Petrus Castrus

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Petrus Castrus
Origin	Portugal
Genre(s)	Art Rock Progressive Rock Symphonic Prog
Years active	1971–1974 1976–1980
Associated acts	Ferro & Fogo Plutónicos
Members
Pedro Castro José Castro
Former members
Júlio Pereira (1971-1973) Rui Reis (1971-1974) João Seixas (1971-1974) Miguel Urbano (1976-1980)

Petrus Castrus was a Portuguese progressive rock band formed in 1971 by brothers Pedro Castro and José Castro. The name of band comes from the Latin translation of Pedro Castro.

1 Influences
2 Members
3 Discography
4 External Links

[edit] Influences

In the beginning Petrus Castrus were quite influenced by bands like Pink Floyd, Procol Harum, The Nice and Electric Light Orchestra.

[edit] Members

The initial Petrus Castrus contained members:

Pedro Castro: vocals , guitar and bass
José Castro: keyboards, synthesizer and vocals
Júlio Pereira: guitar
Rui Reis: organ
João Seixas: drums

Júlio Pereira left the band shortly after the recording of Mestre. The band suspended activity in 1974 and Rui Reis and João Seixas left to form the band Plutónicos, and later the heavy metal band Ferro & Fogo (Iron & Fire).

In 1976, the Castro brothers returned with a new lineup:

Pedro Castro: vocals, guitar and bass
José Castro: keyboards, synthesizer and vocal
Urbano Oliveira: drums

Two years later, their album Ascenção e Queda was made with contributions from:

Fernando Girão: guitar
Rui Serrão: bass
Lena d'Água: vocais
Nuno Rodrigues: vocais

[edit] Discography

Marasmo (EP, 1971)
Tudo Isto, Tudo Mais (All This, Everything More) (EP, 1972)
Mestre (Master) (LP, 1973; CD, 2007)
A Bananeira (Single, 1974)
Cândida (Single, 1977)
Ascenção e Queda (Ascension and Light) (LP, 1978)
Agente Altamente Secreto (Highly Secret Agent) (Single, 1977, was on bonus CD of 'Mestre')