Irene Ketikidi & Nux Monstro @ Six Dogs | 19.01.23
A dynamic rendezvous is brewing at Six Dogs on 19.01.23. Irene Ketikidi and Nux Monstro meet on stage for one hell of a music night!
By Dimitris (Bari) Polyzois
The Nux Monstro, a very promising neo–grunge power trio of the Athenian scene, just before the release of their debut album, take the stage together with the top Greek shredder guitarist Irene Ketikidi – Irene Ketikidi (who is also just about to record her new single). All this on the stage of Six Dogs (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter). Both acts promise us a live that will shake the ground of this particular venue, and the whole area along with it, with killer riffs, high decibels and glorifying the very concept of rock ‘n’ roll. On January 19th, Thursday, starting at 21:00!
Be there.
Ειρήνη Κετικίδη - Irene Ketikidi
The Ειρήνη Κετικίδη is a guitarist and composer, with international recognition in the instrumental rock scene. She took her first steps as a session musician in London in 2007, as a touring guitarist for various artists but also as a musician and actress in theatre, with performances across Europe and America. She became widely known in 2010 with her track "Rambler", which she performed live in front of Steve Vai at London's Guitar Nation festival. A few years later, in 2013, she released her debut album "Martial Arts & Magic Tricks", which received amazing reviews in the international press, while being praised by players such as Guthrie Govan, Greg Howe, Nita Strauss, Alex Skolnick and David Kilminster.
Her work has been featured, among others, in the historic Japanese magazine Young Guitar and in Guitar World, Guitar Interactive and Sound Guitar Magazine. In 2018, she released her second solo album "A Sky For All", a progressive album mixing blues, metal, fusion idioms and inspired throughout by true stories. In November 2018, she performed lead guitar in the show "Οι Μουσικοί της Καμεράτας συναντούν τους Deep Purple", at Megaro Mousikis Athinon under the direction of the world-acclaimed Γιώργου Πέτρου. During 2019, she appeared as an opening act at the live event of soloist Nick Johnston in Athens, and in June of the same year as a guest at the concert of Nita Strauss at Chance Theater [NY]. More recently, in October 2022, she performed live with her band at the Gimme Shelter Film Festival, at their tribute to Frank Zappa.
The band consists of:
Guitar – Irene Ketikidi
Bass – Κωστής Βήχος
Drums – Γιώργος Πουλιάσης
Guitar – Διονύσης Μόρφης
Nux Monstro
The Nux Monstro are a newly formed grunge rock band (trio) based in Athens. They consist of Στάθη Ντόφη (composition, electric guitar, vocals), Kostis Vichos (electric bass) and Konstantinos Salapas (drums). They move within the realm of hard yet atmospheric grunge sound, with influences from Nirvana, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, STP, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden etc. At the moment they're in the process of recording their first record.
The band consists of:
Guitar, vocals – Στάθης Ντόφης
Drums – Κωνσταντίνος Σαλάπας
Bass – Κωστής Βήχος
