BAD HABIT
1991 - 1993
Bass Drum Graphics
From L - R:
Mark Cross: Drums
Terry Mavredes: Bass
Vance Reese: Vocals
MP Mansell: Guitars
Right photo:
Kip Gregory & MP Mansell
Former Musicians:
Tony Kontaxaki: Guitar
Alex Douglas: Bass
Kip Gregory: Bass
Additional Musicians:
Vageli Petrakis: Keyboards
Joan Barrington, Eva Tselidou & Vicky Halkiti: Backing Vocals
Discography:
Sex, Fights & Rock'n Roll
MC-Beats 2002
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In 1991 when Mark was working with Anna Vissi at the Rex Theater in Athens, Greece,
he became close friends with Vance Reese, an American guy, who played at the
show
with a trio called "The International Connexion". Both had the same musical
interests and soon started the band along with guitarist Tony Kontaxaki and bassist Alex
Douglas (former Douglas), who
first showed great interest in this idea, but soon changed their minds.
Alex played the bass on Bad Habits' first recordings in the studio, before a
replacement was found. Mark and Vance took the idea of Bad Habit very serious
and started looking for new blood with talent and devotion.
The first weeks seemed endless and frustrating, though they received many calls
and demos from many musicians, but definitely not the ones they wished for.
Finally one day the phone rang and a friend said, that some band was
playing in a studio downtown and their guitar player seemed to be exactly
what they were looking for.
Hell, that's right, this guy was just 20 years old, had long hair, had the right moves
and looks and played
like a god. It didn't take long to convince Mr.Mansell to join the band.
Terry Mavredes on Bass, who was known for previous activities in local bands and
misbehavior was the next man to join Bad Habit, who filled the last gap. A
perfect match, the
four of
them were perfect chemistry and caused nothing but trouble in Athens and had a
lot of....fun!
Their music was a mixture between Hard rock, Funk with a progressive touch.
They recorded 8 songs at the Citi Studio in Athens, played several concerts, but
never got
signed. Vance left at some point to Sweden, came back to Greece for a while and
finally
moved to England in 1996 and opened the well known hang out "Café Blue" in Bournemouth, while the rest
of the band
joined the Gillan/Rakintzis project in
1993.
In 1994 they continued with with their recordings in the studio with Kip
Gregory on Bass, while Terry devoted his time to his studies in journalism.
These recordings were remastered in 2002 and available in the
MC-SHOP