Menelaos Georgiou chose the name Afflicted since all songs are based on personal experiences that have 'afflicted' him or changed his perception of life.

The band have no stable venue, as we choose to concentrate on the net. We love the music, it will always be the main reason why we play, a special moment was when we first played live.. We will never forget it..

MP3 has changed the music industry completely, mp3 is a great way for unsigned artists like ourselves to get recognised and to promote ourselves, but in the end, mp3 is mainly used to steal music, which i believe is morally wrong. I think people should pay for music they like, otherwise the bands, (especially if they are as poor as us! LOL) will have no financial backing to continue to create quality music...

Yes, we want to reach every body, and with the internet we are limited in who, and how many people we reach, we try our best to assert ourselves and 'get out there' as it were, but yeh, we believe a label would help us to achieve that..

We've been around for more than 7 years in the music scene. In our early days we were doing soundtracks for video games and film. around 6 years ago ( 2000 - 2002 ) we moved into mainstream music. It was just Rob and Menelaos (me) back then and we were trying to bridge the gap between Soundtracks, Rock and RnB. Quite a strange mix but "The AffliXion" was quite an interesting album all in all. The great thing about it was how diverse it was.

From 2002 - 2004 we worked on Mirror. I wrote all the songs ( except for "Hidden Meanings" which I co-wrote with Rob) and our focus changed to Rock / Heavy Rock. ( Although our Soundtrack and RnB influences still leaked in from time to time!) We were proud of Mirror because we wanted to try out all subgenres of Rock. We had some Metal, Rock, Slow Rock, elements of Punk on some tracks and even some electronic overtones for our vision of futuristic rock. Mirror generated a wide range of Afflicted fans and that's when we finally started to get some recognition. Several online awards and even number 1 spots here on soundclick, vitaminic and other music websites. We also recruited Nabz (drums), Keri Khaos (Guitars) and Bennos (Bass).

2005-2006 was a lot of fun! Our music had evolved again into what we now refer to as futuristic Alternative - Hard Rock. In that time I wrote and produced the "Oxygen" album. The album was in essence a hard rock / metal album but with underlying synths that really gave it a different feel. We had a lot of our soundtrack influence in the album and Oxygen was received especially well in the industry. More online awards, and we even had Oxygen be the theme song of a US TV show called Combat Tactics. That was pretty cool!

In 2007 We all got a bit older and we were in that phase of our lives that we needed some time out from music to focus on careers and family. A lot of members left the band because of this reason.

In 2008 I started working on music again. The new Afflicted album is essentially a solo album and following the tradition of all Afflicted albums before it, the music has evolved again. It's stripped down to real guitars and vocals and is heavily influenced by the old school rock legends. Legendary is the name of the new album and it should be out some time in 2009.

Afflicted has been a part of my life for the last 10 years and no matter what happens, I don't see myself leaving it anytime soon! ;)

AFFLICTED have many musical influences, ZAKK WYDLE, OZZY, SEVENDUST, DISTURBED, METALLICA, PANTERA, WHITESNAKE, FOREIGNER, ALICE IN CHAINS, SURVIVOR, QUEEN, RONNIE JAMES DIO, even PHIL COLLINS! LOL Far too many to list here! We are unique, check us out!

AFFLICTED MUSIC STUDIO

A Dual Processor G4, Logic Pro, and a sh*** load of Guitars!

Thank you for supporting the underground. Without you guys we would have no reason to keep on creating quality music for AFFLICTED COMMERCIAL. So continue to support us, and we will continue to produce quality music!

Also! Don't Forget to visit our website and forum so you can tell us what you think of the music, ways to improve, what else you would like to see, etc.

www.afflicted1.com