- Herbert Vianna
Infobox musical artist
Name = Herbert Vianna
Img_capt = Herbert Vianna, photo by Mauricio Valladares.
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Herbert Lemos de Sousa Vianna
Born = birth date and age|1961|5|4
Origin = flagicon|BrazilJoão Pessoa ,Paraíba ,Brazil
Genre = Rock/Pop
Associated_acts =Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Occupation =Singer ,songwriter ,guitarist
Years_active = 1977–present
Label =EMI Music Group
URL =Herbert Lemos de Sousa Vianna (born
May 4 ,1961 ) is aBrazil iansinger ,songwriter andguitarist mainly known for his work with rock bandOs Paralamas do Sucesso .Biography
Herbert was born in
João Pessoa ,Paraíba . His father was from the military and, because of that, he moved toBrasília when he was still a child. There he met band memberBi Ribeiro . When they moved toRio de Janeiro , they formedOs Paralamas do Sucesso (some still consider them part of the "Brasília gang", along withCapital Inicial andLegião Urbana ) with their friendVital Dias playing drums.After Vital was replaced by João Barone, Herbert wrote the song "Vital e Sua Moto", to pay homage to the friend. The song became the band's first airplay hit and, shortly after that, they signed with
EMI Music Group .After spending ten years with the band, Herbert released the solo album "Ê Batumarê" (1992). He recorded two others, "Santorini Blues" (1997) e "O Som do Sim" (2000), with
Cássia Eller ,Nana Caymmi ,Sandra de Sá andMarcos Valle .Herbert reportedly dated
Paula Toller , lead singer ofKid Abelha , and later married the British journalistLucy Needham (a formerBBC journalist whom he met when she came to interview him for a documentary), with whom he had three children: Luca, Hope and Phoebe.Tragedy
Herbert always liked to pilot
helicopters and ultralight airplanes. OnFebruary 4 ,2001 , he suffered an accident inMangaratiba , Rio de Janeiro, when the ultralight airplane he was piloting crashed into the sea, in the bay ofAngra dos Reis . The accident killed his wife Lucy and put Herbert in the hospital for 44 days (part of them in a state of coma). The musician became disabled (he is now in awheelchair ) and lost part of hismemory after the accident; however, after a slow recovery process, he returned to perform. Since the accident, Herbert has recorded three albums with Os Paralamas do Sucesso: "Longo Caminho" (2002), the live "Uns Dias ao Vivo" (2004) and "Hoje" (2005).Discography
:"See also: Os Paralamas do Sucesso discography"
* 1992: "Ê Batumaré"
* 1997: "Santorini Blues"
*2000: "O Som do Sim"Songs written for other artists
*
Dulce Quental : "Caleidoscópio" (later recorded by Os Paralamas do Sucesso)
*Ivete Sangalo : "Se Eu Não Te Amasse Tanto Assim", "A Lua Q Eu te Dei"
*Marina Lima : "Nada Por Mim"
*Daniela Mercury : "Milagres", "Só pra Te Mostrar" and "Sempre Te Quis" (later recorded by Os Paralamas do Sucesso)
*Ana Carolina : "Pra Terminar"
*Kid Abelha : "Seu Espião", "Por Que Não Eu?", "Educação Sentimental (Part II)"
*Paulo Ricardo : "Amor em Vão" (later recorded by Os Paralamas do Sucesso)
*Cidade Negra : "Soldado da Paz" (later recorded by Os Paralamas do Sucesso)External links
* [http://www2.uol.com.br/paralamas/ Official Os Paralamas do Sucesso website]
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