João Gordo (born João Francisco Benedan on 13 March 1964) is a Brazilian vocalist and TV host. He is the lead singer of the

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, also known simply as RxDxPx. He participated in many seminal punk events in Brazil, such as the collection entitled ''O Começo do Fim do Mundo'' (The Beginning of the End of the World). Besides several guest appearances in metal radio shows from

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such as ''Backstage'' and ''Comando Metal'' (defunct, originally syndicated in São Paulo on 89.1 Rock FM). In the 1990s he became one of the most famous VJs of

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, in their programs of games and talk shows. He also appeared on the studio version of "Reza" on '' Against'' (1998) and also contributed vocals to ''

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'' (2001), and RDP's song " Crucificados Pelo Sistema" was covered by

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way back when. He appeared on Sepultura's 2005 DVD '' Live in São Paulo'', joining the band to perform "Reza" and "Biotech Is Godzilla". Later he worked at

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in a comedy TV show called: "Legendários" (Portuguese for "Legendaries"). He now has a YouTube channel where he hosts a talk show and cooks vegan food, called Panelaço.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordo, Joao 1964 births Living people Brazilian heavy metal singers Thrash metal musicians Brazilian people of Italian descent Heavy metal singers Musicians from São Paulo (state) Punk rock singers