Ratos de Porao is a Brazilian crossover thrash/hardcore punk band from Sao Paulo. They were formed in 1981, toured South America, North America, and Europe and still continue to play today. Their core lineup of João Gordo on vocals and Jão on drums and later guitars has remained since virtually the band’s beginning.
Lead singer João Benedan is a former well-known VJ on MTV Brazil, working now at Rede Record in a comedy TV show called: “Legendaries”
Their first album was released in 1983 and was titled Crucificados pelo sistema. Released on the Ataque Frontal label, it was one of the fastest hardcore albums to come out of the country, and was soon considered a punk classic worldwide. The line up was João Gordo (vocals), Mingau (guitar – later in many punk and pop bands in Brazil), Jabá (bass) and Jão (drums). Soon after, with the fall of the São Paulo punk scene (because of associated gang violence), the band split up and since then João Gordo has been accused of selling out and betraying the DIY ethics of the punk movement for several alleged reasons; he has said, “I’m a traitor since 1983, because I told the guys I played hardcore, not punk. Then, I got labeled.(…)That’s a stigma”.
MEMBERS
• João Gordo (João Francisco Benedan) — Lead Vocals
• Jão Carlos (João Carlos Molina Esteves) — Guitar
• Boka (Maurício Alves Fernandez) — Drums
• Juninho (Paulo Sergio Sangiorgio Júnior) — Bass
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DISCOGRAPHY
• Crucificados pelo Sistema (1984)
• Descanse em Paz (1986)
• Cada Dia Mais Sujo e Agressivo (1987)
• Brasil (1989) (English/Portuguese)
• Anarkophobia (1991) (English/Portuguese)
• Just Another Crime… in Massacreland (1994)
• Feijoada Acidente? – Brasil(1995)
• Feijoada Acidente? – International(1995)
• Carniceria tropical (1997)
• Sistemados pelo crucifa – (2000)
• Guerra Civil Canibal (2001)
• Onisciente coletivo (2002)
• Homem Inimigo do Homem (2006)
• Século Sinistro (2014)
Her eis the list of 10 best rifs of Ratos de Porão
(SOURCE: WIKI – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratos_de_Por%C3%A3o)
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