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Τα Ξύλινα-Σπαθιά (lit. “Wooden Swords”) is a Greek musical group, organized in 1992 in Thessaloniki . Together with Trypes ( Greek ρύπες ) was one of the most popular Greek music groups of the 1990s.

Ξύλινα Σπαθιά
Pavlos Pavlidis in Thessaloniki in 2007
basic information
Genre	pop music rock music Electonic music
A country	Greece
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Creativity of the group combined elements of pop , rock and electronic music , while maintaining the Greek flavor. Lyrics written by Pavlidis Pavlos distinguished personal involvement and poetic experiments. Basically, the songs of the group created an emotional atmosphere with a pronounced extraversion and rhythm, but some of the compositions were written in a calm, intimate manner.

From 1993 until the collapse in 2003, the group released 5 albums (4 studio, 1 concert) and 1 single. Despite major commercial success, the group members managed to avoid media attention and maintain artistic autonomy. Their main desire was to improve the sound from album to album and from concert to concert. During live performances, musicians often experimented and improvised on their own songs.

The original members of the group included: Pavlos Pavlidis (vocals, guitar), Vasilis Guntarulis (keyboards, samplers), Christos Tsaprazis (bass guitar) and Panos Tolios (drums, percussion, 1993-1997). At different times, the group also included Stavros Rossopoulos (guitar, 1993–1994), Takis Canellos (drums, 1997), Hyannis Mitsis (drums, 1998–2003), Costas Pantelis (guitar, 2000–2003) and Nikos Kiriakopoulos (percussion, backing vocals, 2001–2003). Dimos Guntarulis (cello), Giorgos Tolios (percussion), Giorgos Papazoglu (percussion), Rita Hadzinikoli (percussion), Fotis Siotas (violin) and Aristidis Hadzistaru the band worked as recording session albums with a group with the group.

Ξύλινα Σπαθιά is one of the best-selling Greek groups, along with Pyx Lax and Trypes.