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Bixo da Seda (formerly known as Liverpool and then Liverpool Sound) was a Brazilian rock band formed in
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in 1967. After participating in some festivals, they moved to
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after signing up with a major label. They recorded one studio album ''(Por Favor, Sucesso'') and some singles, but broke up in 1972. One year later, they returned and moved to Rio once again, where they recorded their second, self-titled album. They also started to tour Brazil. In 1980, they broke up again due to financial woes. From the end of the 1990s onward, they would reunite several other times.


History


Liverpool

The band was formed in 1967 in Vila do IAPI, a working class neighborhood in
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by Fughetti Luz (vocals), Mimi Lessa (lead guitar), Marcos Lessa (rhythm guitar), Wilmar Ignácio Seade Santana (bass) - also known as Peco or Pepeco, and Edson Espíndola (drums). Initially, they played covers in clubs all over the state of
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, focusing on bands such as
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,
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and
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. In the following year, they were invited by Carlinhos Hartlieb to perform his song "Por Favor, Sucesso" at the ''II Festival Universitário da Música Popular Brasileira'' music festival in Porto Alegre, which served as a qualifying stage for the IV Festival Internacional da Canção in
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. The song would eventually win the contest and they headed to Rio, where they didn't make it to the finals, but landed a deal with Equipe, a small local label. In 1969, they recorded their debut album, ''Por Favor, Sucesso'', containing songs by Carlinhos Hartlieb and Hermes Aquino & Laís Marques, besides some of their own. The album was influenced by
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and
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. Besides this album, they also released some singles. The album would be re-released internationally in the 21st century, allowing them to develop a minor
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comparable to that of Os Mutantes. In 1970, they were invited to record the soundtrack of ''Marcelo Zona Sul'', a movie by Xavier de Oliveira. In 1971, their deal expired and they released another single under the name Liverpool Sound via
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, under license of Phonogram: "Hei Menina" and "Fale"; its side A was a hit. In the same year, they were featured on TV Globo's ''Som Livre Exportação''. In 1972, the band called its quits. Fughetti got married and moved abroad, Peco traveled across the country and the rest of the band returned to Porto Alegre.


Bixo da Seda

Starting in 1973, the former members of Liverpool - except for Fughetti Luz - began a reunion and change the group's name to Bixo da Seda after a suggestion by guitarist Zé Vicente Brizola, who was a part of the band together with keyboardist Cláudio Vera Cruz. Around the same time, Fughetti, who had returned to Porto Alegre and lead a few short-lived bands such as Laranja Mecânica, Bobo da Corte and Trilha do Sol, was invited to return as a vocalist. In 1975, they moved to Rio de Janeiro and performed several times there and in
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and
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. Peco, Zé Vicente Brizola and Cláudio Vera Cruz left the band before it moved and were replaced with keyboardist Renato Ladeira, a former member of
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, and Marcos Lessa, who took over the bass. With this line-up, they recorded a self-titled album released via GEL under license of Continental. The album's sound was closer to that of
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groups such as
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, King Crimson and
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. In the following years, they performed across the whole country. However, in 1980, the group called its quits again due to being financially unable to afford a life in Rio.


Later reunions

The members would reunite in several occasions, always without an ill Fughetti Luz and with Marcelo Guimarães on the vocals and Marcelo Truda on the guitar.


Members


Liverpool and Liverpool Sound

* Fughetti Luz: vocals * Mimi Lessa: lead guitar * Marcos Lessa: rhythm guitar * Peco ou Pepeco (Wilmar Ignácio Seade Santana): bass * Edson Espíndola: drums


Bixo da Seda

; First line-up * Mimi Lessa: lead guitar and vocals * Zé Vicente Brizola: rhythm guitar and vocals * Marcos Lessa: rhythm guitar and vocals * Cláudio Vera Cruz: keyboard and vocals * Peco or Pepeco (Wilmar Ignácio Seade Santana): bass and vocals * Edson Espíndola: drums and vocals; Album line-up * Fughetti Luz: vocals * Mimi Lessa: guitar and vocals * Renato Ladeira: keyboard and vocals * Marcos Lessa: bass and vocals * Edson Espíndola: drums and vocals


Discography


Studio albums


Singles


Singles


Guest appearances


References

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