Longtime Reno psychobilly band Los Pistoleros recently returned from a big adventure—their first-ever shows in Brazil.
Together since 2010, the local band was in Brazil from Feb. 8-18, playing three shows, including a gig at the Psycho Carnival festival in Curitiba. The members of Los Pistoleros—Andy Hernandez on upright bass, Chris Chamberlain on guitar and vocals, and Lee Johnson on drums—played the country during its annual Carnival celebrations.
“Curitiba does more like an alternative version of it,” said Johnson about Carnival. “They do have the samba aspect that Rio and São Paulo do, but they do a lot of other ‘rocker’-themed stuff besides Psycho Carnival. Like, there was a zombie walk with like 35,000 people.”…