Liminha (born Arnolpho Lima Filho in 1951 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian musician and producer. He started his career as the bassist of "Os Baobás", and was called in 1970 to tour with Os Mutantes, becoming an official member later. In 1974, he left the group to start his producing career.

He produced albums of artists such as Ritchie, Gilberto Gil (he produced his Grammy Award winner album Eletroacústico,^[1] Os Paralamas do Sucesso, Kid Abelha, Elis Regina, Barão Vermelho, Titãs, Raul Seixas, Guilherme Arantes, Gabriel, O Pensador, Belchior, Daniela Mercury, Ed Motta, João Gilberto, Luis Melodia, Chico Science & Nação Zumbi, Fernanda Abreu, Lulu Santos, Oswaldo Montenegro, As Frenéticas, O Rappa, Jorge Ben Jor and Forfun. He co-wrote the song "Vamos Fugir" with Gilberto Gil, which was later covered by Skank.

Discography[link]

With Os Mutantes[link]

• Mutantes (1969)
• A Divina Comédia ou Ando Meio Desligado (1970)
• Jardim Elétrico (1971)
• Mutantes e Seus Cometas no País do Baurets (1972)

As record producer (selected)[link]

• Os Paralamas do Sucesso - Selvagem? (1986)
• Titãs - Cabeça Dinossauro (1986)
• Titãs - Jesus Não Tem Dentes No País Dos Banguelas (1987)
• Titãs - Go Back (1988)
• Titãs - Õ Blésq Blom (1989)
• Daniela Mercury - O Canto da Cidade (1992)
• Daniela Mercury - Música de Rua (1994)
• O Rappa - Rappa Mundi (1996)
• Titãs - Acústico MTV (1997)
• Titãs - Volume Dois (1998)
• Os Paralamas do Sucesso - Arquivo II (2000)
• Titãs - Como Estão Vocês? (2003)
• Os Paralamas do Sucesso - Hoje (2005)
• Os Paralamas do Sucesso - Brasil Afora (2009)

References[link]

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Lulu Santos, stage name of Luiz Maurício Pragana dos Santos (Rio de Janeiro, May 4, 1953) is a Brazilian singer and guitarist, considered one of the great names of Brazilian rock.^[who?]

Career[link]

Beginning in the progressive band Vímana, Lulu left the band and embarked on a solo career that produced several hits, such as "Tesouros da Juventude" (a tribute to John Lennon, written with Nelson Motta), "De Repente Califórnia", "Tempos modernos", "Adivinha o quê", the smash hit "Como uma Onda (Zen-surfismo)", another Lulu Santos/Nelson Motta partnership and "Um certo alguém". The 1984 album Tudo Azul brought the hits "O último romântico" (whose instrumental arrangement was heavely based on George Harrison's song "Greece", from the 1982 album Gone Troppo), "Certas coisas" and the title track.^[1]

In 1986, the album Lulu had "Casa" and "Um pro outro". Lulu sold 250,000 copies.^[1] The 1988 album Toda Forma de Amor had the optimistic song "A Cura" (with the lyrics "In every port will fly/the old flag of life/In every lighthouse will burn/a glimmer of hope...Strongly defying the notion/That hell is here/There will be/Every race will experience/The cure for all evils". "A Cura" was the most played song in FM radio in the year.^[1]

Discography[link]

References[link]

1. ^ ^{a b c} Dicionário Cravo Albin de Música Popular Brasileira

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Evan Griffith Dando (born March 4, 1967) is an American musician, most famous for fronting the alternative rock band The Lemonheads. He is the only original member left in the current Lemonheads line-up, having served as lead singer since the band's original formation in 1986. He was married to English fashion model Elizabeth Moses until separating in 2010.

Biography[link]

Early life and education[link]

Evan Dando was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of a fashion model and a real estate attorney. He grew up in Essex, Massachusetts.^[1] During his youth, Dando had gravitated towards such influential '80s punk outfits as Hüsker Dü and The Replacements. For high school, he attended the Commonwealth School, in Boston. Dando enrolled at Skidmore College, but he could not maintain his grades and dropped out to pursue a career as a musician.

The Lemonheads[link]

Along with school friend Ben Deily, he formed The Lemonheads at the Commonwealth School in Boston in 1986. The Lemonheads played their first show on August 18, 1986. At this stage they played punk rock, and were briefly known as the Whelps, until a name change in 1987 led to the birth of the Lemonheads, after a candy which Dando noted was sweet on the outside, and sour on the inside, possibly a metaphor for the band's sound. Their first recording as a group was titled Laughing All the Way to the Cleaners. After being signed by local label Taang! The Lemonheads released the albums Hate Your Friends, Creator, and Lick with Deily and Dando sharing lead vocals and songwriting duties until about 1989, when Dando left the band.

However, the lure of a European tour and moderate success of single "Luka" brought Dando back on tour with the Lemonheads, where night after night he continually played the guitar riff of "Sweet Child o' Mine" during Deily's songs. The relationship had broken down, and Deily left.

Dando then recruited David Ryan on drums, was signed to major label Atlantic/Warner, and produced the album Lovey in 1990. Straddling punk, rock, country, and metal, the album sold roughly 30,000 copies. Dando cut his losses and flew to Australia to write some songs with friends Nic Dalton and Tom Morgan.

These songs formed the basis for It's a Shame About Ray, the Lemonheads' breakthrough album. However, a cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson" was recorded to promote the then modern video release of the classic film The Graduate. The band had not wanted the cover released, though it brought them the most exposure they'd had so far. When the "Ray" album was reissued, the track was tagged on to the end. The band enjoyed quite a bit of success on college radio, and major mainstream exposure.

During 1992-1993, Dando's face appeared on many magazine covers. People magazine voted him one of the "50 Most Beautiful People." He also garnered attention in 1993 for admitting to smoking crack cocaine.^[2]

Still, a huge breakthrough single still eluded the band as they released Come on Feel the Lemonheads in late 1993. This was a successful album which included the tracks "Style" and "The Jello Fund." Once again, the band enjoyed mainstream success, this time with the single "Into Your Arms."

The Lemonheads then toured throughout 1994; Dando famously befriended Oasis and appeared at the band's live shows. He also spent time "hanging out" with Courtney Love.

Dando makes a quick cameo appearance at the end of the 1994 film Reality Bites.

Dando continued to appear in the pages of the music press with Juliana Hatfield.

In 1996, Dando assembled a new band, still called the Lemonheads, featuring old friends John Strohm and Murph (ex-Dinosaur Jr). This band produced another Lemonheads album, Car Button Cloth. While featuring jangly guitar songs such as "If I Could Talk I'd Tell You," this set also showed off the darker side of Dando's writing: "Break Me" and "Losing Your Mind."

The band toured successfully in 1997 and played a final gig at the Reading Festival, after which Dando promptly disappeared from view—due in no small part to his addiction to crack cocaine. Atlantic released The Best Of The Lemonheads in 1998.

Solo career and other bands[link]

While working in Sydney, Australia with Nic Dalton and Tom Morgan, Dando worked closely with a number of Half A Cow artists and made minor appearances on the self titled album by the band Sneeze and the album Coastal by Godstar.

Dando recorded a duet with Juliana Hatfield for the 1999 album, Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons. The two sang Gram Parsons' "$1000 Wedding". Their relationship inspired a line in the Barenaked Ladies' song "Jane" about a relationship gone sour which, according to the writer, could still work. The writer says that their current relationship offers "No promises as vague as heaven. No Juliana next to my Evan".

Dando was also involved in a band known as the Give Goods featuring Paul Dempsey from Australian band Something for Kate.

Dando started making public appearances again in late 2000 (jokingly stating that he had been doing "monitors for Enya"), singing with the Blake Babies and playing some acoustic shows. A full acoustic world tour kicked off in earnest in early 2001, with Dando garnering some rave reviews and renewed interest in his back catalogue. He played with Ben Lee and Ben Kweller, with several strong new songs, and seemed to regain a measure of confidence.

These shows led the way to Dando's first solo release, Live at the Brattle Theatre, which was released in Australia in 2001. In addition to a number of live songs from a Cambridge concert, the release also included a second disc with several covers of country songs.

Dando sings back-up on Mary Lorson's/Saint's Low's 2002 release Tricks for Dawn on the song "Long Way Down."

In March 2003, Dando finally released his first proper solo album, Baby I'm Bored, to critical acclaim and a top 40 placing on the UK albums chart. Described by many as a return to form, it allowed Dando to continue to tour, except this time with a full band.

In Spring and Summer of 2011, Evan Dando paired up again with Juliana Hatfield for a series of live performances where each played guitar and traded off vocals, alternating between one another's songs.

As well as guesting with the reformed MC5, writing songs with The Dandy Warhols, collaborating with soundtrack composer Craig Armstrong, and having two tribute CDs recorded for him by fans through his fan site, Dando played several live dates, including a full performance of the It's A Shame About Ray album as part of All Tomorrow's Parties' Don't Look Back festival.

Lemonheads return[link]

In 2005, Dando put together a new lineup for the Lemonheads, consisting of Karl Alvarez and Bill Stevenson (both most known for their work with pop-punk pioneers, the Descendents) and signed to Vagrant Records. A new self-titled Lemonheads album, produced and engineered by Stevenson, was released September 25 in the UK and September 26, 2006 in the United States. Since then, Dando (along with a new touring lineup featuring Vess Ruhtenberg and Devon Ashley of the Pieces) have toured extensively in the UK, Europe, Australia and North America with bands such as Vietnam and Hymns.

Despite the lack of an album to support, Dando, along with a new lineup featuring Vess Ruhtenberg and P. David Hazel of Beta Male, began a tumultuous tour of Europe in August 2008.

An album of cover versions, Varshons, originally rumoured to be released September 16, 2008, was released in the United States on June 23, 2009.

In Summer and Fall of 2011, The Lemonheads continued their 'Shame about Ray" tour, playing the album in its entirety (sans Mrs. Robinson).

In November 2011, a 'best of' Double CD of The Lemonheads was announced for release in early 2012.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Live at the Brattle Theatre (2001)
• Baby I'm Bored (2003) (UK #30)^[3]

Singles[link]

• "Perfect Day" (1995 - Kirsty MacColl and Evan Dando) (UK #75)
• "Stop My Head" (2003) (UK #38)
• "It Looks Like You" (2003) (UK #68)^[3]

In popular culture[link]

• Ben Lee's song "I Wish I Was Him" is a tribute to Dando, who has often covered the song when performing live.
• Mentioned in Kimya Dawson's song "The Beer."
• Briefly mentioned a couple of times throughout Bret Easton Ellis novel Glamorama.
• Chuck Biscuits, while a member of Social Distortion had "Bring me the head of Evan Dando" scrawled on his bass drum.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Evan Dando & Lemonheads fansite
• The Lemonheads official site
• Vox Interview And Biography
• Interview with Evan Dando on AOL Music
• Bar/None Records - Evan Dando
• Evan Dando at the Internet Movie Database
• Russian site

Marcelo D2
Background information
Birth name	Marcelo Maldonado Peixoto
Born	(1967-11-05) November 5, 1967 (age 44) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genres	Hip hop, rock, samba,
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Years active	1998–present (solo)
Labels	EMI
Associated acts	Planet Hemp
Website	MarceloD2.com.br

Marcelo D2 (born Marcelo Maldonado Peixoto, November 5, 1967, in Rio De Janeiro) is a Brazilian rapper.

Biography[link]

A former vocalist of the band Planet Hemp, he started his solo career in 1998 with the album Eu Tiro É Onda. The album was recorded in his studio by David Corcos, and was mixed in New York and Los Angeles by Carlos Bass and Mário Caldato Jr. Eu Tiro É Onda was well accepted by the public and rap movement within São Paulo, earning respect from names such as Black Alien, Zé Gonzalez, Dj nuts and Bnegão.

Marcelo returned to Rio de Janeiro with a pregnant girlfriend who gave birth to his son Luca. He found renewed success after restarting his solo career with the participation of the Hemp Family, a group formed by the pioneers of rap in Rio de Janeiro.

In 2003 he released À Procura da Batida Perfeita (Portuguese for "Looking for the perfect beat", a reference to an Afrika Bambaataa song of the same name) produced by Beastie Boys producer Mario Caldato. The album mixed hip-hop with samba, and included a collaboration with will.i.am from The Black Eyed Peas. The album was a hit, and led to an Acústico MTV performance, analogous to MTV Unplugged in the United States. The album was released with the English title in Asia, Europe, and North America. Finally, the album was promoted with a two-year tour.

Marcelo D2 appeared as a guest performer on two tracks of Sérgio Mendes' album Timeless.

His third album Meu Samba É Assim ("My Samba Is Like This") was released May 8, 2006. It features Chali 2na of Jurassic 5 on the track "That's What I Got".

In 2010, Marcelo D2's video "Meu Tambor" Directed by Gandja Monteiro and Producer by Matthieu Dahdah was nominated for Video of the Year for MTV Brasil.

Discography[link]

Studio Albums[link]

• 1998: Eu Tiro É Onda
• 2003: Looking for the Perfect Beat (Mr Bongo Records)
• 2006: Meu Samba É Assim
• 2008: Arte Do Barulho
• 2010: Canta Bezerra da Silva

Live Albums[link]

• 2004: Acústico MTV

Compilations[link]

• 2007: Perfil

Trivia[link]

• In 2011, he was the only artist who played at Rock in Rio and SWU Music & Arts.
• Some of his songs were used in the Turistas soundtrack.
• His biggest radio hit is the song "Qual É?", which has featured on the popular TV show Cidade dos Homens.
• The "Loadeando" music video features his son, Stephen, several times.
• On 7 July 2007 he performed at the Brazilian leg of Live Earth in Rio de Janeiro.
• The song Desabafo is used as Brazilian UFC fighter, Paulo Thiago's entrance song.

• The song 'Profissão MC' appears on the soundtrack to the game Fifa 2005.

External links[link]

• Marcelo D2 at allmusic.com
• Official website

Gabriel o Pensador.

Gabriel Contino, Gabriel o Pensador (Portuguese for Gabriel the Thinker), (born in Rio de Janeiro on March 4, 1974) is a Brazilian rapper.

Biography[link]

Coming from a unique background among Brazilian rappers, Gabriel, the son of a well known journalist in Brazil, hit fame in 1992 with the song "Tô Feliz (Matei o Presidente)" ("I'm happy, I've killed the president") the debut single from his first and eponymous album. This song was written in protest of President Fernando Collor de Mello and his corrupt administration. Interestingly, Gabriel's mother was Collor's press secretary.^[1] The same album also yielded other hits, including "Lôrabúrra" ("Dumb Blonde", shortened) and "Retrato de um Playboy" ("Portrait of a Playboy"), bringing hip hop mainstream attention in Brazil by catering to the middle class. Although rapping about everyday life, Gabriel also found time to talk about social injustices with his fourth single, "O Resto do Mundo" ("The Leftovers of the World"), a more downbeat track about homeless life, with a purposefully depressive melody and flow. Gabriel was "notorious for his biting attacks on some of the major ills of Brazilian society: poverty, racism, violence."^[2]

His following albums were also commercially successful, with a careful blend of socially relevant tracks mixed with airwave-minded pop anthems. His third album, Quebra-Cabeça, was released in 1997 and sold over one million copies.^[1] History-minded, Gabriel was highly influenced by other Brazilian music, including bossa nova, samba and MPB, as well as using hip hop's traditional methods of sampling jazz, funk and disco ("2345meia78", for example, sampled Chic's "Good Times").

In 1994, while touring in Portugal, Gabriel's song "Lavagem cerebral" (Brainwashing) was received with much praise. The piece was accepted as "a strong social critique of Brazilian society and of the ideology of the dominating classes."^[2]

Besides his native Brazil, Gabriel, o Pensador is also well known in Portugal, Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique, and has worked with Portuguese musicians like Sérgio Godinho and General D.

The rapper has also released two books: "Diário Noturno" (Brazil and Portugal; poems and short stories), and "Um garoto chamado Rorbeto" (Brazil; fiction poetry for children, awarded as best book in its category by the Jabuti Prize in 2006).

Discography[link]

• 1993 Gabriel Pensador
• 1995 Ainda é só o Começo
• 1997 Quebra-Cabeça
• 1999 Nádegas a Declarar
• 2001 Seja Você Mesmo, Mas Não Seja Sempre o Mesmo
• 2002 MTV Ao Vivo
• 2005 Cavaleiro Andante

References[link]

External links[link]

• Gabriel o Pensador official site
• Gabriel's Myspace page