When you think of Greek AOR music does the name Douglas Come to mind? Douglas is one of the first English speaking AOR rock groups to come out of Greece! Formed in 1984 by Alex on Bass, Elias on Drums, Tony on Guitar, Chris on Keyboards and Cornelius on Vocals the band lineup was set recording their first 2 song single release on virgin records with a cover of the Who's "Baba O' Riley" and their own hard edged song "I'm Free Now". This release and continued hard work landed the band a full length release in 1987 on BMG records Greece entitled "State Of Rock". With a With fantastic production and a wide variety of songs that are keyboard oriented with a hard edge it is unbelievable why this album did not have a world wide distribution! Accompanied by music videos for harder edged songs like "Shout" and "State Of Rock", and accompanied (on the album) with ballads such as Mirror, the band and their management did everything correct to bring success for the group and it is unknown why this band did not become a international success. The band in 1991 went back to the studio to record a good follow up called "Mad" and result of internal issues with management decided to call it quits and became session musicians working with well known Greek musician Anna Vissi. "State of Rock" is a AOR gem that needs a place within your record collection. Hopefully a remastered and repackaged CD release will be in future plans. Give it a listen if you can. You wont regret it! In the vein of other Greek bands like Spitfire and Rawsilk.

Features the full length song "Shout" for your listening pleasure.