 Introduction
Ah, Say Yeah! Everybody now do the shake, The Forminx are in
the house! Times must have been fun back then in the sixties :-) What started out
as a school band quickly turned into the hottest garage act in those days in Athens,
and the rest of Greece quickly followed.... Vangelis' first band 'The Forminx'
scored hit after hit in 1964 and 1965 with songs like Jeronima Yanka and Jenka
Beat, and with their performances reminiscent to those of the Beatles, attracted
a new generation, who no doubt appreciated the international look of their
local heroes...
The Forminx line up: Vangelis Papathanassiou on organ, Vassilis Bakopoulos on
guitar, Sotiris Arnis on bass and Costas Skokos on drums. Tassos
Papastamatis, who also made a short-lived solo career outside the band,
joined in on occasion as the lead singer.
Tracklist and Credits
The
Forminx released a total of 22 songs, 14 of which were published on the album 'The
Forminx'. Most
songs are composed by Vangelis Papathanassiou, some others by Nikos Mastorakis.
Most lyrics were written by Nikos Mastorakis.
 Discography
Single
Released on Decca in
Greece, between 1964 and 1965:
 Released
on Pan Vox in Greece in 1965
Outside of Greece:
Most of these singles are pretty hard to find.
EP
1978 It's Christmas Time Again / White Christmas / Jingle bells / The Sound
Of Music Seagull 3E LOK-82 Greece
 LP
1975 The Forminx Pan Vox 16171 Greece
CD single
2007 Jeronimo Yanka / Dream In My Heart / Ah! Say Yeah / Elephant Twist
Music Box 0507 Greece
2007 Jenka Beat / A Hard Night’s Day / Somebody Sent Me Love / Say You Love Me
Music Box 0508 Greece
2007 Love Without Love / Until The End / Hello, My Love Salonica / Mandjourana’s
Shake Music Box 0509 Greece
2008 Our Last September / And Maybe More / School Is Over / Greek Holidays Music
Box 0510 Greece
2009 Il Peperone / A Precious White Rose / It’s Christmas Time Again / White
Christmas/ Jingle Bells Music Box 0511 Greece
CD
1999 The Forminx Pan Vox 16171 Greece
Fortunately the Greek CD is still in print, and available in Greek stores
today.
  Recording Studio
It is not
clear where exactly these songs are recorded, but undoubtedly it must have been
somewhere in Athens, Greece.
Miscellania
 | Apparently is was quite normal at the time for popular artists to perform
in local movies. It is known that The Forminx have appeared in
several Greek movies during the early sixties, one of which is 'Theodor
And The gun'. |
| In 1965 Greek director Theo Angelopoulos started a film about the Forminx named 'Peripeteies
Me Tous Forminx' ('The Forminx Story') or also known as 'Troubles'. Sadly this film was never finished due to production
problems, but a number of songs were put online on the Radio Gold website
with the following names: "Gipity-Ripity", "Gud-Bay", "I Found You Again",
"Lonely Dove", "Party No.3", "Tail", "Train" and "Troubles". |
| Of one song named "You're Kidding" the lyrics were published but as of
yet it is not clear if the song was also performed or recorded... |
Lyrics
For all the
lyrics of these songs, go to
Vangelis
and The Forminx Lyrics
Movements | 
