Ena Pá 2000

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Ena Pá 2000
Ena Pá 2000 in Coimbra 2007: Singer Lello Minsk with background singer Mimi
Ena Pá 2000 in Coimbra 2007: Singer Lello Minsk with background singer Mimi
General information
Genre (s) Rock 'n' Roll , Surf , Ska , Rock , Pop
founding 1984
Founding members
singing
 Manuel João Vieira ( Lello Minsk , Elvis Ramalho )
percussion
 Francisco Ferro ( Ray Bonga )
bass
 Manuel Duarte ( Escaravelho da Foz do Arelho )
guitar
 Eduardo Cunha ( Dudas )
guitar
 João Santos ( Johnny Porkinho )
Drums
 José Luís Desirat ( Zé Litro )
Pedro Rijo ( Pedro Mijo )
Background vocals
 Ermelinda Marcelino ( Mimi , Cindy Maria )
Background vocals
 Cláudia Brito ( Maria Cindy )
Current occupation
Vocals , guitar , cavaquinho , banjo etc. a.
 Manuel João Vieira
Percussion , vocals
 Ray Bonga
Bass , choirs
 O Escaravelho da Foz do Orelho
John Lee Lucas
Guitar, choirs, vocals
 Gérinho
As Walquírias ( Becto Infecto - Bactérias Zakarella e Anabella )
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Projecto Ena Pá 2000 Project
  PT 31 04/2020 (1 week)

Ena Pá 2000 are a Portuguese comedy - rock - band from Lisbon .

They are known for their humorous, satirical-crude texts in which they play with social traditions and taboos. In their musical compositions, too, they mostly make parodic references to international pop / rock music and specifically Portuguese musical traditions.

The name already suggests the humorous satirical orientation of the band: Ena Pá is a slang exclamation that goes something like "You dear heaven!" or Au man! can be translated. Appending the number 2000 originally aimed for a similar, future-believing parodic effect, such as Christoph Schlingensief's aim with his projects Chance 2000 or Terror 2000.

history

The band was founded in Lisbon in 1984 around the artist Manuel João Vieira . Vieira, who is particularly active as a painter, came from the background of the Lisbon Homeostética art movement, which was founded in 1983, and has repeatedly caused a stir, for example as a presidential candidate or as the temporary owner of the traditional nightclub Cabaret Maxime .

The group Ena Pá 2000 owes its fame to a considerable extent to its charismatic singer. The humorous and exuberant character of the group's numerous concerts, especially in the 1990s, also contributed to the band's fame, especially through successful concerts at many Queima das Fitas , the traditional graduation ceremonies with folk festival character in Portuguese university cities .

In her satirical texts and provocative music videos , Ena Pá 2000 humorously refer to pornographic topics, social conventions , Portuguese traditions and national and international political grievances.

For her 20th birthday, the band announced on 30 November 2004 a concert in Lisbon club Paradise Garage , entitled "20 Anos A Pedalar Na Bosta" ( port. For: "20 years of kicking in the mud"). It was filmed by director Bruno de Almeida and released on DVD in 2005 with a number of bonus material.

On their last studio album (July 2016) O Álbum Bronco from 2011, they had a number of old companions as guest musicians, as usual, but also musicians known to the general public for the first time, such as guest singer Rui Reininho of the group GNR and Tim , singer of the Xutos & Pontapés .

A number of side projects exist in the environment of the musicians of Ena Pá 2000. Particularly well-known are the group Irmãos Catita , which parodied Portuguese-international easy listening entertainment music from the 1940s to 1960s and has already released three albums. The Corações de Atum and the Fado project Fados do Lello Perdido also achieved some notoriety, all with Manuel João Vieira as the lead singer.

Discography

  • 1987: Telephone Call ( CBS Portugal, 7 "single)
  • 1991: Projecto Ena Pá 2000 Project! ( El Tatu , LP and CD)
  • 1992: Enapália 2000 (Discossete, CD, re-released in 2012 by Espacial)
  • 1994: És Muito Linda (Discossete, CD and Cassette, re-released by Espacial in 2012)
  • 1996: Doces Penetrações (Discossete, CD single)
  • 1997: Opus Gay (Discossete, CD, re-released in 2012 by Espacial)
  • 1999: 2001 Odisseia No Chaço (CD7, CD, re-released in 2012 by Espacial)
  • 2004: A Luta Continua! (Zona Música, CD, re-released in 2012 by Espacial)
  • 2005: 20 Anos A Pedalar Na Bosta (NorteSul / Valentim de Carvalho , double DVD)
  • 2011: O Álbum Bronco (Espacial, CD)
  • 2011: Bandas Míticas Volume 19 (Lavoir, Best-of-Compilation -CD)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: PT
  2. ^ Salwa Castelo-Branco: Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no Século XX, C – L. 1st edition, Temas & Debates, Lisbon 2010, page 399ff ( ISBN 978-989-644-098-5 )
  3. ↑ Entry of the documentation 20 Anos A Pedalar Na Bosta in the Internet Movie Database , accessed on July 22, 2016
  4. ↑ Supplement to the CD O ÁLbum Bronco , Espacial 2011