Cássia Eller

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Cássia Rejane Eller (born December 10, 1962 in Rio de Janeiro , † December 29, 2001 ) was a Brazilian singer. Their music style can be described as a mixture of rock and Música Popular Brasileira .

biography

After spending much of her youth in the city of Brasília , Eller dropped out of school to return to her native Rio de Janeiro and begin a career as a musician. In 1990 she gained fame in the underground scene with the release of her self-titled album. On it was Rubens , an ambiguous love song that was censored by the authorities. Her follow-up album, ECT , released in 1992, has been dubbed the "battle cry for sexual freedom".

In 1993 Eller became the mother of Francisco Eller. In the same year she made known her longstanding relationship with Maria Eugenia Vieira Martins. She said she was homosexual in order to spare her son from rumors in the media about his mother. As one of the most prominent lesbian Brazilian interpreters, Cássia Eller was also often referred to as the " Melissa Etheridge of South America".

In addition to her smoky singing voice, Eller gained fame through her provocative public appearances. Among other things, she appeared with a mohawk or bared her breasts in television programs. Eller only posed with a t-shirt for the cover picture of her breakthrough album Com Você ... Meu Mundo Ficaria Completo . The album achieved gold status and helped Eller to be nominated for best Brazilian rock album at the Latin Grammy Awards . She received another nomination for her cover version of Nando Reis ' O Segundo Sol .

Discography

Studio albums
  • Cássia Eller (1990)
  • O Marginal (1992)
  • Cássia Eller (1994)
  • Veneno Anti Monotonia (1997)
  • Com Você ... Meu Mundo Ficaria Completo (1999)
  • December of December (2002)
Live albums
  • Cássia Eller ao Vivo (1996)
  • Veneno Vivo (1998)
  • Cássia Rock Eller (2000)
  • Acústico MTV (2001)
Compilations
  • Minha História ; Música Urbana (1997)
  • Millennium (1998)
  • Série Gold ; Participação Especial (2002)
  • Perfil (2003)
  • A Arte de Cássia Eller ; I Love MPB (2004)
  • Novo Millennium (2005)
  • Raridades (2008)
DVDs
  • Com Você ... Meu Mundo Ficaria Completo (2000)
  • Acústico MTV (2001)
  • Álbum MTV (2003)
  • Cássia Eller ao Vivo no Rock in Rio (2006)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Steve Gdula: Queen of the Carnaval . In: The Advocate . March 5, 2002.
personal data
SURNAME Eller, Cássia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eller, Cássia Rejane (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian folk rock musician
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Rio de Janeiro
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 2001