- Lobotomia
Infobox musical artist
Name = Lobotomia
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Origin =São Paulo ,Brazil
Genre =Hardcore punk Crossover thrash Thrash metal
Years_active = 1984-1992
2005-present
Label =Cogumelo Records
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Current_members = Marcão
Billy Adherbal
Christian Fralda
Grego
Paulão
Past_members = Caio Alfredo Zezé
Flavinho
Pica Pau
Notable_instruments ="Lobotomia" is a
Brazil ian hardcore/crossover band. They started off as a straight-forward punk band, and later went to a morethrash metal andcrossover thrash style. They were one of the key and most well-known bands of the 1980shardcore punk scene inBrazil , and played with other famous bands such asKorzus , Ratos de Porão, and Executer.Biography
Beginning
Lobotomia formed in 1984 in
São Paulo as a raw hardcore band in the vein of theUK 82 generation. At the time, the members of the band were "Caio" on vocals, "Billy Adherbal" on guitars, "Alfredo" on bass, and "Grego" on drums. They recorded at the "Cólera" studio, releasing a demo tape they recorded there shortly after.In 1985, they appeared in the
Ataque Sonoro compilation, withRatos de Porão ,Cólera , and Garotos Podres, among others.After this appearance, they had a change in the line up, with the female bassist "Zezé" replacing "Alfredo". With this line up, they recorded and released their self-titled debut LP in 1986. The album is very much hardcore punk, but with some thrash metal influences appearing, especially on guitar works.
In 1988, the band suffered more line up changes, with the departure of bassist "Zezé" and vocalist "Caio". In their places joined "Flavinho" and "Marcão" respectively, together with a second guitarist, "Paulão". With this line up, they released their second album
Nada É Como Parece (stands for "nothing is like it seems") in 1989. Much more crossover, the album has a much closer sound to bands likeD.R.I. than pure hardcore.Shortly after the release of Nada É Como Parece and an accompanying tour, the band split up in 1992.
Reunion
In 2005, Lobotomia reformed, performing gigs and recording a new studio album planned for release in 2008.
"Grego" made contacts with the old members to come back with the band, with "Marcão", "Billy Adherbal", and "Paulão" returning. To complete the line up, bassist "Christian Fralda" (ex-"Ratos de Porão") joined the band.
Current Line Up
* Marcão (vocals)
* Billy Adherbal (guitars)
* Carlinhos (bass)
* Grego (drums)
* Paulo (guitars)Discography
tudio Albums
* Lobotomia (
1986 )
*Nada É Como Parece (1989 )Demos
* 1984 demo (
1984 )References
[http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=26403 Lobotomia at Encyclopedia Metallum]
External links
[http://homepages.nyu.edu/~cch223/brazil/lobotomia_main.html Lobotomia at Kill From The Heart]
[http://www.myspace.com/lobotomiahc Lobotomia's Myspace page]
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