Νικόλας Άσιμος

Nikolas Assimos was a Greek songwriter, singer, guitarist, performance artist, writer, and political activist. Bon 20 August 1949, Thessaloniki, Greece - Died 17 March 1988, Athens, Greece by suicide (he hung himself).
He was a very special case of a counter-culture artist, mostly because of his lifestyle. His behavior and songs were often received as provocative by the general public. He was a person with strong political opinions. Ideologically, he could be categorized as an anarchist but he never accepted being put in a specific political ideology.
In 1975, his first appearance in the discography was marked with a 7" single, released by Λίτσα Περράκη, with whom he did not record.
In 1976, he had a daughter from his extramarital relationship with the anarcho-feminist Λίλιαν Χαριτάκη, Λίλιαν Χαριτάκη-Άσιμου.
See also Underground Magic Circulation.