Stress were formed in 1980 at Argyroulopi, Athens-Greece, and they constituted the first Greek punk band with anti-authoritarian lyrics written in Greek. The 16 year old boys’ first live performance was given in the same year at Chalkida, Greece, during an excursion organized by the Technical Lyceum of Argyroupoli.
The first line-up of the band was: Luis Kondoulis (guitar, vocals), Kostas ‘Kon’ Drivas (bass, vocals) and Johnny Kafadaris (drums, vocals). Under this line-up Stress wrote their first song entitled “Athens Burning”, and it was influenced by the 1980’s severe occurrences that took place in Athens during the celebrations regarding the 6 years from the Greek military Junta’s fall.

Oι ΓΚΡΟΒΕΡ δημιουργήθηκαν το 1981 στη Θεσσαλονίκη,  με την εξής αρχική σύνθεση:
ΠΕΡΤΣΙΝΟΣ – ΦΩΝΗ
ΜΙΧΑΛΗΣ ΠΕΖΗΡΜΑΝΙΔΗΣ – ΚΙΘΑΡΑ
ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗΣ ΠΙΣΤΑΛΚΑΣ – ΜΠΑΣΟ
ΒΑΣΙΛΗΣ ΡΑΓΤΖΗΣ – ΤΥΜΠΑΝΑ

Τον Ιούνιο του 1984 o Αγαμέμνων-μπάσο και o Γιώργος-τύμπανα συνάντησαν τον Βασίλη-κιθάρα για πρόβες στο στούντιό τους, ένα ημιυπόγειο στην Καλαμαριά Θεσσαλονίκης.