Teflon is an Athens-based band that describes their music as “somewhere between post-rock and alternative”.<br /><br />Many of the band-members have experienced first-hand the effects of the economic crisis in Greece, and their lyrics reflect both the despair and hope in the country right now.<br /><br />Three out of five of them are unemployed and try to get by with occasional work. Of the two that work, one is a freelance geotechnical engineer and one works as a delivery boy.<br /><br />Kostas Gamma is the vocalist and guitar player, Dimitris Grigoriadis plays the drums, Dimitris Pallis is the bassist, Kostas Tsiolis plays the keyboards, and Thanasis Dimakopoulos plays the guitar.<br /><br />They hope to self-release their first album soon, which consists of songs written and composed between 2007-2010.<br /><br />In this extended interview, the band talks about their struggles amid the economic crisis in the continent and how it reflects in their lyrics.<br /><br />www.aljazeera.com/empire
