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Legião Urbana
Legião Urbana (Portuguese for Urban Legion) was a Brazilian rock band formed in 1982 in Brasília, Distrito Federal. The band primarily consisted of Renato Russo (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards), Dado Villa-Lobos (guitar), Renato Rocha (bass), and Marcelo Bonfá (drums, keyboards). Rocha left the band in 1989, and the band continued as a trio until their disbandment, with Russo becoming the band's ''de facto'' bassist after Rocha's departure. Following Rocha's death in 2015, Villa-Lobos and Bonfá are the last surviving members of the band's principal lineup. While Legião Urbana disbanded officially in 1996, after Russo's death from AIDS, they are considered one of the most influential Brazilian rock bands in music history, alongside Os Mutantes, Titãs, Os Paralamas do Sucesso, and Barão Vermelho, and are considered to be pioneers of Brazilian rock. History The beginning Renato Russo (born Renato Manfredini, Jr.) founded Legião Urbana in 1982 in Brasília, after lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Rocha (bassist)
Renato da Silva Rocha (27 May 1961 – 22 February 2015), affectionately known as Billy or Negrete by his close friends, was a Brazilian musician and songwriter famous for being the bassist of influential Rock music, rock band Legião Urbana from 1984 until 1989. He helped to compose some of the band's most memorable songs, such as "Angra dos Reis", "Acrilic on Canvas", "Quase sem Querer" and "Daniel na Cova dos Leões". Biography Early life Renato da Silva Rocha was born in Rio de Janeiro in the ''bairro'' of Imperial de São Cristóvão, São Cristóvão, on 27 May 1961 to parents of Afro-Brazilian descent. His family moved to Brasília in 1970, when he was nine years old, after his father, a military, was transferred there. Rocha initially lived at the W3 avenue, from 1970 to 1974. Afterwards he moved to the 306 super square, where he got acquainted with the band Tela, one of many bands that formed in Brasília during the 1970s. Despite their friendship, Rocha was never a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Rock
Brazilian rock refers to rock music produced in Brazil and usually sung in Portuguese language, Portuguese. In the 1960s, it was known as , the Portuguese transcription of the line "Yeah, yeah, yeah" from the Beatles song "She Loves You". Overview Rock entered the Brazilian music scene in 1956 with the screening of the film ''The Blackboard Jungle'', featuring Bill Haley (musician), Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock", later covered in Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese by Nora Ney. The electric guitar was introduced to Brazil in 1948, specifically in Salvador, Bahia, Salvador, by the carnival group Dodô e Osmar. They developed an instrument they called the ''pau elétrico'' ("electric stick"), notable for being the first electric guitar designed to eliminate microphonic feedback while producing a characteristic sustained sound. In 1949, Dodô and Osmar pioneered the use of this electric guitar in carnival celebrations, performing songs from an open car they dubbed the Trio Elé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Descobrimento Do Brasil (album)
''O Descobrimento do Brasil'' () is the sixth studio album by Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana. Released in November 1993, it sold more than a half million copies and was certified double platinum by ABPD. Background ''O Descobrimento do Brasil'' was the band's first album without Jorge Davidson as artistic manager of EMI-Odeon - he was then working at Sony Music and was replaced by João Augusto. The album was created in a moment of tension between the band and the label. By then, EMI had sold its album factory and was using Fonobras, which belonged to their competitor PolyGram. Coincidentally, the band's producer Mayrton Bahia was working there and knew from an incoming request that EMI-Odeon intended to release a compilation without the band's consent. Furious, the members tagged the walls of the company's management department. Vocalist, acoustic guitarist and keyboardist Renato Russo particularly wrote some sentences in English, including "You treat us like trash! You' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Música P/ Acampamentos
''Música P/ Acampamentos'' () is a double live compilation by Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana. Released in 1992, it consists of previously unreleased live recordings by the band and one previously unreleased studio song: "A Canção do Senhor da Guerra". Background and curation The band had always been reluctant about releasing a compilation, which culminated in the members' feud with label EMI-Odeon when it tried to edit a compilation without talking to them first. The album would only come out their way, and ended up being produced in a rather timely occasion, since the previous studio album '' V'' tour had been prematurely aborted and the members looked for ways to earn money while vocalist, acoustic guitarist and keyboardist Renato Russo searched for help to get rid of drugs. Meanwhile, they wanted to offer something truly new and not so purely commercial to fans, in order to compensate for the cancellation of so many shows, and that's when they decided to gather live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V (Legião Urbana Album)
''V'' is the fifth studio album by the Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana, released on December 15, 1991. The album was released amid the Plano Collor economic crisis and an alcoholism peak of vocalist, acoustic guitarist and leader Renato Russo, who had also just discovered to be HIV-positive - a condition he kept as a secret from most people back then. It sold around 465,000 copies. Background The album was released as then Brazilian president Fernando Collor was implementing the measures of his Plano Collor, which limited citizens' financial power. The band was still touring for their previous album, '' As Quatro Estações'', and the shows became even more important in order to allow them to retrieve the money they lost. Meanwhile, Russo went to rehab, concerned with the example he was setting to his son Giuliano, born in 1989. There, he discovered he had the HIV virus. That prompted him to meet with the band's manager Rafael Borges and ask him to arrange everything after h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dysfunctional Families
In psychology, abnormality (also dysfunctional behavior, maladaptive behavior, or deviant behavior) is a behavioral characteristic assigned to those with conditions that are regarded as dysfunctional. Behavior is considered to be abnormal when it is atypical or out of the ordinary, consists of undesirable behavior, and results in impairment in the individual's functioning. As applied to humans, abnormality may also encompass deviance, which refers to behavior that is considered to transgress social norms. The definition of abnormal behavior in humans is an often debated issue in abnormal psychology. ''Abnormal'' behavior should not be confused with ''unusual'' behavior. Behavior that is out of the ordinary is not necessarily indicative of a mental disorder. Abnormal behavior, on the other hand, while not a mental disorder in itself, is often an indicator of a possible mental or psychological disorder. A psychological disorder is defined as an "ongoing dysfunctional pattern of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punk Rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 1970s rock music. They typically produced short, fast-paced songs with hard-edged melodies and singing styles with stripped-down instrumentation. Punk rock lyrics often explore anti-establishment and Anti-authoritarianism, anti-authoritarian themes. Punk embraces a DIY ethic; many bands self-produce recordings and distribute them through independent record label, independent labels. The term "punk rock" was previously used by American Music criticism, rock critics in the early 1970s to describe the mid-1960s garage bands. Certain late 1960s and early 1970s Detroit acts, such as MC5 and Iggy and the Stooges, and other bands from elsewhere created out-of-the-mainstream music that became highly influential on what was to come. Glam rock in the UK and the New York Dolls from New York ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As Quatro Estações
''As Quatro Estações'' () is the fourth studio album by the Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana. It was released on October 26, 1989. It is Legião Urbana's first release without bassist Renato Rocha, who was fired from the band prior to the album's recording sessions due to his lack of commitment to the group. With over 1,9 million copies sold (730,000 in its first year), it is the band's most commercially successful album, and it was certified platinum by ABPD Six of its eleven songs enjoyed good radio airplay. Background and production Renato Rocha's departure Legião Urbana returned to the studio when they were about to achieve a million sold albums, when the commercial performance of all three previous albums were combined. Despite that, the atmosphere among members was bitter, partially due to the then recent Mané Garrincha stadium incident, but also because the situation of bassist Renato Rocha became more and more complicated. After he bought a ranch in Mendes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angra Nuclear Power Plant
Angra Nuclear Power Plant is Brazil's only nuclear power plant. It is located at the Central Nuclear Almirante Álvaro Alberto (CNAAA) on the Itaorna Beach in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro. It consists of two pressurized water reactors (PWR), Angra I, with a net output of 609 MWe, first connected to the power grid in 1985 and Angra II, with a net output of 1,275 MWe, connected in 2000. Work on a third reactor, Angra III, with a projected output of 1,245 MWe, began in 1984 but was halted in 1986. Work started again on 1 June 2010 for entry into service in 2015 and later delayed into the 2020s. Construction resumed in November 2022. Existing complex The Central Nuclear Almirante Álvaro Alberto complex is administered by Eletronuclear, a state company with the monopoly in nuclear power generation in Brazil. The complex employs some 3,000 people and generates another 10,000 indirect jobs in Rio de Janeiro state. Angra I was purchased from Westinghouse of the USA (its sister pow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his nearly 70-year career. With an estimated more than 125 million records sold worldwide, he is one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling musicians of all time. Dylan added increasingly sophisticated lyrical techniques to the folk music of the early 1960s, infusing it "with the intellectualism of classic literature and poetry". His lyrics incorporated political, social, and philosophical influences, defying pop music conventions and appealing to the burgeoning Counterculture of the 1960s, counterculture. Dylan was born in St. Louis County, Minnesota. He moved to New York City in 1961 to pursue a career in music. Following his 1962 debut album, ''Bob Dylan (album), Bob Dylan'', featuring traditional folk and blues material, he released his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Que País É Este
''Que País É Este'' (), subtitled ''1978/1987'', is the third studio album by Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana, released in 1987. The album booklet features a cartoon by drummer Marcelo Bonfá depicting the constant guitarist changes that the band went through until they hired Dado Villa-Lobos. The album sold more than 1 million copies, receiving a Diamond Certification by ABPD. It was also the last Legião Urbana album to feature bassist Renato Rocha — he would leave the band during the recording sessions of the next release, '' As Quatro Estações''. History The studio recording of ''Que País É Este'' was originally intended for a double album called ''Mitologia e Intuição'' ("Mythology and Intuition"; it was also tentatively named ''Disciplina e Virtude'', which means ""Discipline and Virtue"), which would include recordings from this album and the previous one '' Dois''. The idea was rejected and what was left of the project was released in this album. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dois (album)
''Dois'' () is the second studio album by Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana. It was released in July 1986 and produced by Mayrton Bahia, which was at that time assigned by EMI-Odeon to produce the label's newcomers. The booklet has a picture of a couple hugging each other and photographed from behind; it was taken by Ico Ouro Preto, former guitarist turned-photographer of the band. Background The success of previous album (which by then had already sold 100,000 copies) made vocalist, acoustic guitarist and keyboardist Renato Russo contemplate releasing their sophomore album as a double one, with the title ''Mitologia e Intuição'' (Mythology and Intuition). The label wasn't impressed with the idea and the album was done as a single one, having its repertoire reduced from 20 tracks to 12. Russo was experiencing the "second album syndrome", as guitarist Dado Villa-Lobos said. ''Legião Urbana'''s critical and commercial success made him want to surpass the achievements on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
