Chilean/North American band, Pirosaint released a video for the song, ‘Juanzer: A Hero’s Journey.’
The video is a tribute to our friend, mentor, and a warrior of Chilean metal, Juan Alvarez.
Juan Alvarez was a renowned guitarist on the Chilean Rock and Metal scene, beginning his career at the legendary Piedra Roja festival with his group ‘Lagrima Seca’, then becoming a founding member and creator of the band Feedback and subsequently taking his musical career upon his shoulders to create the Chilean heavy metal icon Panzer Chile.
In addition to being an event producer, radio personality, and author, he is responsible for countless efforts to promote and support Chilean rock and metal, from his rehearsal room, ‘El Semillero Rock’, the annual show for emerging bands, the Fonda Rock, the national Tribute to Rock award with the Ministry of Education, musical instrument clinics in secondary education, to an audio library in the heart of Santiago, the National Archive of Rock Music, and ending his contributions to the national media is his posthumous dream called ‘Fundación Rock Chile’.
This video features the participation of Kano Alvarez, son of Juan Panzer, guitarist and current head of the Panzer Chile project among other projects. Kano was in charge of selecting and organizing all the images used in the video. The video was edited by @promusicvideo.
Ignacio comments:
“We felt obliged to do something. Our friend left us and we should celebrate it. He taught us to see the things we do today when we were rehearsing at his Semillero Rock back in the 80s. We are happy that Kano worked with us on this, that gave us the courage we needed to finish it properly. Kano has been a fundamental part of Juan and Panzer's life, being a member since the moment he was born.
On this occasion, Gonzalo wanted to sing this track in Spanish since that way the message would reach the people of our country better and of course he was completely right, although for many this would be our first official song in Spanish as Pirosaint."
The music and lyrics were written by Pirosaint and arranged for the occasion.
The song was produced by Ignacio Orellana and is included as part of the band's new work, which will be available soon, but still has no release date due to all the mandatory Covid-19 restrictions in Chile.
For more information visit: pirosaint.com | PANZER on Spotify
