Subversive, torrential, inexhaustible, it was loved as little as possible, offering moments of "ten thousand watts".
The sudden death of the distinguished artist, Tzimis Panousis, at the age of 64, caused grief.
He died at the Red Cross hospital of a heart attack, while in early December he had collapsed on stage during his appearance in a shop in Athens.
He was then transported by ambulance to the hospital, where he was hospitalized for a few days due to a heart attack he had suffered.
This time, however, he did not succeed, plunging his wife and children, Aris and Fotini, into grief and mourning.
Musically he declared himself self-taught and played a little of everything. First attempts in the field of music were made with the band "Happy Rattle" when he was still in high school. In the second half of the 1970s he formed the band Music Brigades, in which he took over the vocals, lyrics and music.
Their first public appearance was in 1980 at "Skylab" in Plaka, while their first record is the album "Music Brigades" which was released in 1982. Earlier in 1980 an independent cassette production was released. This was followed in 1984 by the album If My Grandmother Had Bearings - some of whose lyrics were censored the following year and Hard Core.
Apart from music, Tzimis Panousis had occasionally dealt with radio, television and less with cinema.
Panousis's ideological stance and caustic satire had brought him face to face with the court several times, starting in 1980, with a charge by the Karditsa Criminal Court of insulting authority.
Several trials followed, with the main accusation being Jimmy's athyrostomy but also his caustic verse that directly and indirectly affected persons and situations.
During the period before the abolition of censorship (circa 1984), the records of the Music Brigades censored words that "offended public decency".
With the album "Jobs of the Head" he was accused of insulting a national symbol since the cover of the album was depicted opening holes in Greek flags. He was acquitted of these charges.
Upon hearing the news of his death, the internet was flooded with messages from politicians, ordinary citizens, fans and non-fans, colleagues and people who knew and loved him.
With the phrase "goodbye Jimako" the common people say their own goodbye to a particular artist who leaves behind a huge path…
Source: ant1iwo.com