With legends of rock akin to Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Queen dominating their list of musical inspirations, Ivory (Kenny Knox & Gordon Koenig) are now branding their own style of rock with echoes of these powerful voices and melodies evident throughout their music.
Taking advantage of opportunities and gaining experience throughout these, Kenny has performed on stage with the likes of Angry Anderson and Colleen Hewitt in Australia and has performed with The Australian Welsh Male Choir across the country and was vocally trained for a period by opera singer Greg Dempsey which has improved and strengthened his voice to meet the vocal requirements to perform rock anthems and power ballads, soft pop and hard rock. Kenny also fronted Australian rock band, Ivory, and Melbourne cover band 4 Ton of Rock and performed with both bands (with Gordon & Nikki) in Melbourne and surrounding areas between the years of 2001 and 2004 where they eventually built up a reputation and began gaining recognition within the industry prior to the 2004 tragedy of Kenny losing his wife Nikki Smith – bass player and songwriter of Ivory.
After a five year hiatus, Ivory are keen to get back to business and continue their love of rock music with a new album Black Light out now, and more writing and recording currently taking place.
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With legends of rock akin to Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Queen dominating their list of musical inspirations, Ivory are now branding their own style of rock with echoes of these powerful voices and melodies evident throughout their music.
The throttle is open and these two boys are roaring down the highway to hell...
As a kid, Kenny used to dress up as Gene Simmons and mime Kiss songs in front of his captive family audience. As a teenager he was the ‘muso’ at school with his Led Zeppelin patch and long Bon Jovi style hair. In his early twenties he sang as a 1st Tenor with the Australian Welsh Male Choir and rubbed shoulders with some Australian music royalty.
And then there was Ivory. Along with RAA heavy hitter drummer Gordon ‘Nads’ Koenig as Ivory’s other permanent member, Kenny Knox has honed his skill as a multi-instrumentalist songwriter releasing six albums since 1997.
It hasn’t been an easy run for these guys after losing Nikki Smith in 2004 who was Ivory’s bass player, songwriter and Kenny’s wife. You can hear the loss in many songs since then, but there are also songs of positivity and a spiritual will to continue.
One thing is for certain, Ivory rocks!
You can hear them in all their glory on the latest album Black Light. The throttle is open and these two boys are roaring down the highway to hell paying homage to some of their favourite bands along the way - a real belter of an album.
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