The Stormies formed in Athens in 1964, releasing three 45s, two of which have killer garage songs sung in English.
All their members played in other bands from the time: Alekos Glykas in the Charms; Cemos Petros in the Minis and the Forminx; Makis Saliaris in the We Five; Spyros Metaxas in the Sounds, We Five and maybe Cinquetti, and second drummer Loukas Sideris played with the Mini’s and later Aphrodite’s Child.
The group wails away on “Dilly-Dilly” in finest beat style. The flip is the poppier “Teenager’s Love”; both were written by Spryos Metaxas and Nick Mastorakis. Mastorakis wrote dozens of songs for the Charms, Forminx and others.
Spyros breaks out the fuzztone for their next record, the rare “Try Try Try,” and delivers an astounding solo. The instrumental on the flip, “Drums in the Storm” has a Bo Diddley beat and a good drum solo by Loukas Sideris.
Alekos Glykas: Guitar, Vocals
Spyros Metaxas: Guitar
Ce’mos Petros: Bass
Makis Saljaris and Loukas Sideris: Drums
Αλέκος Γλύκας: Κιθάρα, Τραγούδι
Σπύρος Μεταξάς: Κιθάρα
Θέμος Πέτρου: Μπάσο
Μάκης Σαλιάρης, Λουκάς Σιδεράς: Ντραμς
The third 45 features a singer named Zoe singing an English adaption of France Gall’s “Laissez Tombez Les Filles” and the somewhat silly “Girl of Ye Ye”.
There is an interview with Nikos Mastorakis on a Greek website that I tried running through an auto translation with only partial success. Info on these groups in English is very limited at this point.
