ROSEWOOD FESTIVAL (GR.) PROUDLY PRESENTS : DANGER ANGEL (ATH.GR.)

Danger Angel is a hard rock/AOR band from Athens, Greece. The band was formed in 2006 by Ethan Chionos (guitars) and Spiros Foussekis (guitars), both members of several small, local bands and private projects since the early nineties. Mike Kasidakis is referenced as the original singer and was replaced by Jimmy Cage in 2008, while Antonis Venieris (drums) and Rudy Rallis (bass) joined up in 2008 too. George AHAS Lignos took over the keyboards spot a while earlier in 2007, while vocalist M.T. (vocals) joined the band in 2010, replacing Jimmy Cage.

The band agreed on a worldwide deal with American label Perris Records in August, 2009 and released their debut album in January 2010.

The band was originally named BlackOut but the name was soon changed to Danger Angel because of another band with the same name. Members come from different backgrounds, Chionos (guitars) and Rallis (bass) being former members of rock, hard rock and heavy metal bands like Sacrament, Vertigo and Delivers Of Rock, while Lignos (keyboards) came from a more jazz oriented background while also being a member of several Christian Rock bands like the Floks, with whom he released two albums “No Matter What” (2003) and “Ystati Katharotita (tr. Ultimate Purity)” (2009). He was also the keyboards player for the Greek pop-rock band Nekyia with whom he released an album titled “I Ekdikisi Tis Siopis (tr. Revenge Of Silence)” (2009).

Lignos, is a certified piano and harmony professor and also plays the trumpet. Also a side-member of the Floks was album singer Jimmy Cage (former XIX) who left Danger Angel just before the album was released. Venieris (drums) and Foussekis (guitars), both members of Silver R.I.S.C. in the early nineties, released an album in 1992, titled “Anything She Does” on a local independent label. Singer M.T. (a.k.a. Minas Tsigos), before joining Danger Angel, was a professional Club singer, performing at several Athens rock clubs since 2005. Became a Danger Angel member in January, 2010, only a few weeks after Jimmy Cage left the band. Founding member Spiros Foussekis left the band during 2010 on personal reasons, however the band decided not to replace him and to continue as a quintet.

The debut Danger Angel album was recorded in Athens, Greece, during the period between 2008 and 2009. The band had to make several new music arrangements and re-record all vocals due to original singer Mike Kasidakis being replaced by Jimmy Cage within 2008.

During the later part of recordings, the band secured the contribution of the legendary American hard rock and heavy metal singer Jeff Scott Soto, who participated in the album by performing the vocals for “Never Let You Go”. The song was not included in the original track-list, yet it was added after the band came to terms with Soto, during June, 2009 to contribute vocals for this song. Further guests in the album are former Firewind and Helloween drummer Mark Cross on “Runaway Angel” and Greek singer Peggy Zarou (Peggy’s Lillies) contributing additional vocals on “Till The End Of Time”. In January 2010, Danger Angel released their LP, titled Danger Angel, under Houston based Perris Records.


The album was released January 12, 2010 in Greece and February 5, 2010 internationally.

• Band members : Ethan Chionos – guitars, M.T. – vocals, George “AHAS” Lignos – keyboards, Rudy Rallis – bass, Antonis Venieris – drums

• DANGER ANGEL's official website : http://dangerangelband.com/