Waterpipes (band)
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Waterpipes are a Greek/Dutch folk rock band based in Athens, Greece. The band consists of Marcel Eringa (vocals, guitar, harmonica) and Dennis Paraschis (guitar, vocals, ukulele). They play with Antonis Dounias (drums) and Alexis Kontozamanis (bass) as a full band.

Biography

The band formed in around 2006, when Dennis met (native Dutch) Marcel randomly in a language school in Athens, where they soon discovered their mutual love for songwriting, instruments
Musical instrument
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 and music in general. After regular jamming and performing on the streets, hills, parties and bars around Athens, the two decided to give it a name and record some of their songs. Waterpipes was born and the result was a four song demo cd. This demo soon led them to record their first selftitled album 'Waterpipes' which was released on Impact records at the beginning of 2008.

Waterpipes' song ’water flows’, was released on a compilation cd
Compilation album
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 for EMI Records
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called "album of the week" in May, 2007.

The band recorded and released their second album 'Downright Melodies' on Legend records at the beginning of 2011.

Discography

  • 'Downright Melodies' (2011 Legend records)
  • 'Waterpipes' (2008 Impact records)
  • Album of the Week (compilation) (2007 EMI-records)

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