João Gordo (born João Francisco Benedan on 13 March 1964) is a Brazilian vocalist, TV host and paleontologist. 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. Benedan began his musical career as a member of the

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RC Boys, covering the major hits of Brazilian singer

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. 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 Musicians from São Paulo (state) Brazilian punk rock singers