Jairo Guedz was the lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Sepultura from 1985 to 1987 and was part of the short lived project Guerrilha alongside Igor and Max Cavalera and Silvio SDN of Mutilator.
13 Facts About Jairo Guedz
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Jairo Guedz got into music at the age of 10, listening to records of Elvis Presley, and from there his musical interest lead him to explore hard rock and heavy metal.
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Jairo Guedz started playing music at the age of 15, inspired by bands like Motorhead, Slayer, Voivod, Sacrifice, Possessed and Celtic Frost.
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In 1985 Jairo Guedz met the Cavalera brothers during a concert in Belo Horizonte.
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Jairo Guedz was then invited to attend a rehearsal session of Sepultura.
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Jairo Guedz got the opportunity to play with the members and ended up joining the band.
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Jairo Guedz's recorded output with the band includes the 1985 EP Bestial Devastation and the 1986 first full-length Morbid Visions.
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Jairo Guedz was replaced a week later by Andreas Kisser.
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In 1989 Jairo Guedz joined the thrash metal band The Mist as a substitute for the guitarists Reinaldo "Cavalao" Bedran and Roberto "Beto" Lima.
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Jairo Guedz took part in the recording of the band's second album The Hangman Tree which came out in 1991 and enjoyed a fair amount of success in Brazil.
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Meanwhile, Jairo Guedz was invited by Overdose to fill in for their guitarist Sergio Cicohvicz and went on tour with the band in Europe and America, opening for Mercyful Fate.
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In 1999 Jairo Guedz became the bassist for the death groove metal band Eminence which was formed in 1995 by guitarist Alan Wallace Bello.
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In 2020 Jairo Guedz formed a new band called The Troops of Doom.