Sclavunos , a half - Greek and half - Italian from Brooklyn , New York ( known for his exceptional height at 6 ' 7 '' ) , was memorably described in the pages of '' The Wire '' as an '' infamous elegant degenerate '' .
Sclavunos , a half - Greek and half - Italian from Brooklyn , New York ( known for his exceptional height at 6 ' 7 '' ) , is currently a member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and the Vanity Set . 
 Sclavunos was memorably described in the pages of '' The Wire '' as an '' infamous elegant degenerate '' .