Biography
Ioannis (John) Stergiou was born in Athens, Greece on January 18, 1978. He grew up in a family with a long music tradition and started playing music at a very early stage of his life. He took his first lessons in classical guitar and music theory when he was 10 years old. He continued his studies in classical guitar and music theory at the Music Conservatory of the Northern Suburbs in Athens with Leonidas Kanaris and Tasos Tsivikis as his music instructors.
At the age of 18, he studied Sound Engineering and Music Production at “Mixing Is Art” with some of the best instructors and professionals in Greece in the field of Acoustics and Music Production.
He entered the music production, as a musician, arranger and sound engineer. He has worked for more than 350 studio or live albums until today as a musician, composer, arranger, sound engineer & mastering engineer.
His collaborations include composers like Nikos Mamangakis, Mikis Theodorakis, Stavros Xarchakos, Giannis Markopoulos, Giannis Spanos, Marios Tokas, Mimis Plessas, Lakis Papadopoulos, Nikos Antipas, and he has worked with famous Greek artists such as Vicky Moscholiou, Melina Kana, Eleni Dimou, Arleta, Locomondo, Kitrina Podilata,Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Foivos Delivorias and many others.
From 1996 until today he has collaborated with many rock & metal bands of the greek underground scene such as Nightstalker, 1000mods, Last Drive, Deus ex Machina, Earthbound and Electric Litany.
On 2007, along with Tas Ioannidis and Alexandros Alexiou they start a new band called Phase Reverse. Two new members added since 2012, Takis Mark and Kostas Kotsikas. Until today they have performed in numerous concerts throughout Europe, while they released 4 full length LPs.
2009: “Phase Reverse” (Self Financed)
2013: “Phase II: …And Man Created God” (The Leaders records)
2015: ”Phase III: Youniverse” (ROAR! Rock of Angels records)
2020: ”Phase IV: Genocide” (ROAR! Rock of Angels records)