Xutos & Pontapés

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Xutos & Pontapés
Xutos e Pontapés.jpg
General information
Genre (s) skirt
founding 1978
Website http://www.xutos.pt/
Current occupation
Drums, vocals
 Kalú (since 1978)
Bass, vocals
 Tim (since 1978)
guitar
 João Cabeleira (since 1983)
Saxophone, vocals
 Gui (1983–1990, since 2002)
former members
Guitar, vocals (since 1978)
 Zé Pedro († 2017)
Singing (1978–1981)
 Zé Leonel († 2011)
Guitar (1981–1983)
 Francis

Xutos & Pontapés is a Portuguese rock band that was formed in 1978 and is under contract with Universal .

Career

The beginning

In 1978 the four punks Zé Pedro (José Pedro Reis), Kalú (Carlos Ferreira), Tim (António Santos) and Zé Leonel (José Leonel) founded the band in Lisbon. They gave their first concert on January 13, 1979, together with Portugal's original punk band Faíscas , who performed for the last time that evening.

Four years after the Carnation Revolution and the end of the authoritarian Estado Novo , economic and cultural opportunities in the country were still limited. However, a growing movement of young bands was already pushing into the public eye, which, although they showed unreserved solidarity with the goals of the revolution and its songwriters, already had a different language and wanted to play young rock music. The first records came out, the increasing sales and concert attendance created a market, with UHF as the first successful Portuguese-speaking rock band. The boom do rock português of the early 80s came. The Xutos were considered to be particularly subversive, but they too, along with names like Rui Veloso , UHF, Taxi or GNR, increased their popularity considerably.

The singer Zé Leonel left the band in 1981 (he founded the band Ex-Votos, he died in 2001 ), the bassist Tim took over the vocals, and Francis joined the band (guitar). This was followed by two singles and the first album in 1982 , with recordings from your song material from 1978 to 1982.

In 1983 Francis left the band, followed by João Cabeleira (guitar) and Gui (saxophone). The line-up continues to this day, and it is the songs and concerts of that time (especially in the Lisbon Rock Rendez-Vous ) that created a special relationship between band and audience, which to this day cannot be compared with any other band in Portugal. This was followed by more recordings, which are more difficult to achieve again for the few independent labels in the country after the boom has subsided .

This is where the Xutos laid the foundation for their success, in which, in addition to their future trademarks (the “X” logo, the red bandanas worn in different ways ) they pushed a functioning concert management system that enabled them to tour the whole country. This was unusual and not the norm in Portugal in the 1980s.

The success

In view of the steadily increasing audience numbers, Portugal's Polygram signed the band. Sales of the following album “Circo de Feras” went brilliantly ( silver status ), but especially the following EP “7 ° Single” with the track “Minha casinha” (a tongue-in-cheek version of Milú's 1943 in the popular film “ O Costa do Castelo “ sung song) surprised by very high sales figures (platinum status) and made the band a national phenomenon.

Singer Tim (2011)

Their triple live album ( inspired by The Clash 's “Sandinista” album ) from 1988 was simply called “88” and sold at a bargain price. Released in November 1988, it went platinum within 20 days (later released as "90" in France ). They have now become the most successful Portuguese band of all time. They played the annual Avante! -Festival ( Festa do Avante! ) In front of 100,000 people and were now more present in the media than any band before them. At this point, they left the status of an independent band behind, but without making a change in demeanor.

After the following album, "Gritos Mudos" , recorded in Brazil, sales and audience numbers collapsed. A biography appeared in 1991, and the band members devoted themselves to other things (Zé Pedro opened the concert club "Johnny Guitar", Tim founded the label " El Tatu " and participated in other projects).

With the two following albums (one achieved silver status) and successful concerts, the band began a more active phase. They played for the 15th band anniversary with ex-members and have now been dubbed the "greatest rock band in Portugal".

They played more and more acoustic concerts, inspired by the “MTV Unplugged” projects of the time, which achieved platinum status on recordings and continued to expand their audience. They made film music and released "best of" compilations. To mark their 20th anniversary, a tribute album was released on which the best-known names of pop & rock in Portugal reinterpreted songs of the Xutos on two CDs, and the anniversary concert in the Pavilhão Atlântico sold out quickly. From now on they are undisputedly the most popular band in Portugal, and in 2001 alone 600,000 people attended their concerts.

In 2004 they celebrated their 25th stage anniversary in front of 28,000 people at two sold out concerts, again in the Pavilhão Atlântico, and received the Order of Merit from President Jorge Sampaio . In 2005 they released the two concerts on DVD, which quickly went triple platinum.

today

The band is unbroken. Her last album went straight to number 1 in the sales charts in 2009 and achieved gold status, and in 2011 her concerts are sold out even in the largest halls.

There were repeated attempts to be successful abroad as well. But even if they played regularly in Spain and France and gave concerts from Macau to Canada , nowhere else outside of Portugal has they had comparable success.

There were always guest appearances and participation of the band members in other projects, especially Tim's solo project with four albums by now.

Zé Pedro died of cancer on November 30, 2017 in Lisbon. His death attracted a lot of public attention in Portugal.

In the course of 2018, the band decided to move on without their late founding member. The group has since played a few concerts, especially festivals.

In 2019 the album Duro was released for the 40th stage anniversary of the band.

reception

Today, the Xutos continue to be the band with the most popular support in Portugal. There are successful Xutos cover bands, in addition to countless fan blogs, as well as factual Xutos information sites and fan clubs.

Guitarist Zé Pedro (2011)

One of the reasons is that they are down to earth. Despite all their (also economic) success, they have never attracted attention with pop star airs or scandals, but have kept their natural appearance and language. Their closeness to fans is legendary in Portugal, especially that of Zé Pedro. The unusually quiet and consistent commitment, for the next generation in the scene, but also in social issues, is well known. This is followed by the second reason: the band never appeared excessively provocative, and yet it was often offensive (songs like Sémen (seeds) or Ave Maria were initially not played on the radio, a few years after the Carnation Revolution this censorship was a political issue in Portugal ). The Xutos never made a secret of their views on religion, social injustice and the arbitrariness of the powerful. Even if they rarely dealt aggressively with these topics, critical texts consistently run through their entire career to this day. They often appear with the national flag in the stage design or the jersey of the national team, especially singer Tim, and combine this with openness and a clear emancipatory and critical attitude towards conservative, right-wing and radical market groups (in texts, announcements, etc.). This unobtrusive matter of course and consistency in the attitude is one of the decisive links between the band and the audience, which was never confronted with self-indulgent, egocentric rock stars or erratic and detached celebrities. Despite all the “settledness” of the band today, the Xutos remain old friends for their audience, with whom one shares both an exciting past and an enduring familiarity. This is seen as a rare, valuable commodity today. The audience and the band can rely on each other, and so they further strengthen each other. There is no isolation from the rest of society; Despite all of Xutos' own symbolism, there is no offensive band cult with many codes and special slogans .

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
PT PT
2004 O mundo ao contrario PT1 (21 weeks)
PT
2009 Xutos & Pontapés PT1 (24 weeks)
PT
2014 Puro PT1 (18 weeks)
PT
2016 Se me amas PT1 (33 weeks)
PT
2019 Duro PT1 (26 weeks)
PT

More studio albums

  • 1982: 78/82
  • 1985: Cerco
  • 1987: Circo de Feras
  • 1988: 88
  • 1990: Gritos Mudos
  • 1992: Dizer Não de Vez
  • 1993: Direito ao deserto
  • 1997: Dados viciados
  • 1998: Tentação
  • 2001: XIII

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
PT PTTemplate: chart table / maintenance / charts non-existent
1988 Ao Vivo PT5 (7 weeks)
PT
Chart entry only in 2009
2003 Nesta Cidade PT25 (4 weeks)
PT

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More live albums

  • 1995: Ao Vivo Na Antena 3
  • 2000: 1º De Agosto No Rock Rendez-Vous
  • 2002: Sei Onde Tu Estás (Ao Vivo 2001)
  • 2012: Titãs e Xutos & Pontapés - ao vivo Rock in Rio

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
PT PTTemplate: chart table / maintenance / charts non-existent
2000 Vida Malvada PT29 (6 weeks)
PT
Chart entry only in 2018
2006 Grandes Êxitos PT29 (7 weeks)
PT
Chart entry only in 2017
2014 35 PT3 (20 weeks)
PT
2019 40 anos a dar no duro PT1 (19 weeks)
PT

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More compilations

  • 1999: XX Anos, XX Bands (tribute sampler for Xutos & Pontapés)
  • 2001: "O melhor de 2" (2CD, with Peste & Sida )
  • 2004: Para Semper

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
PT PTTemplate: chart table / maintenance / charts non-existent
1986 O homem do leme
Cerco 		PT48 (1 week)
PT
Chart entry only in 2017
1987 Circo de feras
Circo de feras 		PT83 (1 week)
PT
Chart entry only in 2017
Contentores
Circo de feras 		PT93 (1 week)
PT
Chart entry only in 2017
1988 A minha casinha
88 		PT89 (1 week)
PT
Chart entry only in 2017

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More singles

  • 1981: Sémen
  • 1982: Toca e Foge
  • 1984: Remar, Remar
  • 1986: Barcos Gregos / Homem Do Leme
  • 1987: Sai P'ra Rua
  • 1987: 7 ° single
  • 1988: P'ra Ti Maria
  • 1989: Se Me Amas / Submissão
  • 1990: Inimigos
  • 1992: Chuva Dissolvente
  • 1993: Estupidez
  • 1997: Dá around Mergulho
  • 1997: Manhã Submersa
  • 1998: Para Semper
  • 2004: Ai se ele cai
  • 2006: Sexta-Feira 13
  • 2007: É Tão Fácil
  • 2009: Quem é Quem
  • 2009: Perfeito Vazio
  • 2013: Tu Também

Box sets

  • 2004: 25 singles (25 CD singles box)

Video albums

  • 2005: Ao Vivo no Pavilhão Atlântico
  • 2006: Ai a Puta da Minha Vida (3-DVD box)
  • 2008: O Circo de Feras - Ao Vivo no Campo Pequeno
  • 2009: Estádio do Restelo (2-DVD)

bibliography

literature

  • Ana Cristina Ferrão “Conta-me histórias - Xutos & Pontapés”, 2nd edition, Lisbon 2009 ISBN 978-972-37-1414-2 .
  • Jorge Pires "Fotobiografia Xutos & Pontapés", 1st edition, El Tatu, Lisbon 1998 ISBN 972-8494-02-5 .
  • Salwa Castelo-Branco "Enciclopédia da música em Portugal no século XX, PZ" 1st edition, Temas & Debates, Lisbon 2010 ISBN 978-989-644-091-6 (page 1349ff).

Web links

Commons : Xutos & Pontapés  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Salwa Castelo-Branco "Enciclopédia da música em Portugal no século XX, PZ" 1st edition, Temas & Debates, Lisbon 2010 ISBN 978-989-644-091-6 , page 1349
  2. ↑ www.blitz.sapo.pt , accessed on October 10, 2012
  3. ↑ http://blitz.aeiou.pt/existe-rock-portugues=f24064 (link not available)
  4. ↑ NO inicio DOS ANOS 80, aconteceu O "BOOM" ( Memento of 21 April 2011 at the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ http://blitz.aeiou.pt/boom-no-principio-era-o-rock=f9485 (link not available)
  6. ↑ http://www.xutos.pt/biografia/minisite_bio.html (link not available)
  7. ↑ http://www.xutos.pt/biografia/minisite_bio.html (link not available)
  8. ↑ http://whiplash.net/materias/biografias/039366-xutosepontapes.html
  9. ^ Salwa Castelo-Branco "Enciclopédia da música em Portugal no século XX, PZ" 1st edition, Temas & Debates, page 1350, 1st column
  10. ↑ http://www.xutos.pt/biografia/minisite_bio.html (link not available)
  11. ↑ Jorge Pires "Fotobiografia Xutos & Pontapés", 1st edition, El Tatu, Lisbon 1998, page 73
  12. ↑ Jorge Pires "Fotobiografia Xutos & Pontapés", 1st edition, El Tatu, Lisbon 1998, page 73
  13. ↑ Jorge Pires "Fotobiografia Xutos & Pontapés", 1st edition, El Tatu, Lisbon 1998, page 73
  14. ^ Salwa Castelo-Branco "Enciclopédia da música em Portugal no século XX, PZ" 1st edition, Temas & Debates, page 1350, 2nd column
  15. ↑ http://www.xutos.pt/biografia/minisite_bio.html (link not available)
  16. ↑ http://www.xutos.pt/biografia/minisite_bio.html (link not available)
  17. ↑ http://www.xutos.pt/biografia/minisite_bio.html (link not available)
  18. ↑ http://www.xutos.pt/biografia/minisite_bio.html (link not available)
  19. ↑ http://www.xutos.pt/biografia/minisite_bio.html (link not available)
  20. ↑ http://www.xutos.pt/biografia/minisite_bio.html (link not available)
  21. ↑ http://www.xutos.pt/biografia/minisite_bio.html (link not available)
  22. ↑ http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/musica/xutos--pontapes-top-nacional-vendas-tops-xutos/1057295-4060.html
  23. ↑ http://canelaehortela.com/xutos-pontapes-levaram-ao-rubro-o-campo-pequeno-em-lisboa
  24. ↑ http://www.somdafrente.com/ (link not available)
  25. ↑ Xutos & Pontapés :: Xutos e Pontapés ( Memento from 20091219172141)
  26. ↑ http://www.museudoboom.comyr.com/dia_04.php , last paragraph
  27. ↑ a b c d Chart sources: PT