Raimundos (album)

Raimundos
Studio album by Raimundos
Released	1994
Recorded	Estúdio Be Bop, 1994
Genre	Hardcore punk, forrocore
Length	39:52
Label	Banguela Records/Warner Records
Producer	Carlos Eduardo Miranda and Raimundos
Raimundos chronology

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Raimundos is the first album by the Brazilian hardcore punk band Raimundos, released in 1994 through Banguela Records. Recorded over a few weeks in Estúdio Be Bop, in São Paulo, it has sold 120,000 copies.^{[ citation needed ]}

Hardcore punk is a punk rock music genre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots can be traced to earlier punk scenes in San Francisco and Southern California which arose as a reaction against the still predominant hippie cultural climate of the time. It was also inspired by New York punk rock and early proto-punk. New York punk had a harder-edged sound than its San Francisco counterpart, featuring anti-art expressions of masculine anger, energy, and subversive humor. Hardcore punk generally disavows commercialism, the established music industry and "anything similar to the characteristics of mainstream rock" and often addresses social and political topics with "confrontational, politically-charged lyrics."

Raimundos is a Brazilian punk/hardcore band. They have major influences of 1980s punk bands, especially Ramones. The band was formed in Brasília, Distrito Federal, in 1987 by Digão and Rodolfo Abrantes. The vocalist Derrick Green of Sepultura participated on their CD Kavookavala and João Gordo of Ratos de Porão participated on their first album Raimundos (1994) providing backing vocals on the song MM's. The name of the band alludes and ironically refers to the proper name Raimundo, sometimes used pejoratively in southern Brazilian capitals, as it is one of the most common male first names of persons born or descendant from the poorest regions of the Brazilian northeast region.

São Paulo is a municipality in the Southeast Region of Brazil. The metropolis is an alpha global city and the most populous city in Brazil, the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, besides being the largest Portuguese-speaking city in the world. The municipality is also the Earth's 11th largest city proper by population. The city is the capital of the surrounding state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest state in Brazil. It exerts strong international influences in commerce, finance, arts and entertainment. The name of the city honors the Apostle, Saint Paul of Tarsus. The city's metropolitan area, the Greater São Paulo, ranks as the most populous in Brazil and the 12th most populous on Earth. The process of conurbation between the metropolitan areas located around the Greater São Paulo created the São Paulo Macrometropolis, a megalopolis with more than 30 million inhabitants, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Rodolfo Abrantes; all music composed by Raimundos (except where indicated).

Rodolfo Gonçalves Leite de Abrantes is a Brazilian hardcore punk singer and electric guitar player. He was the vocalist and former leader of the Brazilian bands Raimundos and Rodox and now he is a solo gospel artist.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Note	Length
1.	"Puteiro em João Pessoa" (Brothel in João Pessoa)				3:07
2.	"Palhas do Coqueiro" (Coconut-tree's leaves)	Martin Luthero, Evandro Vieira	Martin Luthero, Raimundos		1:58
3.	"MM'S"				1:59
4.	"Minha Cunhada" (My Sister-in-law)	Martin Luthero, Rodolfo Abrantes	Martin Luthero, Raimundos		1:21
5.	"Rapante"				3:03
6.	"Carro Forte" (Armored Car)	Public domain, adapted by Raimundos			1:29
7.	"Nêga Jurema" (Black Girl Jurema)	Rodolfo Abrantes	Rodolfo Abrantes		1:52
8.	"Deixei de Fumar (Cachimbo da Mulher) / Cana Caiana" (Stopped Smoking (Women's Pipe) /)	Durval Vieira, Graças Góes / Zenilton, Tio Jovem	Durval Vieira, Graças Góes / Zenilton, Tio Jovem		1:30
9.	"Cajueiro / Rio das Pedras" (Cashew Tree)	Public domain, adapted by Raimundos, Martin Luthero / Zenilton, Durval Vieira	Public domain, adapted by Raimundos, Martin Luthero / Zenilton, Durval Vieira		2:30
10.	"Bê a Bá" (B + A = Ba)				2:30
11.	"Bicharada" (Animals)				1:37
12.	"Marujo" (Sailor)	Martin Luthero, Rodolfo Abrantes	Martin Luthero, Raimundos		2:31
13.	"Cintura fina" (Thin Waist)				2:35
14.	"Selim" (Bicycle Backseat)	Cristiano Telles, Raimundos	Cristiano Telles, Raimundos		4:12
15.	"Puteiro em João Pessoa II" (Brothel in João Pessoa II)			CD bonus track	3:07
16.	"Selim Acústico" (Selim Acoustic)	Cristiano Telles, Raimundos	Cristiano Telles, Raimundos	CD bonus track	4:12
Total length:					39:52

Personnel

Digão - guitar
Rodolfo Abrantes - lead vocals
Canisso - bass guitar
Fred Castro - drums

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer either leads the vocal ensemble, or sets against the ensemble as the dominant sound. In vocal group performances, notably in soul and gospel music, and early rock and roll, the lead singer takes the main vocal part, with a chorus provided by other band members as backing vocalists.

The bass guitar is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

Additional Musicians

Carlos Eduardo Miranda - vocals (4), pandeiro (13)
Guilherme Bonolo - vocals (1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 12, 13), lead guitar (3, 16)
João Gordo - vocals (3)
Paulo Miklos - vocals (6, 10, 11)
Sérgio Britto - vocals (6, 10, 11)
Branco Mello - vocals (6, 10, 11)
Nando Reis - acoustic guitar (1), viola (16)
Zenilton - accordion (9, 12)

The pandeiro is a type of hand frame drum popular in Brazil, and which has been described as an unofficial instrument of that nation. The drumhead is tunable, and the rim holds metal jingles (platinelas), which are cupped creating a crisper, drier and less sustained tone on the pandeiro than on the tambourine. It is held in one hand, and struck on the head by the other hand to produce the sound. Typical pandeiro patterns are played by alternating the thumb, fingertips, heel, and palm of the hand. A Pandeiro can also be shaken to make sound, or one can run a finger along the head to produce a roll.

Lead guitar is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure. The lead is the featured guitar, which usually plays single-note-based lines or double-stops. In rock, heavy metal, blues, jazz, punk, fusion, some pop, and other music styles, lead guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays rhythm guitar, which consists of accompaniment chords and riffs.

João Gordo is the vocalist of the Brazilian hardcore punk band Ratos de Porão, 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.

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