Born in Sydney, Australia at the age of 11, Menios moved to Greece and 2 years later he decided to get into the music. Although he started by playing the guitar, it was the drums that gained him in the end. Since then, drums are his greatest passion. At the age of 16 he started playing drums amateurishly with groups but from the age of 18 he deal with it professionally. He studied in R.S.I. (Rhythm Section Institute) - Athens for 5 years, from where he graduated with œExcellence in 1996. He has attended various clinics with great drummers such as: Dave Weckl, Jojo Mayer, Dom Famularo, Thomas Lang, and more. In his professional career, he has been cooperated in live performances, and concerts with some of the most highly regarded singers and/ or composers in the music industry of his country. But also with some of the greatest musicians in the world such as: Steve Weingart (keyboard player), Antre Nieri (guitar player), Guthrie Govan (guitar player), Tony Lacatos (Sax player), Miso Iossifov (Trumpet player), Tim Garland (Sax player), Mike Stern (guitar player), Stu Hamm (bass player).
Hes been a teacher for 22 years now, and for the last 5 years he's teaching but also in charge of the drum department at Yiorgos Fakanas Art Music School in Athens Greece. He is a member (Drummer) of Y.F.G group of Yiorgos Fakanas.
œFor me the drums and music in general, is a permanent desire for something new, a non-stop challenge, a permanent bond of love, but above all it is an expression of soul.
