Skiladiko

{{Short description|Greek folk music genre; derogatory term}}

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| name = Skiladiko

| stylistic_origins = {{hlist|Greek folk music|laiko|Byzantine music|pop|power pop|alternative rock}}

| cultural_origins = 1980s, Greece

| instruments = {{hlist|Bouzouki|electric guitar|drums|violin}}

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{{Music of Greece}}

Skiladiko or Skyladiko ({{langx|el|Σκυλάδικο}}, {{IPA|el|sciˈlaðiko|pron}}) is a derogatory term to describe a branch of laiko music and some of the current nightclubs in Greece in which this music is performed.{{cite book|author=Plamen K. Georgiev|title=Self-Orientalization in South East Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r4fiPifHJGgC&pg=PA55|date=15 June 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-531-93271-2|page=55|quote= Laïkó's relative known as “Skiladiko” is close to early Bulgarian chalga,}}{{cite web|title=Πώς βγήκε η λέξη "σκυλάδικο";|url=https://www.alfavita.gr/arthron/pos-vgike-i-lexi-skyladiko|publisher=alfavita.gr}}{{cite news|author1=Dimitris Maniatis|title=Ευχαριστώ τα σκυλάδικα|url=http://www.tanea.gr/instanea/themata-koultouras/article/5215113/eyxaristw-ta-skyladika/|publisher=Ta Nea|date=3 March 2015|language=Greek}}[http://www.musipedia.gr/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%BA%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF Μusipedia: Σκυλάδικο] It also refers to the so-called "decadent" form of laiko,{{cite book|author=Artemis Leontis|title=Culture and Customs of Greece|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XBAMAQAAMAAJ&q=skyladiko|year=2009|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-34296-7|page=153|quote=The declasse version of bouzoukia is a certain kind of dive known by the charming name skyladiko, meaning "haunt of dogs"}} and is derived from the Greek for dog (σκύλος, skilos), meaning "doggish" or "doghouse". The term was also used to refer to cheap or often unlicensed Greek night clubs with a usually shady reputation of Greek music on the outskirts of a Greek city or town.{{cite news|author1=Αντωνης Καρκαγιαννης|title=Το έτυμον της λέξεως "σκυλάδικο"|url=http://www.kathimerini.gr/690204/opinion/epikairothta/arxeio-monimes-sthles/to-etymon-ths-le3ews-skyladiko|publisher=Kathimerini|date=22 December 2002}} The typical arrangement in current skiladika establishments includes an elevated stage ("palco") where singers and musicians perform Greek songs, with the use of heavily amplified bouzouki, electric guitars and other instruments.