Γιάννης Αγγελάκας

Γιάννης Αγγελάκας (most of often scrobbled as Giannis Aggelakas in English) is a singer, musician, poet and actor. He became widely known as the lead singer and frontman of the famous Greek rock band Τρύπες (Trypes in English) from 1984 to 2000 when the band disbanded.

He was born in 1959 in Thessaloniki, Greece. After Τρύπες disbanded in 2000 he continued his work in music by collaborating with artists like Νίκος Βελιώτης (English: Nikos Veliotis) and the group Επισκέπτες which means "Visitors" in Greek. The result of that collaboration is the album "Από δω και πάνω" that they released as Γιάννης Αγγελάκας & Οι Επισκέπτες. The album received praise by critics and fans alike and was followed by a series of full band concerts all over Greece.

A second album is rumored to be in the making.

Γιάννης Αγγελάκας has also released two collections of his poems. "Σάλια, μισόλογα και τρύπιοι στίχοι" and "Πώς τολμάς και νοσταλγείς τσόγλανε;" that are both accompanied by his own drawings.

During 2005 he had a weekly radio show with Ντίνος Σαδίκης.

He has made appearances on various greek films such as "Χώμα και νερό" (Earth and Water), "Ο χαμένος τα παίρνει όλα" (Loser takes all) and more. For most of those he has also written songs for the soundtracks.

Discography:

Personal Albums

1993 Υπέροχο τίποτα (Virgin)
2005 Οι ανάσες των λύκων (with Nikos Veliotis)
2005 Από 'δω και πάνω (All Together Now) (with Επισκέπτες)

Τρύπες albums

1984 Τρύπες (Ano Kato Records)
1987 Πάρτυ στο 13ο Όροφο
1990 Τρύπες στον Παράδεισο (Virgin)
1991 Άντε και καλή τύχη μάγκες (ΕΜΙ)
1993 Εννιά Πληρωμένα Τραγούδια (Virgin)
1994 Κράτα το σώου μαϊμού (live + unplugged) (Virgin)
1996 Κεφάλι γεμάτο χρυσάφι (Virgin)
1999 Μέσα στη νύχτα των άλλων (Virgin)

Collaborations

2000 Βραχνός προφήτης (Lyra)
2000 Χώμα και Νερό (soundtrack) (Virgin)
2003 Ο χαμένος τα παίρνει όλα (soundtrack) (Hitch-Hyke)

Poetry
1988 Σάλια, μισόλογα και τρύπιοι στίχοι, εκδόσεις Λιβάνη.
1999 Πώς τολμάς και νοσταλγείς, τσόγλανε;, εκδόσεις Λιβάνη.