The group starts in 1997 in Thessaloniki (Greece) with a few gigs. Jo plays the bass, Tasos the drums, Frans the saxophone and George the guitar. George is also the lead vocalist and songwriter of the band. Jo and George used to live in Paris where they played music with various bands. Jo has been a member of Rodondo Rocks in London while Tasos has collaborated with the Lone Stars, Little Peter, Xaxakes and Bad News and The Blue. Frans used to live in Amsterdam; he died suddenly some years ago from aneurysm.
Inspired by the sounds of Velvet Underground, Bowie, Johnny Thunders, Nick Cave, Van Morrison and Bob Dylan, the band recorded six tracks with producer George Pentzikis in Magnanimus studio (Thessaloniki) in the summer of 1998. In 2000-2001, the rest of the songs were recorded in Action studio in Athens, with the help of Aristidis Christou and Lampros Papalexis. In 2001 two new members joined the group: Panos Papazoglou on guitar and Christos Pappas on keyboards. In 2004 the first cd was mastered in Unity Mastering in London by Chris Parmenidis. In 2005 Broken Seals' debut, "BROKEN SEALS", was released on Olon Music. The band is currently working on their second album.
Throughout the years, Broken Seals have performed live with notable artists of the Greek and international music scene, amongst which are Madrugada, Mick Harvey, Mercury Rev, Arab Strap, Phil Shoenfelt, Zita Swoon, Devastations etc.
Band Members
George Lazaridis (vocals, guitars, songwriter)
Jo Tziatzopoulou (bass)
Tasos Oikonomou (drums)
Panos Papazoglou (guitars)
Chris Pappas (keyboards, piano)
George Kostopoulos (engineer)