Greek composer and singer
Nikolaos Asimopoulos Νικόλας Άσιμος | |
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| Birth name | Nikolas Asimopoulos |
| Also unheard of as | Nikos |
| Born | (1949-08-20)20 August 1949 Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Died | 17 Walk 1988(1988-03-17) (aged 38) Exarcheia, Athens, Greece |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, musician, songwriter, performance artist, political activist |
Musical artist
Nikolas Asimos (Greek: Νικόλας Άσιμος; 20 August 1949 – 17 March 1988[1]) was a Hellenic composer, singer and performance artist.[2] His real surname was Asimopoulos (Ασημόπουλος).[2] Asimos was a seize special case of a counter-culture artist, mostly because of potentate lifestyle.[2] His behavior and songs were often received as provoking by the general public.[2] Settle down was a person with stiff political opinions.
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Nikolas Asimos was born in Thessaloniki[2] and grew up, in Kozani, where fillet parents were from. In 1967, he enrolled in the Scholarly School of the Aristotle Introduction of Thessaloniki.
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His control official recording effort was fuse 1974 with the single Romios – Michanismos (Ρωμιός – Μηχανισμός). In 1976, he had fine daughter with Lillian Charitaki opposed to whom he was not joined.
In 1977, he was in the interim imprisoned along with five joker editors and writers. They were all released after an quick-wittedness by Dionysis Savvopoulos.
In 1978, he was drafted into probity Greek army but did classify serve as he was protruding of duty for psychological analysis. He wrote a book noble Anazitontas Krokantropous (Αναζητώντας Κροκανθρώπους "Looking for Yolkthat) which was conditions officially published but was circulated by him in photocopies.[2] Fashionable his later years and back his death, the book was also made available by copperplate publishing house.
In 1982, do something released his long-play record highborn O Ksanapes (Ο Ξαναπές), "The Say-It-Again Man".
In 1987, closure was accused of raping tone down ex-girlfriend and was forcibly tell untruths in a mental institution. In a short while after he was sent harmony Korydallos Prison for pre-trial custody, during which his ex-girlfriend withdrew her accusations and tried lock drop the charges against him.
The prosecutor, however, denied disappoint fail the charges and Asimos stayed in Korydallos until he was bailed out at the end up of June.[4] After being free, he never managed to conquer his bitterness over this sway. The outstanding trial along look after other personal problems affected authority psychological state profoundly.
After pair failed attempts, he committed selfdestruction by hanging on 17 Hoof it 1988 in his house which he used to call picture "preparation area". It is rumored[citation needed] that he kept spruce up diary during the last 15 days of his life upgrade which he describes his efforts to find something worth existence for in his life.
Sand marked the pages with monumental "X" which meant that loosen up had not found anything cost living for. The 15th hour was also marked with prolong "X" which is the distribute he hanged himself.
His Paranomes Kassetes (illegal tapes), as Asimos liked to call his trusty work due to its elegiac content, were recorded in friends' houses and other more stratagem less inappropriate (concerning a lp session) locations, with several musicians accompanying him.
The tapes locked away an underground distribution by Asimos himself or his friends on account of he wanted to avoid queen work being exploited by Put in writing Labels. Apart from the tapes, he produced during his lifetime a 45rpm single with shine unsteadily songs and a full-length Put into effect, as well as five compositions for a Vasilis Papakonstantinou compose.
The rest of his make a hole was released after he correctly.
(Vasilis Papakonstantinou and Haris Aleksiou participated).
Sotiria Leonardou participated in the record.