Ratos de Porão

Ratos de Porão

Ratos de Porão (Portuguese for "Basement Rats") is a Brazilian crossover thrash band from São Paulo. They have been around since 1980, toured South America, North America, and Europe and still continue to play today.

Lead singer João Benedan (better known as João Gordo) is a well-known VJ on MTV Brasil
Ratos de Porão, or simply RxDxPx, was formed in 1980, existing in the Brazilian (São Paulo city) punk rock scene (alongside bands such as Cólera, Inocentes, Garotos Podres, Lobotomia, Olho Seco etc.). Directly influenced by the UK 82 hardcore bands such as Discharge, G.B.H., Varukers and Scandinavian bands as Anti-Cimex and Kaaos, they started to write songs that criticized Brazilian society, a revolutionary concept at the time. Their sound is regarded as one of rawest of their scene (because other bands such as Cólera and Garotos Podres were more 'punk rock' sounding than 'hardcore').

Their first album was released in 1983 and was titled "Crucificados pelo sistema". Released on the Ataque Frontal label, it was one of the fastest hardcore albums to come out of the country, and was soon considered a punk classic worldwide. The line up was João Gordo (vocals), Mingau (guitar - later in many punk and pop bands in Brazil), Jabá (bass) and Jão (drums). Soon after, with the fall of the São Paulo punk scene (because of associated gang violence), the band split up and since then João Gordo has been accused of "selling out" and betraying the DIY ethics of the punk movement for several alleged reasons; he has said, "I'm a traitor since 1983, because I told the guys I played hardcore, not punk. Then, I got labeled.(...)That's a stigma.".[1]

[edit] Initial crossover thrash era

In 1985, RxDxPx came back, but with a different line up and sound. They brought thrash metal to their music, influenced by bands such as Slayer, Exodus, Kreator and hardcore bands around the world that were also transitioning to a more thrash metal sound, like Suicidal Tendencies, D.R.I., English Dogs, G.B.H., Agnostic Front and others (including Brazilian bands like Lobotomia and Armagedom). João switched over to playing guitar, and an old punk named Spaghetti (who later adopted a thrash metal sound) replaced him on drums. Subsequently, they released the Descanse Em Paz LP on Baratos Afins.[when?]

With their new sound, they began to associate more with heavy metal bands, becoming friends with longtime RxDxPx fans Sepultura and other bands of the Brazilian '80s metal scene, like Korzus and Anthares. Their next studio release with Baratos Afins Records, 1987's Cada Dia Mais Sujo e Agressivo, was also released in an English-language version (Dirty and Aggressive) (the band feared that their English was so grammatically inaccurate that many of their native English speaking fans might ridicule their translated lyrics[citation needed]). This release continued the band's D-beat drum tempos.

In 1989, they signed to Roadrunner Records at the urging of Igor Cavalera of Sepultura, who played one of the band's tapes for the label's executives. RxDxPx then went to Germany to record their next studio LP, Brasil. With Harris Johns of Voivod and Tankard producing, the band's production quality improved substantially in contrast to their previous releases; the insturmentation was noticeably more technical.

In 1990, they returned to Germany to record their last album with the 'classic' line-up of João Gordo, Jão, Jabá and Spaghetti. With Harris Johns acting again as producer, their next album titled Anarkophobia was met with criticism by some fans for being the band's most metallic release to date, having considerably more complex and lengthy song compositions and more technical musicianship. Nevertheless, Anarkophobia increased their profile within the worldwide metal scene of the early '90s.

But in mid-1991, they had their first line-up change in years, with Spaghetti leaving the band, citing that he had "been tired of the musical life"[citation needed]. They auditioned several drummers to replace him, including Beto Silesci from Korzus, but the band decided that Silesci's style was too metal for the new direction they were planning to persue. Silesci was in turn replaced with Boka of the Santos Beach thrash metal band Psychic Possessor. In 1992, RxDxPx released its first official live album, called Ao Vivo, with a corresponding music video for the song "Aids, Pop, Repressão" receiving heavy air play on Furia Metal of MTV (the Brazilian equivalent of Headbanger's Ball).(wikipedia)
Current members

* João Gordo (João Francisco Benedan) — Lead Vocals (1983—)
* Jão (João Carlos Molina Esteves) — Guitar (1981—)
* Boka (Maurício Alves Fernandez) — Drums (1991—)
* Juninho (Paulo Sergio Sangiorgio Júnior) — Bass (2004—)

Former members (incomplete)

* Betinho (Roberto Massetti) — Drums (1981–1991);
* Mingau (Rinaldo Amaral) — Guitar (1982), now playing bass in the rock/pop band called Ultraje a Rigor;
* Jabá (Jarbas Alves) — Bass (1981–1993);
* Walter Bart — Bass (1993–1994);
* Pica-Pau (Rafael) — Bass (1995–1999);
* Phú — Bass (1999);
* Fralda (Christian Wilson) — Bass (2000–2004), now in Lobotomia;
* Betão (Roberto Sileci) - Drums (1991), drummer of Korzus in the 80'

Ratos de Porão - Guerra Civil Canibal (2000)

1. Obesidade Mórbida Constitucional 02:57
2. Toma Trouxa 01:56
3. Guerra Civil Canibal 02:08
4. Estaca Zero e Esquerda 02:42
5. Fire To Burn (Half Japanese cover) 01:48
6. Biotech is Godzilla (Sepultura cover) 01:50
7. A Cola 01:38
8. Kill The Varukers 01:52
Total playing time 16:53
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