Andreas Kisser
| Andreas Kisser | |
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Andreas Kisser in 2008
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Andreas Rudolf Kisser |
| Born |
August 24, 1968 São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil |
| Genres | Heavy metal, groove metal, thrash metal, death metal, alternative metal, experimental rock, folk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Guitar, bass guitar, sitar, vocals, percussion |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | Roadrunner, SPV GmbH, Nuclear Blast, RED Distribution |
| Associated acts | Sepultura, Anthrax, Hail!, De La Tierra, Kisser Clan |
| Website |
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Andreas Rudolf Kisser (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɐ̃dɾjɐs ˈʁudowf ˈkiseɾ]) (born August 24, 1968) is a Brazilian guitar player, songwriter and producer. He is most known for being the guitar player for the metal band Sepultura. He has been featured on every Sepultura release since their second album, Schizophrenia. Additionally, Kisser has also been involved in other bands such as the rock supergroup Hail!, Sexoturica and, more recently, De La Tierra.
Kisser was born on August 24, 1968 to a Slovene mother, from Maribor, Slovenia, and a German father in São Bernardo do Campo, a municipality in the state of São Paulo. His father was a mechanical engineer who worked for Mercedes-Benz Brazil and his mother was a German teacher and amateur artist. At an early age, Kisser showed an interest in music. He was 10 when he started to listen to his parents' records of The Beatles, Roberto Carlos and Tonico & Tinoco. He received his first acoustic guitar from his grandmother and later won a second guitar at a game of Bingo. In his early adolescence Kisser started to play acoustic guitar first learning basic chords from the Brazilian popular music repertoire and later on classical pieces. A friend then introduced Kisser to hard rock with bands like Queen and Kiss which had a great influence on him. In 1983 he went to see Kiss live in São Paulo. Kisser eventually got his first electric guitar, a Giannini-Supersonic, and an overdrive pedal. Some of his major influences consisted then of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Howe, Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore, Jimmy Page, Jeff Hanneman and Randy Rhoads.
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