Demis Roussos

Spring of 2002 saw him do a successful tour of England. In other Sixpence-related news, Leigh Nash is currently working on a solo project and recently performed with PFR's Joel Hanson. Demis continues to record and tour in to the Millennium. For more information, visit AstronautPushers.com. He teamed up with BR Music in Holland to produce Immortel, Serenade and In Holland, utilising a variety of ethnic and electronic styles. He is joined by bandmates Lindsay Jamieson (of Departure Lounge) and Sam Ashworth (Charlie Peacock's son from the group My Tyger). The 1990's saw even more substantial releases by Demis. On July 22, 2004 CCMBuzz (http://www.ccmbuzz.com/) reported that Matt Slocum has returned to the music world with a new band, Astronaut Pushers.

Time, which garnered a fair amount of acclaim and a minor hit song (popular in the discoteques) with Dance of Love. On February 26, 2004, it was announced the group had disbanded. Sensing a new lease on life Demis embarked on a "comeback" with the l.p. Grinch" (How the Grinch Stole Christmas), "I Just Wasn't Made for these Times" (The Beach Boys), "On The Run" (Electric Light Orchestra), "Bouquet" (Steve Taylor), "I Need Love" (Sam Phillips), "Carry You" (Sam Phillips), "Don't Dream (It's Over)" (Crowded House), "Christmastime Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi, Peanuts), "Love Letters in the Sand" (Patsy Cline, Pat Boone and others), "Goodnight Children Everywhere" (Vera Lynn), "Road to Zion" (Petra), "Dancing Queen" (ABBA) and "Love Is Blindness" (U2). He was one of the passengers of the TWA Flight 847, that was hijacked on June 14, 1985. In addition to the previously mentioned "There She Goes", the band has recorded versions of "You're A Mean One, Mr. Other hits were My Friend the Wind, My Reason and Lovely Lady of Arcadia. The band has what is almost a second career recording covers of other people's music for compilations and soundtrack albums.

His single, Forever and Ever topped the charts in several countries in 1976. Finally, Squint Entertainment was purchased by Word Records and that album, Divine Discontent, was released in October of 2002. His solo career peaked in the 1970s with several hit albums. The band had a followup album ready to release, but unfortunately, Squint Entertainment started to fall apart - leaving the band in limbo for several years. Most successfully with Race to the End, a vocal adaptation of the musical theme from the Oscar winning film Chariots of Fire. Also that year, Sixpence contributed a song to Today Presents: the Best of Summer Concert Series CD, which raised money for the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance. He would continue to record with Vangelis over the years. In 2000, the band recorded a cover of The La's "There She Goes", which became their second hit single.

He also made several appearances on solo albums by Aphrodite's Child bandmate Vangelis. Over 200 million viewers tuned in. After returning to Greece Demis was in a series of musical groups (The Idols, We Five, Aphrodite's Child) before beginning his solo career. In June of 1999, "Kiss Me" was featured during the BBC's worldwide broadcast of Prince Edward's wedding ceremonies, at the request of England's royal family. His parents lost everything and returned to Greece after the Suez Crisis. The video for the song became VH1's #1 video for the entire month of May. He was born in Egypt, to expatriate Greeks. The Grammy nominated song became the top airplay song in over 10 countries including Canada, the UK, Japan (later, the band re-recorded "Kiss Me" with Japanese lyrics), Australia, and Israel and was also featured in a number of motion pictures (She's All That) and TV Shows (Dawson's Creek, Saturday Night Live, MTV's The Real World, The Young and the Restless, Days of Our Lives and others).

Artemios (Demis) Ventouris Roussos (born June 15, 1946) is a Greek singer. A short, quirky tune called "Kiss Me", that was nearly left off the album by the band, became the band's first number one single. In 1997, the group signed to Steve Taylor's Squint Entertainment and released a self titled album that would catapult them into instant stardom. The group recorded a number of creative albums and earned a small but loyal following. Guitarist/songwriter Matt Slocum met vocalist Leigh Bingham Nash at a church retreat in the early 1990s.

Lewis' Mere Christianity. S. Sixpence None the Richer was a rock band from Austin, Texas, named after a passage in C. Divine Discontent (2002).

Making God Smile: A Tribute to Beach Boy Brian Wilson (2002) tribute album. Lynne Me Your Ears (2002) Jeff Lynne tribute album. Sixpence None the Richer (1997). Tickets for a Prayer Wheel [EP] (1996).

This Beautiful Mess (1995). I Prediect a Clone (1994) Steve Taylor tribute album. The Fatherless & the Widow (1994). The Original Demos (1993) debut album.