his first marriage.