On Wednesday, 1 July, at 22:00 (Athens time), Voice of Greece’s “Remarkable Personalities“, hosted by Stavroula Karali, welcomes journalist and author Giannis Alexiou for the first part of a special tribute to the history of Greek rock music.
Alexiou, author of the book Pioneers of Greek Rock (Ogdoo Music Group), traces the evolution of Greek rock from its emergence in the 1960s to its establishment as a major musical force during the 1980s and 1990s. Through this radio journey, he highlights the artists, bands and songs that shaped more than three decades of creativity and left a lasting mark on Greek music.
Drawing on years of research, rare archival material and dozens of interviews with the musicians who defined the era, Alexiou unfolds the story of a musical movement that became much more than an artistic genre—it gave voice to an entire generation.
The first part of the tribute focuses on the formative years of the Greek rock scene, from the late 1960s through the end of the 1970s. Listeners will revisit the music and stories of Peloma Bokiou, Dimitris Poulikakos, Nostradamos and Despina Glezou, Poll, Kostas Tournas, Stavros Logaridis, and Socrates Drank the Conium, founded by school friends Antonis Tourkogiorgis and Giannis Spathas, whose music earned international recognition. The programme concludes with a tribute to Pavlos Sidiropoulos, one of the defining figures of Greek rock.
The program also explores the influence of the international rock scene, the relationship between rock and pop music, and the impact of the social and political changes of the period on musical expression.
The tribute continues the following week with Part Two, covering the 1980s and 1990s, when Greek rock reached a wider audience and developed a renewed and distinctive sound.
Presented and produced by Stavroula Karali
Sound engineer: Efi Georgopoulou
Broadcast: Wednesday, 1 July 2026, at 22:00 (Athens time)
