Kiko Loureiro
| Kiko Loureiro | |
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| Background information | |
| Born |
June 16, 1972 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Genres | Heavy metal, power metal, progressive metal, thrash metal, neo-classical metal |
| Instruments | Guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, drums, vocals |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Associated acts |
Angra Megadeth Tarja Turunen Neural Code |
| Website | Official website |
| Notable instruments | |
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Ibanez Kiko100 Ibanez Kiko10P Tagima K1 Tagima K2 ESP Kiko Loureiro Fire-K Custom Shop ESP Kiko Loureiro SE Custom Shop ESP Kiko Loureiro Fire-K STD | |
Pedro Henrique "Kiko" Loureiro (born June 16, 1972, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian Heavy metal guitarist, best known as a member of the bands Angra and Megadeth. Along with Angra's other gutarist and primary songwriter Rafael Bittencourt, Loureiro has appeared on all of the band's releases.
Loureiro began studying music and playing acoustic guitar at age 11. He studied with two big famous Brazilian musicians: Pedro Bueno and Aldo D'Isep. Inspired by various artists, mainly Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Tiny Tim, and Randy Rhoads, he moved to the electric guitar at 13 and by 16 had already joined two bands, Legalize (Edu Mello - vocals, Dennis Belik - bass and Alja - Drums) and A Chave, and was playing in nightclubs in São Paulo. At 19, he helped co-found Brazilian Power metal band Angra, with whom he still plays.[1]
Due to the increase in popularity of power metal, Loureiro has become quite successful, both playing in Angra and as a solo artist. He is known for his tremendous technical skill on the guitar, frequently incorporating such techniques as two handed tapping, sweep picking (full swept arpeggios), alternate picking, artificial & natural harmonics and combining legato & staccato in the same run or phrase. He is also well known for both his instructional and demonstration videos as well as for writing columns for and appearing on the cover of magazines Cover Guitarra, Guitar & Bass, and Young Guitar.
In addition to his rock/metal achievements, Loureiro has also played guitars on several eurobeat songs in collaboration with Dave Rodgers, including "Fevernova", "Ring of Fire" and "The Road is on Fire".
He speaks some French, Spanish, Finnish and English in addition to his native Portuguese.
On April 2, 2015 it was announced that Loureiro had joined the American thrash metal band Megadeth, replacing Chris Broderick.[2]
Discography
Solo
- No Gravity (JVC/Victor Entertainment, 2005)
- Universo Inverso (Victor Entertainment/Seoul, 2006)
- Fullblast (JVC/Victor Entertainment, 2009)
- Sounds of Innocence (Victor Entertainment, 2012)
Video lesson and instructional
- Guitarra Rock (1993)
- Os Melhores Solos e Riffs do Angra (2003)
- Tecnica e Versatilidade (2003)
- Guitarra Tecnica Para Iniciantes (2009)
- Rock Fusion Brasileiro (2009)
- Creative Fusion (2010)
Angra
- Reaching Horizons (originally released in 1992, reissued in 1997)
- Angels Cry (JVC Japan, 1993)
- Evil Warning EP (1994)
- Holy Land (Gravadora Eldorado, 1996)
- Make Believe Part 1 single (1996)
- Make Believe Part 2 single (1997)
- Make Believe Part 3 single (1997)
- Make Believe Part 4 single (1997)
- Freedom Call EP (1996)
- Holy Live live EP (1997)
- Fireworks (SPV GmbH/Century Media Records, 1998)
- Lisbon single (1998)
- Rainy Nights single (1998)
- Rebirth (SPV GmbH/Steamhammer, 2001)
- Acid Rain single (2001)
- Hunters and Prey EP (SPV GmbH/Steamhammer, 2002)
- Rebirth World Tour – Live in São Paulo live album and video (BMG/Victor Entertainment, recorded in 2001 and released in 2003)
- Temple of Shadows (SPV GmbH/Steamhammer, 2004)
- Wishing Well single (2004)
- Aurora Consurgens (SPV GmbH/Steamhammer, 2006)
- The Course of the Nature single (2006)
- Aqua (SPV GmbH/Steamhammer, 2010)
- Secret Garden (JVC, Universal Music, Edel Music, 2014)
Tarja
- My Winter Storm (2007)
- The Seer EP (2008)
Neural Code
- Neural Code (2009)
Paco Ventura Black Moon
- Arabestia (2015)
Megadeth
- Dystopia (2016)
References
External links
| Preceded by Chris Broderick |
Megadeth lead guitarist 2015–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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