Inocentes

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Inocentes
General information
Genre (s) Punk rock
founding 1981
Website inocentes.com.br
Founding members
bass
 Clemente Nascimento
guitar
 Calligari (until 1983)
Drums
 Marcelino (until 1983)
singing
 Mauricinho (until 1983)
Current occupation
Clemente Nascimento
Anselmo Monstro (since 1994)
Nonô (since 1994)
Ronaldo Passos (since 1984)
former members
singing
 Ariel (until 1983)
Drums
 Tonhão (António Parlato) (1984-1989)
bass
 André Parlato (1984-1989)
Drums
 César Romaro (1989–1995)
bass
 Mingau (1989–1994)
guitar
 André Fonseca

Inocentes (dt .: innocent) is a Brazilian punk - band from São Paulo .

history

1981-1983

The band was founded in 1981 by three members of the disbanded early punk band Condutores de Cadáver (English: corpse driver ), namely Calligari (guitar), Marcelino (drums), and Clemente (bass), who after numerous line-up changes is the only remaining original member to this day the band is. Mauricinho became the singer. In 1982, the film Garotos do Surbúrbio (English: Boys of the Suburbs) by director Fernando Meirelles , named after an Inocentes piece, had its premiere at the MASP art museum, which dealt with the emerging punk scene in Brazil. The band took part in the film as well as in the short film Pânico em SP (Eng .: Panic in São Paulo) by director Mário Dalcêndio Jr. , who also borrowed the film title from an Inocentes piece. In November 1982 the band played at the I. Festival Punk de São Paulo , already with the former Restos de Nada singer Ariel as the new singer. In the same year they took part in the two-day festival O Começo do Fim do Mundo (English: The Beginning of the End of the World) at the SESC Pompéia in São Paulo, which was important for the punk scene in Brazil as a much-attended festival with a groundbreaking compilation LP , and the violent riots on the second day of the concert for a negative public image of punk in Brazil from now on . The following year they played at a similar festival in Circo Voador in Rio de Janeiro , where, in addition to the Paralamas do Sucesso and Coquetel Molotov from Rio, seven groups from São Paulo also performed. There had been no outbreaks of violence comparable to the one that arose in São Paulo from the massive rivalry between the city's punks and those of the industrial suburbs upstream. This increasing violence between rival punk groups in the greater São Paulo area was one of the two main reasons for the band to cease their activities in late 1983. The other reason arose from the problems the band got after the recording of their first album with the censorship of the authoritarian military regime of the Estado Novo . This censored 10 of the 13 recorded tracks, so that under the title Miséria e Fome ( Eng .: misery and hunger) instead of an entire album only a 7 "EP was released on the label of the punk shop Punk Rock of Olho Seco singer Fábio , an important meeting point in São Paulo, Punk Rock Records had already released the first Brazilian punk record with the LP sampler Grito Suburbano (German: Vorstadt-Schrei), with songs by the three punk bands Inocentes, Cólera and Olho Seco .

1984-1990

In 1984 Inocentes were featured on the first Life is a Joke sampler of the German Weird System label with the two tracks Miséria e Fome and Aprendi a Odiar (German: I learned to hate) from their 7 "EP , and that Grito Suburbano album was released by Vinyl Boogie in Berlin under the name Volks Grito . In the same year the band reunited in a new formation: Clemente was now guitarist and singer, the Parlato brothers played bass and drums, and Ronaldo dos Passos became Also guitarist. From then on they developed a more differentiated, multi-layered style of music, with corresponding lyrics. Inocentes showed parallels in the development of their performance, their socially critical lyrics and their musical development, especially with The Clash . Subsequently they also played with well-known rock bands and achieved some notoriety in the context of the emerging rock brasileiro , especially with the four bands Legião Urbana , Titãs , Paralam as do Sucesso and Barão Vermelho , who mostly had their roots in the country's punk, but no longer played punk music. Inocentes became Brazil's first punk band with a major label when Warner signed them and released the mini-LP Pânico em SP (English: Panic in São Paulo) in 1986 . The contract came about on the initiative of Branco Mello of the band Titãs, after Inocentes had decided to become a professional musician and made demo recordings without getting a record deal. In the meantime the military dictatorship was over, and the rock music of the mostly critical, often punk-rooted bands in Brazil now experienced a strong upswing, from which Inocentes began to benefit. In 1987 10,000 viewers appeared for the presentation of the following Inocentes album Adeus Carne (German: Goodbye, meat). The band's notoriety continued to grow, but the record company's pressure on the band also increased as they expected higher sales. The band, which was always committed to their punk ideals, found the collaboration with Warner increasingly difficult, especially the expectations and the compromises expected in the context. The recordings for the following album, produced by Barão Vermelho musician Roberto Fréjat , did not go harmoniously due to the general dissatisfaction of the band, and the band was also photographed largely naked during the photos for the record cover. They wanted to prevent the record company's plans to present them visually like rock stars, but the company unexpectedly liked the photos. The LP thus designed did not meet the taste of the band's fans, and the music too had too many influences from various musical styles, including hip-hop and alienated rock 'n' roll , for their taste . In 1988 the independent label Devil Discos had released eleven songs from the censored first Inocentes album as an LP under the original title Miséria e Fome , and the contrast to the band's current music became all the more apparent. As a result of the growing disagreements within the band and their overall dissatisfaction, the Parlato brothers left the group. At the same time, the contract with Warner was terminated, both on the initiative of the dissatisfied band, as well as the company, the average sales of 20,000 units per album was not enough.

Since 1990

After the band performed as a trio with temporary drummers for a time, César Romaro (drums) and Mingau (bass) joined the group, which released their semi-acoustic album Estilhaços on the Cameratti label in 1992. They then appeared for the first time in the context of urban cultural events, such as concerts in suburbs that did not cost admission. They appeared in the award-winning short film Opressão by director Mirella Martinelli in 1993 , in which singer Clemente is finally killed on stage by Naziskins .

In 1994 the band returned to the distorted, hard guitars and released their album Subterrâneos on the Eldorado label. Caligari came back for Mingau in the band, who performed at the opening concert of the three concerts of the Ramones in the Olímpia in São Paulo. Shortly after the acclaimed performance, Caligari and César Romano left the band, but were quickly replaced by Nonô and the punk veteran Anselmo Guarde. At the end of 1995 the formation recorded the album Ruas, which was only released in 1996, for the Paradoxx label , with which they continued to approach their musical roots. They performed at the Close Up Planet festival with the Sex Pistols , Bad Religion , Silverchair and Marky Ramone , who befriended the band and then played a number of concerts with them in different cities in Brazil. After their appearance at the April pro rock festival in Recife in 1997, they went into the studio in 1998 to record the album Embalado a vácuo (German: vacuum-packed). It was first released by Paradoxx , who then sold it to the big Abril Music label, where it appeared again in 1999, with a different make-up and with two additional, old demo tracks. The song Cala a boca (Eng .: shut up) gained some notoriety after it was often played on the radio. In 2000 they gave two concerts, each with around 10,000 spectators, one with the band Ultraje a Rigor at the University of São Paulo (USP) and one with the band Ira! at the SESC of Itaquera , both in the greater São Paulo area. But after there was a change in leadership at Abril Music , O Barulho dos Inocentes (English: The noise of the Inocentes, alluding to O Silêncio dos Inocentes , the Brazilian title of the film The Silence of the Lambs ) was just a little advertised album by the Band at the label that she then fired. Previously, the disappointed band had contributed an unmotivated, Portuguese version of I wanna be your boyfriend for the label's Ramones tribute sampler, and were now back without a record company. Abril Music went bankrupt a little later.

For the 20th band anniversary in 2001, Inocentes played an anniversary concert at SESC Pompéia, which was released on CD in 2002 under the title Vinte anos ao vivo (German: 20 years live). In the same year, and also as part of the band's anniversary, a tribute album was released with Pânico . 17 young Brazilian punk bands played pieces by Inocentes in their own individual way, including names like Underboys, Street Bulldogs, Sick Terror, Nitrominds, Holly Tree, Caliber 12, and the Skaband Skamoondongos. Then they played with Bad Religion in the Credicard Hall in São Paulo, but despite an enthusiastic performance, Ronaldo Passos left the band after 20 years for personal reasons. He simply did not appear at an Inocentes concert at the Woodstock Live Club, so the band had to perform as a trio from then on, including at subsequent concerts such as the Acendedor de Candeeiros Festival in Maceió , a city where the band had never performed before.

This was followed by changing line-ups, especially on the drums. In 2004 the group recorded the album Labirinto (Eng .: Labyrinth) with Fred on drums . As a result of the documentary Botinada (English: Boot Trample ) published in 2006 on the history of Brazilian punk rock, interest in the Inocentes grew again, who now played a series of concerts in a new-old formation (Clemente, Anselmo, Nonô, Ronaldo) a variety of festivals performed in numerous cities across Brazil. In 2007 the band released their first DVD, which has since announced a new album with new tracks.

Discography

  • 1983: Miséria e Fome (7 "EP; Inocentes Discos)
  • 1986: Pânico em SP (12 "EP; Warner)
  • 1987: Adeus Carne (LP; Warner)
  • 1988: Miséria e Fome (LP; Devil Discos) First release of the censored album from 1983 including the tracks released as a 7 "EP
  • 1989: Inocentes (LP; Warner)
  • 1992: Estilhaços (CD; Camerati)
  • 1994: Subterrâneos (CD; Eldorado)
  • 1996: Ruas (CD; Paradoxx)
  • 1998: Embalado a Vácuo (CD; Abril Music)
  • 1999: Garotos do Subúrbio (CD; RDS) CD release of their demo tape from 1985
  • 2000: O Barulho dos Inocentes (CD; Abril Music)
  • 2001: e-Collection - sucessos + raridades (Best of double CD, Warner)
  • 2002: Vinte Anos ao Vivo (CD; RDS)
  • 2004: Labirinto (CD; Ataque Frontal)

Video publications

  • 2007: Som e Fúria (DVD, Monstro Discos)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.ataquefrontal.com , accessed November 17, 2012
  2. ↑ www.allmusic.com , accessed November 17, 2012
  3. ↑ Liner Notes by founding member Clemente in the supplement of the CD Garotos do Subúrbio , RDS 1999
  4. ↑ Ricardo Alexandre: Dias de Luta - O Brasil EO Rock Brasileiro Dos Anos 80th 1st edition, Dórea Books and Art, São Paulo 2002, page 269 ff ( ISBN 978-85-7234253-7 )
  5. ↑ www.allmusic.com , accessed November 17, 2012
  6. ↑ www.ataquefrontal.com , accessed November 17, 2012
  7. ↑ www.inocentes.com.br , accessed January 5, 2012