Lucas Sideras was born in Athens 5-12-1944. He started playing drums at the age of 13 .

At the age of 15, he started playing drums with several bands in Athens, later on he met Vangelis (Papathanasiou) and Demis Roussos. They formed Aphrodite's Child together.

In 1967 they signed with Mercury-Records in France. They released three albums for this label: 1. End of the World(wich includes the song Rain and Tears), 2. It's Five O’Clock and their masterpiece: 666. The 666-album alone sold 20 million copies world wide. It sparked some controversy because of it's subject matter and the comment on the cover stating that the album was conceived under the influence of sahlep. Many thought that this was a drug, whereas it turned out to be a drink made of flower extract which is highly popular in countries like Greece.

In 1972 Lucas began to compose his own music and released his first solo album One Day with Polydor-France, sold 28.000 copies.

In 1974 he made another solo album Pax Spray with RCA-Italy that sold 45.000 copies.

In 1975 he produced the album Alba for Ricardo Coccante with RCA which hit #1 in the Italian charts.

In 1977 he formed the group Ypsilon with Lakis Vlavianos and Dimitri Katakouzinos, they released one album, Morning Sunrise with Philips-France, which sold 75.000 copies.

In 1979 he produced the album Love's Fool for Sigma Fay with Polygram-International, the album sold 75.000 copies.

In 1981 he produced the album Dead Line for Sigma Fay with Polygram-International, which sold 52.000 copies.

In 1984 he produced the single You're The Drug In My Life for Sigma Fay with Ariola, which sold 34.000 copies.

In 1984 his band Ypsilon released a second album: Alien Child with Ariola, which sold 60.000 copies.

In 1987 he formed a Blues-Rock band named Diesel with Sigma Fay & Yanis Drolapas. Ten years follow, full of live performances and jamming sessions. In 1995, the group released the album DieseL for Mbi-Greece

At the same time Lucas was composing music for several documentaries and advertisements in his studio.

In 2005 he formed Los Tres, a Blues-Rock band with Simos Kokavesis & Bary Zealy.

in 2008 After a long time the solo album Stay With Me was released. The music on the album had among others world music influences.

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