Clã

Clã is a Portuguese pop-rock band of a mixed nature in terms of style, ranging from moments of pure balladry, through jazzy details, to enthusiastic pop songs. They are currently regarded as one of the best Portuguese bands. They have established themselves as a popular live act and have earned consistently positive reviews.

Biography

The band was formed in November 1992, consisting of Hélder Gonçalves (guitar), Fernando Gonçalves, Manuela Azevedo (voice), Pedro Rito (bass), Miguel Ferreira (keyboards) and Pedro Biscaia (keyboards).

Their first album, LusoQualquerCoisa, was released in 1996. In 1997 they released the album Kazoo.

Their third record, Lustro, was released in 2000. With it they won the Blitz Awards for Best Female Vocal, Best National Band and Best National Album. Lustro was also released in France, and the band played in Paris, Bordeaux and Barcelona.

Interested in art, as a whole, Clã were invited by Porto 2001 – Portuguese Capital of Culture - to compose and play live an original soundtrack for a classical silent movie. The band chose Murnau's Nosferatu (1922).

Regina Guimarães

Regina Guimarães (born 1957, in Porto), also known as Corbe, is a Portuguese poet, playwright, stage director and lyricist. She lives and works with her partner, Sergei Saguenail Abramovici a.k.a. Saguenail, since 1975. The couple founded the publishing house Hélastre.

Regina Guimarães is a member of the band Três Tristes Tigres, writing all music lyrics. Her poetry has also been sung by the band Clã.

Guimarães' first book came out in 1979, and, despite an irregular publishing pace, she is revered as one of the most important living artists in Porto.

Works

Poetry

1979- A Repetição (ed. Hélastre)
1980- Abaixo da Banalidade, Abastança (ed. Hélastre)
1985- Anelar, Mínimo (ed. &etc.)
1990- O Extra-Celeste (ed. AEFLUP)
1990- Múmia (ed. Hélastre)
1992- Uma Árvore como se Fosse Uma Raínha (ed. author, Afrontamento)
1994- Tutta (ed. Felício & Cabral)
2001- Algum(ns) Texto(s) Avesso(s) à Ideia de Obra (na antologia Vozes e Olhares no Feminino)
2002- 9 Histórias a 4 Mãos e 7 Pés (ed. Campo Alegre)
2009- Orbe (ed. Hélastre)
2009- Lady Boom: As Raínhas/ Cantigas de Amigo (ed. Hélastre)
2010- Caderno do Regresso (ed. Hélastre)

Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album Hybrid Theory (2000), which was certified diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries. Their following studio album Meteora continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium.Billboard ranked Linkin Park No. 19 on the Best Artists of the Decade chart. In 2012, the band was voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1. In 2014, the band was declared as the Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now by Kerrang!.

Having adapted nu metal and rap metal to a radio-friendly yet densely layered style in Hybrid Theory and Meteora, the band explored other genres in their next studio album, Minutes to Midnight (2007). The album topped the Billboard charts and had the third-best debut week of any album that year. The band continued to explore a wider variation of musical types in their fourth album, A Thousand Suns (2010), layering their music with more electronic sounds and beats. Their fifth album, Living Things (2012), combines musical elements from all of their previous records. Their sixth and most recent album, The Hunting Party (2014), returned to a heavier rock sound. The band has collaborated with several other artists, most notably with rapper Jay Z in their mashup EP Collision Course, and many others on the remix albums Reanimation and Recharged. Linkin Park has sold over 68 million albums worldwide and has won two Grammy Awards.