Livan (band)


LIVAN is a UK-based alternative rock band founded by Greek-born singer Livan that also features guitarist Will Crewdson and drummer Damon Wilson. The band has toured with artists like Aerosmith, Alice Cooper and Peter Murphy among others.
Greek-born Livan is the grandson of former Greek Prime Minister Panagiotis Kanellopoulos.

Members

Singles

Reception

Michelle St. James described LIVAN's music as "industrial pop punk/alt-rock" going on to say that it "sounds gritty, raw, and fun with crashing guitar and thumping bass lines". Jack Feerick said that the "Happy Returns" album was "currently rockin’ my world down to a nub" and went on to describe the title track as sounding like "the Kaiser Chiefs meets The The with vocals by a slumming Peter Murphy". Rob Smy compared LIVAN to Placebo and Nine Inch Nails. However, Patrick Slevin described LIVAN's vocals as an "acquired taste".
Writing for the Associated Press, critic Wayne Parry said "Livan defies easy categorization. His voice has the snarl of Johnny Rotten and the exaggerated bass of Iggy Pop. His shaved head evokes Rob Halford, and his stage presence evokes Freddie Mercury, clad one night in hot pink spandex and combat boots, the next in a leather fringed kilt. And he rocks."