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Marcelo Bonfá
Marcelo Augusto Bonfá (born January 30, 1965), also known simply as Bonfá, is a Brazilian musician. Famous for being the drummer of Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana, after its disbanding he pursued a solo career, and has released three albums. Biography Bonfá was born in the city of Itapira, in the State of São Paulo, on January 30, 1965. His father was an employee of the Banco do Brasil, and in 1977, Bonfá's family moved to Brasília. Bonfá played for the bands Blitz 64 and Dado e o Reino Animal (where he would meet future Legião Urbana member Dado Villa-Lobos) before forming Legião Urbana alongside Renato Russo in 1982. He stayed with Legião until its disestablishment in 1996. In 2000, Bonfá released his first solo album, named '' O Barco Além do Sol'' (''The Boat Beyond the Sun''). It would be followed by 2004's '' Bonfá + Videotracks'' and 2007's '' Mobile''. In 1988, Bonfá had a son with actress Isabela Garcia, named João Pedro Bonfá, also a musician. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legião Urbana
Legião Urbana (Portuguese for Urban Legion) was a Brazilian rock band formed in 1982 in Brasília, Distrito Federal. The band primarily consisted of Renato Russo (vocals, bass and keyboards), Dado Villa-Lobos (guitar) and Marcelo Bonfá (drums). In its earlier days, Legião Urbana also had a full-time bassist, Renato Rocha, but he left the band due to creative divergences. While Legião Urbana disbanded officially in 1996, after frontman Renato Russo's death, it is one of the most famous Brazilian rock bands, alongside Os Mutantes, Titãs, Os Paralamas do Sucesso, and Barão Vermelho. History The beginning Renato Russo (born Renato Manfredini, Jr.) founded Legião Urbana in 1982 in Brasília, after leaving his previous band Aborto Elétrico ("Electric Abortion"). Aborto Elétrico broke up due to repeated disagreements between Russo and brothers Flávio and Fê Lemos, his bandmates. After Aborto Elétrico split and Russo created Legião Urbana, the two brothers would al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acústico MTV (Legião Urbana Album)
''Acústico MTV'' is a musical television program originally aired by MTV Brasil, inspired by the series ''MTV Unplugged'', an American program created in 1989 where bands and artists play their music in an acoustic version, that is, with acoustic and non-electric instruments. Initially, ''Acústico MTV'' was born as a television program and, as a result, became a music label. For the Brazilian music industry, the series took the music market to its peak. With the end of MTV Brasil's management by Grupo Abril in September 2013, the station stopped producing the program. Therefore, the last acoustic one was with Arnaldo Antunes. However, in November 2018, Viacom Viacom, an abbreviation of Video and Audio Communications, may refer to: * Viacom (1952–2006), a former American media conglomerate * Viacom (2005–2019), a former company spun off from the original Viacom * Viacom18, a joint venture between Par ... (current owner of the rights to MTV Brasil) announced that it was retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mais Do Mesmo
''Mais do Mesmo'' () is the second compilation album by Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana. It was released in 1998, two years after vocalist, acoustic guitarist and keyboardist Renato Russo's death and the subsequent end of the band. All songs were extracted from all eight albums of the group, under Marcelo Bonfá's and Dado Villa-Lobos' choices. In Brazil, over a million copis were sold and the album was subsequently certified Diamond by ABPD. It's the band's first ''de facto'' compilation, since the previous one, ''Música P/ Acampamentos'', consisted almost entirely of live recordings. The art project was done by Barrão and Fernanda Villa-Lobos. ''Mais do Mesmo'' was the original planned name of their third album, which was ultimately released as ''Que País É Este''. In the CD booklet, there is a text by journalist and Russo's friend Arthur Dapieve, in which he defines Legião Urbana albums as: "the political ''Legião Urbana'', the lovely ''Dois'', the angry ''Que País ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uma Outra Estação
''Uma Outra Estação'' () is the eighth and final studio album by Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana. Released in July 1997, one year after Renato Russo's death, it sold over 250,000 copies and received a Platinum Certification by Pro-Música Brasil. Background In 22 October 1996, eleven days after the death of vocalist, acoustic guitarist and keyboardist Renato Russo, guitarist Dado Villa-Lobos, drummer Marcelo Bonfá and EMI Music artistic manager João Augusto announced the end of Legião Urbana, which still owed three albums to the label. In March of the following year, Villa-Lobos decided to work on songs that were left out of the previous album, '' A Tempestade ou O Livro dos Dias''. 28 tracks were recorded, but only 15 made it to the final record. The guitarist signed the production with Tom Capone, who had already helped the band record the previous album, when he was the manager of AR Estúdios, although he wasn't credited. Song information The first track, "Ridin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Tempestade, Ou O Livro Dos Dias
''A Tempestade ou O Livro dos Dias'' () is the seventh studio album by Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana. It was released on September 20, 1996, and it is the last Legião Urbana album released in vocalist, acoustic guitarist and keyboardist Renato Russo's lifetime; he would die three weeks later. It has sold more than 1,1 million copies in Brazil and received a Double Platinum Certification by ABPD. Background ''A Tempestade ou O Livro dos Dias'' was recorded in a period of relapse of vocalist, acoustic guitarist and keyboardist , who was clean when th ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Descobrimento Do Brasil (album)
''O Descobrimento do Brasil'' () is the sixth studio album by Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana. Released in November 1993, it sold more than a half million copies and was certified double platinum by ABPD. Background ''O Descobrimento do Brasil'' was the band's first album without Jorge Davidson as artistic manager of EMI-Odeon - he was then working at Sony Music and was replaced by João Augusto. The album was created in a moment of tension between the band and the label. By then, EMI had sold its album factory and was using Fonobras, which belonged to their competitor PolyGram. Coincidentally, the band's producer Mayrton Bahia was working there and knew from an incoming request that EMI-Odeon intended to release a compilation without the band's consent. Furious, the members tagged the walls of the company's management department. Vocalist, acoustic guitarist and keyboardist Renato Russo particularly wrote some sentences in English, including "You treat us like trash! You'll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Música P/ Acampamentos
''Música P/ Acampamentos'' () is a double live compilation by Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana. Released in 1992, it consists of previously unreleased live recordings by the band and one previously unreleased studio song: "A Canção do Senhor da Guerra". Background and curation The band had always been reluctant about releasing a compilation, which culminated in the members' feud with label EMI-Odeon when it tried to edit a compilation without talking to them first. The album would only come out their way, and ended up being produced in a rather timely occasion, since the previous studio album '' V'' tour had been prematurely aborted and the members looked for ways to earn money while vocalist, acoustic guitarist and keyboardist Renato Russo searched for help to get rid of drugs. Meanwhile, they wanted to offer something truly new and not so purely commercial to fans, in order to compensate for the cancellation of so many shows, and that's when they decided to gather live r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V (Legião Urbana Album)
''V'' is the fifth studio album by the Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana, released in December 15, 1991. The album was released amid the Plano Collor economic crisis and an alcoholism peak of vocalist, acoustic guitarist and leader Renato Russo, who had also just discovered to be HIV-positive - a condition he kept as a secret from most people back then. It sold around 465,000 copies. Background The album was released as then Brazilian president Fernando Collor was implementing the measures of his Plano Collor, which limited citizens' financial power. The band was still touring for their previous album, ''As Quatro Estações'', and the shows became even more important in order to allow them to retrieve the money they lost. Meanwhile, Russo went to rehab, concerned with the example he was setting to his son Giuliano, born in 1989. There, he discovered he had the HIV virus. That prompted him to meet with the band's manager Rafael Borges and ask him to arrange everything after his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As Quatro Estações
''As Quatro Estações'' () is the fourth studio album by the Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana. It was released on October 26, 1989. It is Legião Urbana's first release without bassist Renato Rocha, who was fired from the band prior to the album's recording sessions due to his lack of commitment to the group. With over 1,9 million copies sold (730,000 in its first year), it is the band's most commercially successful album, and it was certified platinum by ABPD Six of its eleven songs enjoyed good radio airplay. Background and production Renato Rocha's departure Legião Urbana returned to the studio when they were about to achieve a million sold albums, when the commercial performance of all three previous albums were combined. Despite that, the atmosphere among members was bitter, partially due to the then recent Mané Garrincha stadium incident, but also because the situation of bassist Renato Rocha became more and more complicated. After he bought a ranch in Mendes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Que País É Este
''Que País É Este'' (), subtitled ''1978/1987'', is the third studio album by Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...ian rock music, rock band Legião Urbana, released in 1987. The album booklet features a cartoon by drummer Marcelo Bonfá depicting the constant guitarist changes that the band went through until they hired Dado Villa-Lobos. The album sold more than 1 million copies, receiving a music recording sales certification, Diamond Certification by Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos, ABPD. It was also the last Legião Urbana album to feature bassist Renato Rocha (bassist), Renato Rocha — he would leave the band during the recording sessions of the next release, ''As Quatro Estações''. History The studio recording of ''Que País É Este'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dois (album)
''Dois'' () is the second studio album by Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana. It was released in July 1986 and produced by Mayrton Bahia, which was at that time assigned by EMI-Odeon to produce the label's newcomers. The booklet has a picture of a couple hugging each other and photographed from behind; it was taken by Ico Ouro Preto, former guitarist turned-photographer of the band. Background The success of previous album (which by then had already sold 100,000 copies) made vocalist, acoustic guitarist and keyboardist Renato Russo contemplate releasing their sophomore album as a double one, with the title ''Mitologia e Intuição'' (Mythology and Intuition). The label wasn't impressed with the idea and the album was done as a single one. Russo was experiencing the "second album syndrome", as guitarist Dado Villa-Lobos said. ''Legião Urbana'''s critical and commercial success made him want to surpass the achievements on the second release. Drummer Marcelo Bonfá said the album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |