Interview With Iggie Pistolero

September 26, 2014  

By Londa R. Marks | Metal Music Interviews

Published By Rock Legend News, Firenze, Italy and

Tempi Dispari.it, Rome, Italy

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Rock Legend News: Iggie Pistolero, you are guitarist and co-founding member of the hard core rock band, GYPSY PISTOLEROS. Your approach to music includes carving out your own identity as rebel and artist making you and your music one which results in elevated art in my opinion. Would you say this has been your approach to music overall or, is there a better way to describe how you’ve been evolving as an artist?

 

Iggie Pistolero: It’s funny, I kinda never picture myself as ever being anything more than what I saw in bands as I grew up. I guess in the music world you are what you are. I never tend to try to be anyone more than who I am inside. At times, I get frustrated with the music biz and the whole way the industry works. But, the bottom line is that I’m only feeding my fire I have inside. Whilst people see me as a certain kinda person to me I’m a music fan who has a chance to write and play music I enjoy. If that makes sense. My whole image has arrived from just bein’ me and livin’ my true love of rock n’ roll.

 

Rock Legend News: In August 2013 Gaz Harris and Wrathchild parted ways. Gaz joined Gypsy Pistoleros. He seems to fit the band perfectly. In fact, the band chemistry appears to be on fire. How do you feel about what is happening?

Iggie Pistolero: Yea, Gaz has walked into the band at the right time after the departure of my fellow long time friend and singer Lee Pistolero. We started writing a new style of songs for the band, moving away from the Spanish influence which has a larger part of Lee’s idea than mine. I never understood why an English band would