Rehearsed Dreams

Darkwave band founded in September 1983 in Athens, Greece. The original line-up was: Spyros Faros (guitars, bass) and Vasilis Sorilos (drums).

The three were classmates at the same school in Vyron, Athens. They started under the name ''The Apparently Dead'', and after some time changed it to ''Rehearsed Dreams''. Occasional female vocals were provided by guest Tina (39), and Mary V. On February 4, 1984 they played live at Cine Louiza in Vyron, together with Yell-O-Yell, t Nefos, Teenage Dolls, Horis Perideraio, R.R. Hearse and On Purpose.

In 1983 and 1984 they recorded 2 demos. These consisted of 9 tracks, and were the ones that Fill Scars and Lakis Halkiopoulos of Headleaders.

Later in 1985, Sorilos leaves and Andreas Ferdianakis takes his place on drums, with Fill Scars officially inig on guitars. The band went on to play shows in Athens and start recording new material. In the winter of 1985, they closed themselves in the famous Columbia studios for 3 days (and nights) and recorded 7 tracks, but only 3 of them managed to have a final mix Some of those tracks were released in 2011 single "Trip".

Somewhere around here the traces of the band get lost. Papaioannou co-founded the label Coti and Makis Faros. A Rehearsed Dreams song was released in the Elfish compilation "Random Relations Part 1", in 1992.

Fill Scars died from an overdose in 1993, and Faros ed away in 2022.