Andria Busic (born October 9, 1965) is a Brazilian
bassist
A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), keyboard bass (synth bass) or a low br ...
/vocalist who has worked with such bands as
Dr. Sin,
,
Taffo,
Supla and
Eduardo Araújo.
Biography
In 1970 when Andria and his brother
Ivan Busic had started to become interested in Rock 'n Roll, inspired by their father, the famous
jazz
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trumpeter
André Busic, who formed the
Traditional Jazz Band. Beyond bands such as
Beatles
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,
Rush,
Led Zeppelin
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,
Black Sabbath
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,
Deep Purple
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, at Busic's house, they heard many different music styles, like
jazz
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,
blues
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and
country
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, so they began to study their respective instruments.
In 1984 the Busic Brothers former the band called ''Prisma'', a name that soon after would be changed to ''Platina'', played
hard rock
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in Portuguese. They recorded their first LP by
Baratos Afins (label), with this formation: Sérgio Semam (vocal), Daril Parisi (guitar), Ivan Busic (drums) and Andria Busic (bass and back vocals).
After some time, they decided return with ''Platina'', and in 1988, with another name: ''Slogan'' that soon after was changed to ''Cherokee''. With another formation, with Renato Nunes on the guitar, the album was released by ''Baratos Afins'' again. Soon after, it dissolved.
Andria entered quickly in one of the most famous
Brazil
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ian rock bands, called
Ultraje a Rigor, where he recorded the CD ''Crescendo'', and did a special participation on the CD ''Por quê Ultraje?''.
In the same year,
Wander Taffo, one of the most famous Brazilian guitarists, invited the Busic Brothers to record the album ''Taffo'', with specials participations of famous artists in
Brazil
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, such as
Herbert Vianna,
Lulu Santos and
Lobão. The CD was recorded at Nas Nuvens Studio (RJ) and mixed in
Los Angeles
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(United States). The CD was released by
WEA.
In 1989 the second album: ''Rosa Branca'' was released to much success. In 1992 the Taffo's band was dissolved.
In 1993, the Busic Brothers met
Edu Ardanuy, and they were side men of the popular Brazilian singer
Supla, where they released the CD ''Encoleirado'' by
Sony BMG
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. After many trips and shows, they left
Supla and formed the
Dr. Sin band which they are in presently.
With
Dr. Sin, Andria played at many rock festivals, such as
Hollywood Rock,
Phillips Monsters of Rock Brazil,
M2000 Summer Concerts,
Skol Rock and
Live n' Louder.
In 2007,
Dr. Sin released the CD ''Bravo'' (
Century Media/Dynamo Records), that is successful in Brazil. ''Bravo'' will be released worldwide soon.
In 2008, Andria Busic joined in
Casa das Máquinas (parallel of Dr. Sin), one of the most important rock bands in
Brazil
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.
Currently, Andria is considered one of the best singers and bassist in
Brazil
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.
Discography
* Platina -
Platina
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Media
In telecommunications, th ...
(1986).
* Pegando Fogo -
Cherokee
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(1988).
* Crescendo -
Ultraje a Rigor (1989).
* Wander Taffo -
Taffo (1989).
* Rosa Branca -
Taffo (1991).
* Encoleirado -
Supla (1992)
* Dr. Sin -
Dr. Sin (1993)
* Brutal / Silent Scream -
Dr. Sin (1995)
* Insinity -
Dr. Sin (1997)
* Alive -
Dr. Sin (1999)
* Dr. Sin II / Shadows of Light -
Dr. Sin (2000)
* 10 Years Live - Dr. Sin (2003)
* Listen to the Doctors -
Dr. Sin (2005)
* Bravo -
Dr. Sin (2007)
* Sunrise -
Eduardo Lira (2015)
* The First Concept Project -
Eduardo Lira (2017)
See also
*
Dr. Sin
*
Taffo
*
Edu Ardanuy
*
Ivan Busic
References
External links
Andria and Ivan Busic WebsiteOfficial Dr. Sin WebsiteAndria Busic solo (live Taffo's band)Andria Busic solo (live Hollywood Rock 93)Andria Busic solo (live Dr. Sin's dvd)
Participações
* Eduardo Lira - Sunrise "The Fist Concept Project" (2015)
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1965 births
Living people
Brazilian bass guitarists
Male bass guitarists
Brazilian rock musicians
Brazilian people of Croatian descent
Musicians from São Paulo
Dr. Sin members