Pedro Henrique “Kiko” Loureiro (born in Rio de Janeiro on June 16th, 1972) is a Brazilian musician and guitarist. Before joining the American thrash metal band Megadeth in 2015 he was a member of the Brazilian progressive metal band Angra.
Kiko began studying music and playing guitar at age 11. Despite being a right-handed guitarist, he is naturally left-handed.
He was inspired by various artists, including Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, and Randy Rhoads. He released several albums as a solo artist.
On 12 February 2017, Kiko along with his bandmates in Megadeth, won the “Best Metal Performance” Grammy Award for the Megadeth song “Dystopia” at the 59th Grammy Awards.
Kiko Loureiro's first album Open Source released on Fri Jul 10 2020.
The most popular album by Kiko Loureiro's is Open Source
The most popular song by Kiko Loureiro's is Imminent Threat
Kiko Loureiro's first song Imminent Threat released on Fri Jun 26 2020.