Alexandre de Campos Velho Birck (born November 10, 1967) is a Brazilian drummer best known for his work with influential rock band

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. During the band's early years, he was known by the stage name Alexandre Ograndi.

Biography

Birck was born in

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, Rio Grande do Sul, on November 10, 1967. He is the nephew of both screenwriter and theater director Carlos Augusto de Campos Velho (better known as Jota Pingo) and film and television actor

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, and his mother, Rosa Maria de Campos Velho, was the director of the Teatro de Arena de Porto Alegre. In 1983, alongside his older brother

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, future

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guitarist Luís "Tchê" Gomes and future

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bassist

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, Alexandre was part of the short-lived band Prisão de Ventre, which lasted only for two years. In 1987 he reunited with his brother and Jorge to form, alongside

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, the

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band

. After releasing two critically acclaimed albums, ''Coisa de Louco II'' (1995) and ''Chapinhas de Ouro'' (1998), they broke up in 2000, but reunited after a 5-year hiatus. In 1988 the Birck brothers founded Aristóteles de Ananias Jr., a

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to Graforreia Xilarmônica, alongside

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and

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. They have released a single, self-titled studio album in 1996 before disbanding the following year. For a short time in 1998 Alexandre served as a session musician for

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band DeFalla, and was also part of the

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He also gave lectures on music theory at

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around the mid-2000s.

Discography

With Graforreia Xilarmônica

: ''For a more comprehensive list, see Graforreia Xilarmônica#Discography''

With Aristóteles de Ananias Jr.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Birck, Alexandre 1967 births Living people Brazilian rock musicians Musicians from Rio Grande do Sul People from Porto Alegre Brazilian drummers Male drummers