1. New wave

2. Early 60ties were the new wave 1960 .kind of music in Greece . The word has to do with the nouvelle vague movement in , French cinema on late 50ties. nouvelle Its role in Greek song formationvague has been elementary. 50 . , , . 3. New wave Greek songs were , ballad songs. . Actually any kind of Greek , song could be transformed in new wave song : traditional . , folk and rock at the same time. , . The most usual way to be played were by a guitar and a voice . . Late 60ties and early 70ies were New wave golden age. 1960 70 . 4. Boite , .( boite ) . , , . Singers and small bands used toperform these songs in boites( meaning boxes in French ).The word of the place came fromthe small dimensions of it . 5. , . . , , , , Singers were sitting among people orat least very close ,pushing audienceto sing all together in a friendlyatmosphere. Song themes were as simple , as :life , love, summer, loneliness ,separation .. 6. , : , , , , Most famous new wavecomposers have been : YannisSpanos ,Notis Mavroudis ,Yiorgos Papastefanou as far assingers : Arletta , Kaiti HomataYiorgos Zografos , MichalisViolaris , Rena Coumioti . 7. GREEK ROCK 8. Early 60ties every neighborhood in Athens . or Thessaloniki has got its 60 pop music group . Every Saturday is party , time , at home usually . . , . 9. . - , , , , . , ( ) . Golden youth was dancing :cha cha , hally gally ,bossa novablues,Rock n roll . Parties , music mornings on radiostations gave stage to many groups :Forminx song : Jeronimo yankaintroduced yanka dance to Greekparties . 10. 60 . 62 , . , . 11. Among most popular groups one can find : ( Idols ( suddenly you love me ), , ) , Olympians ( school , Mays . girl etc. ) Charms ( crazy girl , my heart ,is beating ). , , , , 12. 60 . , , , , . , . Besides Greek groups , Italian singershad been very popular in Greece ,also , e.g Rita Pavone , Sergio Enrico ,Albano and French as well : Adamo ,Sylvie Vartan , Cristoffe 13. 70 Seventies mark was the dictatorship . on 1967. Nevertheless the rock movement kept on increasing : though USA and UK dress code were . forbidden at school ( especially), youngsters of that era didnt care and they suffered expelling from school . Woodstock festival had been very , influential in Greek rock scene .Jimi .Hendrix and Carlos Santana styling had been adopted by young Greek , guys and Joan Baez style by young , , Greek ladies .Long hair , tight shirts and guitar sounds were very . fashionable . . 14. , , , Greek groups of thisrock style have been :Socrates ( drank theconium ) , PelomaBoquiou , NostradamosPoll 15. . , , . After dictatorship fall , Greekrock flourished : its VasilisPapakostandinou who becamethe rock ballad singer inGreece .