STILPON LIVE IN ATHENS
Saturday January 18th 2025
Doors: 21.00
Entrance: 15€ more.com | 18€ doors
Facebook event here.
Stilpon embarked on his rock ‘n roll journey at age 18 with in his home town of Thessaloniki with the band “Makedonomachi”.
He continued with Greek rocker Pavlos Sidropoulos and his band, The Company of Artists, in 1979, followed by Bicycle in 1980. From 1982 to 1987, he formed the alt-rock band Rodondo Rocks, touring Greece and Southern Europe and recording two albums of his own songs, “Standard Deviation” and “Land of Nod” with.
After moving to Paris in 1988, he co-founded two bands:The Cloud Commission (which released an EP in 1995); and The
Opry Dropouts, with local cult legend Delaney Blue. In 2000,
Stilpon recorded his album, “Stilpon” with a jazz- folk trio, before moving to
London in 2002. His guitar-infused folk LP “When Time Is Up” was recorded there
and released in 2011.
In 2023, Stilpon, recorded “The Second Cloud Commission”,
an album of contemporary rock’n roll with Danny Montgomery (Percy Sledge, Mose Allison), Paul Walfisch (Syl Sylvain, Swans, Love and Rockets, Alex Chilton) Marten Ingle(Marten Ingle
Band, Tony Allen, and Steven Forward, (Ray Charles, The Pretenders, Fischer-Z and Squeeze) at La Frette Studios, mostly live.
A series of acoustic and electric gigs planned for winter-spring 2045-25, starting in France, the UK and Greece.