Rock music in Greece

AMSTERDAM - Crossing the street to get to the Internationaal Theater Amsterdam (ITA), I saw three students trying to take a selfie with the image of Giannis Angelakas from the poster of "Nekyia" in the background. "Are you Greek?" I asked the young women. No answer. I repeated the question in English. "My boyfriend is Greek," one called Eline explained.

Having risen from smokey basements to packed arenas, 1000mods is the most successful Greek rock band of the past decades, and on December 29, the boys will be wrapping up their successful 2023 global tour at Floyd (floyd.gr). The night opens with up-and-coming local rock 'n' roll Greek act The Mystic Tension, setting the tone for an electrifying experience.

Wildly influential and popular Greek rocker Vassilis Papakonstantinou is celebrating 50 years on the country's music stages with a big, career-spanning concert at the Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaro) on June 14.

Following a successful tour of Greece and Cyprus last year, Greek rock act Pyx Lax are hitting the road again. Pyx Lax broke up in 2004 but the band got back together following Manos Xydous' death in 2010. Their 2018 tour commemorated 30 years since the band formed.

The guitarist and support singer of legendary 60s and 70s Greek rock band “Olympians”, Vangelis Kitsikopoulos was killed in a freak accident. Kitsikopoulos, 62, who was a contractor by profession, was killed when the bobcat he was driving capsized and fatally inured him in the chest.

Iconic Greek rock band “Pyx Lax” (literally meaning punching and kicking), are in studio recording their new album after 14 years. The album, which is scheduled to be released at the start of 2018 is under record label Panik Oxygen and will be their first one after 14 years.

Kyttaro Live Club is celebrating the spirit of Greek rock 'n' roll and kick-starting the concert season with a night of music from bands that cut their teeth on the local circuit. Mora sti Fotia, Aprosarmosti and Magic de Spell are just a few of the bands lined up to perform this Friday. The show starts at 7.30 p.m. and tickets cost 12 euros at the door or 10 euros when purchased in advance.