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The strangely named Shows was an obscure hard rock/heavy metal band from São Paulo, Brazil featuring vocalist Robson Goulart, guitarists Davidson Monteiro and Luiz Carlos “Tutu”, bassist Reinaldo Moreno and drummer Ricardo Moreno. Produced in 1982, originally being a jazz-rock clothing, the quintet acquired adopted rock by enough time they …

Abutre (or “Vulture,” within their local Portuguese) was an obscure rock music group from São Paulo, Brazil featuring vocalist Wagner Giudice, guitarist Ricardo Giudice, bassist Thomas Paulo Catafay and drummer Adalberto Rosado, Jr. Produced in 1982 and fueled with the era’s usual influences (component Bay Region thrash, component New Influx …

Elis Regina was perhaps one of the most ferociously talented singers to emerge from Brazil. A perfectionist who was simply often dissatisfied, Regina drove herself and people of her music group relentlessly, resulting in her becoming dubbed “Hurricane” and “Small Pepper” by music artists and journalists. Her tempestuous character apart, …