ANGRA - New Interview With Guitarist KIKO LOUREIRO Available
April 21, 2008, 16 years ago
AllOutGuitar.com recently caught up with ANGRA guitarist Kiko Loureiro. The following is an excerpt from the interview:
Q: When did you start playing the guitar?
Kiko: "Well it is a funny story! My older sister was having acoustic guitar lessons at home and she decided to quit. Because my mother had already paid the teacher in advance for a number of lessons, she asked me to take over; I've never stopped playing the guitar since! I started by learning easy traditional Brazilian tunes with few chords and rhythms."
Q: You originally started playing the acoustic guitar, so what made you change to electric?
Kiko: "I remember in 1985 I watched the Rock in Rio festival on TV. I was thirteen years old and the sound of the bands amazed me so much I decided to switch in to electric guitar. KISS, AC/DC, THE SCORPIONS, WHITESNAKE, IRON MAIDEN and many other great rock bands performed at that festival: it was a mind blowing! However, to be honest with you my interest for the acoustic guitar and Brazilian music has never stopped."
Q: Who's your favourite guitar player?
Kiko: "I really like Jeff Beck. The man is, I don't know around sixty or something, and still to my ears he sounds so fresh and modern. He always experiments with something new and he never repeats himself. He still works hard with his music and he plays whatever he likes."
Go to this location for the complete interview.
