GNR is a Portuguese
pop rock
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre and form of rock music characterized by a strong commercial appeal, with more emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than standard rock musi ...
band formed in
Porto
Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...
in 1980
and currently consists of vocalist
Rui Reininho, bassist Jorge Romão and the only remaining founding member drummer Tóli César Machado. The formation of the group, that shares its acronym (Grupo Novo Rock, Portuguese for New Rock Group) with the
Guarda Nacional Republicana
The National Republican Guard () or GNR is the national gendarmerie force of Portugal.
Members of the GNR are military personnel, subject to military law and organisation, unlike the agents of the civilian Public Security Police (PSP).
The GN ...
, coincided with the so-called Boom of Portuguese Rock that took place during the eighties, of which GNR are one of the few survivors to this day.
The band was formed by Alexandre Soares, Vítor Rua and Tóli César Machado and underwent several line-up changes throughout its long career. Despite the successive changes to their line-up, a series of internal conflicts and significant variations in their style of music, the band was able to reinvent itself in order to keep their success throughout the decades, growing a dedicated fanbase and slowly becoming the symbol of the Portuguese rock scene.
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History
1980-81: Formation and early years
The band's first concert was in 1981, in the Church of Carvalhido, Porto,
Discography
Studio albums
* Independança (1982)
* Defeitos Especiais (1984)
* Os Homens Não Se Querem Bonitos (1985)
* Psicopátria (1986)
* Valsa dos Detectives (1989)
* Rock in Rio Douro (1992)
* Sob Escuta (1994)
* Mosquito (1998)
* Popless (2000)
* Do Lado dos Cisnes (2002)
* Retropolitana (2010)
* Voos Domésticos (2011)
* Caixa Negra (2015)
References
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Musical groups established in 1981
Portuguese punk rock groups
Pop rock groups
Golden Globes (Portugal) winners
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