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Plisskën Festival

Greece

The name "Plisskën", adorned with a heavy metal umlaut, refers to the fictional character Snake Plissken from the films Escape from New York and Escape from L.A..

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The name "Plisskën", adorned with a heavy metal umlaut, refers to the fictional character Snake Plissken from the films Escape from New York and Escape from L.A..

01 · What it is
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02 · Where & name
Greece

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03 · How it is doing
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NameThe name "Plisskën", adorned with a heavy metal umlaut, refers to the fictional character Snake Plissken from the films Escape from New York and Escape from L.A..
201023rd Underpass, Alexander Robotnick, Chew Lips, Danger, FM Belfast, Futurecop!, Handsome Furs, Mondkopf, Pickster One, Poka, Robots in Disguise, Rykarda Parasol, The Longcut, The Lytics, These New Puritans.
2012Alan Braxe, Andrew Weatherall, Bong-Ra, Camera, College, Dead Skeletons, Drums of Death, Forest Swords, Joker, Junior Boys, Kid606, King Khan and the Shrines, Liquid, Male Bonding, Michael Rother, Montana Cruz, Peaches,…
2013Beat Culture, Blackbird Blackbird, Brandt Brauer Frick, Death Grips, Dope Body, Dream Koala, Ebo Taylor, Egyptian Hip Hop, Eliphino, Eraas, FM Belfast, Fucked Up, Giraffage, Girls Names, Jonas Rathsman, Kidnap Kid, King…
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What is Plisskën Festival in plain words?

The name "Plisskën", adorned with a heavy metal umlaut, refers to the fictional character Snake Plissken from the films Escape from New York and Escape from L.A..

Where is Plisskën Festival practised or documented?

Sources on this page place Plisskën Festival in Greece.

What is the current condition of Plisskën Festival today?

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Name

The name "Plisskën", adorned with a heavy metal umlaut, refers to the fictional character Snake Plissken from the films Escape from New York and Escape from L.A.. 1

2010

23rd Underpass, Alexander Robotnick, Chew Lips, Danger, FM Belfast, Futurecop!, Handsome Furs, Mondkopf, Pickster One, Poka, Robots in Disguise, Rykarda Parasol, The Longcut, The Lytics, These New Puritans. 1

2012

Alan Braxe, Andrew Weatherall, Bong-Ra, Camera, College, Dead Skeletons, Drums of Death, Forest Swords, Joker, Junior Boys, Kid606, King Khan and the Shrines, Liquid, Male Bonding, Michael Rother, Montana Cruz, Peaches, Rita Maia, Son of Kick, Team Ghost, The Notwist, Triggerfinger, Villa, We Were Promised Jetpacks 1

2013

Beat Culture, Blackbird Blackbird, Brandt Brauer Frick, Death Grips, Dope Body, Dream Koala, Ebo Taylor, Egyptian Hip Hop, Eliphino, Eraas, FM Belfast, Fucked Up, Giraffage, Girls Names, Jonas Rathsman, Kidnap Kid, King Krule, King Tuff, Larry Gus, Lil Silva, Moullinex, Oy, Patten, Pyramid, Shigeto, Skinnerbox, Slow Magic, The Boy, The Haxan Cloak, Truckfighters, Xosar, XXYYXX 1

2014 (Winter Edition)

Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Swans, Simian Mobile Disco, The Bug, Son Lux 1

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Plisskën Festival”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1

Plisskën Festival is annual music festival in Athens, Greece, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2

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