Greek post-punks /new wavers riding a bus inAthensca. 1983 while the rest of the passengers pretend to act cool in their presence, as captured bu Manuel Gallagos.
This is actually Nikos Samiotakis, aka ‘Von Klaus’, drummer of the early Athenian post-punk bandFMQ with a friend. The greek punk scene was kind of a late bloomer due to political instability till the mid-’70s as well as the country’s slow transition to democracy. Punk and new wave were really obscure subcultures (so encounters like the one captured in the photo were not exactly an everyday experience), and FMQ [George Makridis(bass),Takis Polichronopoulos(vocals),Natassa ‘Streuberg’ Sireggela(keyboards),Katerina ‘Elle’ Perpinia (guitar/vocals) & Nikos 'Von Klaus’ Samiotakis (drums)], who were founded in 1981, were amongst the earliest acts of a scene which reached its glory days by themid-’80s.
