RPM (band)

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RPM was a Brazilian rock band from São Paulo . RPM is the abbreviation of Revoluções por Minuto (Eng. " Revolutions per minute ").

Founded in 1985, RPM was the first Brazilian rock band to sell over two million albums in the 1980s. This made RPM one of the most successful Brazilian music groups ever. In 1987 the group disbanded. A comeback in 2002 ended in 2003 with the renewed separation.

Discography

  • Revoluções por minuto (1985, 300,000 records sold)
  • Rádio pirata (1986, 2.2 million records sold, live recording)
  • RPM (1988, 500,000 records sold)
  • MTV RPM (2002, 300,000 records sold, live recording)
  • Elektra (2011)

Remarks

  1. ^ McGowan / Pessanha: The Brazilian Sound , p. 219.