Ira! (
Portuguese for ''
Anger
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!'' or ''
Rage!'', although the name was inspired by the
Irish Republican Army
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) is a Brazilian rock band that was founded in
São Paulo
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in the early 1980s. They were strongly influenced by the
Mod sound of
The Who
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, the
hard rock
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of
Led Zeppelin
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and the
punk rock
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of
The Clash
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.
History
Led by singer
Nasi and guitarist Edgard Scandurra, with Ricardo Gaspa on
bass
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and
André Jung on drums, Ira! was at the height of their success in the mid-to-late 1980s. Songs like "Núcleo Base", "Flores em Você" and "Envelheço na Cidade" were huge hits when first released and still enjoy considerable airplay in radio stations throughout Brazil. The band had a decline in productivity and popularity during the 1990s, but regained popularity after playing before an audience of over 250,000 at the third edition of the
Rock in Rio festival in 2001 and doing an acoustic special for
MTV Brasil in 2004.
In September 2007, just before the band were due to have a break, Nasi departed from the band after a conflict with Airton Valadão Rodolfo, who was the band manager and also Nasi's brother.
In November 2007, Edgard Scandurra announced that Ira! had split up and the remaining members would follow their careers separately.
On 27 June 2012,
Nasi and Airton announced to the press that they have been reconciled after more than five years of court and public battles. The brothers stated that they would settle all the pending legal prosecutions that one had target to the other. It was agreed that the brand 'Ira!', which was a property of Airton, would return to Nasi. The rumor of a possible Ira! reunion were denied, though. Nasi stated in his Facebook profile and on his personal blog
that he had no immediate plan to reunite the group, although he was open get in good terms with
Edgard Scandurra.
Discography
Studio albums
* (1985) ''Mudança de Comportamento''
* (1986) ''Vivendo e Não Aprendendo''
* (1988) ''Psicoacústica''
* (1990) ''Clandestino''
* (1991) ''Meninos da Rua Paulo''
* (1993) ''Música Calma para Pessoas Nervosas''
* (1995) ''7''
* (1998) ''Você Não Sabe Quem Eu Sou''
* (1999) ''Isso é Amor''
* (2001) ''Entre Seus Rins''
* (2007) ''Invisível DJ''
* (2020) ''IRA''
Live/video albums
* (2000) ''MTV ao Vivo: Ira!''
* (2004) Acústico ''MTV: Ira!''
* (2007) ''Invisível DJ''
(live in studio)
* (2011) ''Ira! e Ultraje a Rigor ao Vivo no Rock in Rio''
(with Ultraje a Rigor)
* (2017) ''Ira! Folk
(Ao Vivo em São Paulo - Março 2017)''
References
External links
Official website
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Musical groups established in 1981
Brazilian post-punk music groups
Musical groups disestablished in 2007
Brazilian alternative rock groups
Brazilian punk rock groups
Musical groups from São Paulo
Brazilian musical quartets
1981 establishments in Brazil
2007 disestablishments in Brazil