Shockin'Steve

My engage with vinyl records, especially with 7" singles, pushed me to become a kind of collector.

I begun dee-jaying in the late 80's. Since then, my shows have been getting bigger and better! I'm playing  7" records alone - no matter new or old releases - including all styles of groovy, up-tempo Rock'n'Roll such as Rockabilly, Jump'n'Jive, 50's classics, adding a flavour of instumentals, 60's beat and trashy goodies!

My show is a combination of radio style and live dance performances. During the show I grab my mic and give spicy info about the airplay songs, sometimes singing and yelling as well! I collaborate with professional dancers who give live act performances and also show people how to jive and stroll.

A major side of me in music business is as a musician/composer. I have been playing guitar and singing in several bands all these years. Most important are the Bullets (the most popular Rock'n'Roll/Rockabilly band in Greece) and the Kustoms. I still play with both of them until the present day. I also write songs for other bands, too.

For the last 15 years I have been working as a producer. I have already made some great (I guess!) recordings with numerous of really amazing bands and entertainers like Sue Moreno, the Bullets, The Kustoms, Dustbowl, Breathless, Seasick Surfers, Marcel Seibert, Five Star Hotel and many more. I do orchestrations for the band and every instrument separately, giving big emphasis to pre-studio work.

I have organized countless events, parties, festivals and concerts in Greece. Most important festivals are "White Boppin' Tower", "The Battle Of The Bands", "Good Rockin' Tonight", "Surf-O-Rama", "Psych-O-Rama" ect. I have also introduced to Greece for the very first time great bands and artists like Robert Gordon, The Meteors, Crazy Cavan, Black Raven, Sue Moreno, Demented Are Go, The Vibrators, Anti-Nowhere League, Mad Sin, the Barnstompers, Lucky Marcell & the Rumblin' Three, Ronnie Nightingale & the Haydocks, the Jungle Tigers and so on...

For almost 10 years I had been co-owner of "On Stage Records". That period we had published about 30 releazes including The Bullets (GR), A. Perros & The Lone Stars, (GR) The Frantic V (GR), Them Tyrants (S), The Rockets (GR), West Side Winders (USA), the Jungle Tigers (D), Dustbowl (GR), Tri-Sonics (D), Vibrators (UK), Purple Overdose (GR), and much more, plus some great compilations like "White Boppin' Tower" 1 & 2 and "Enjoy The Greeks" 1 & 2

...is my morning job! I specialize in retro-vintage style graphics and I have created hundreds of posters and fliers, record sleeves, packagings, brochures, graphics for apparel ect. Why don't you take a look at my portfolio?

I used to write rock'n'roll articles, record reviews, tributes and interviews in music magazines like "Pop & Rock", "In Rock" and "On Stage" 'zine.