RPM (Brazilian band)

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RPM's members, as depicted in the cover of the album Revoluções por Minuto
RPM's members, as depicted in the cover of the album Revoluções por Minuto

RPM ("Revoluções Por Minuto", revolutions per minute in Portuguese), was a Brazilian rock band. It was formed by singer/bassist Paulo Ricardo, keyboardist Luiz Schiavon, guitarist Fernando Deluqui and drummer Paulo Antônio "P.A." Pagni.

They played soft techno-pop with strong, paradoxical, influences of progressive rock and European synth-pop. Their lyrics were pessimistic, ironic and full of literary (Arthur Rimbaud, Surrealism and books like Christiane F.) and political references, with a strong leftist tone.

The band was very successful in the early 1980s; the live album Rádio Pirata ao vivo was the best-selling ever record in Brazil at the time, with more than 2.2 million copies sold[1][2].

[edit] Discography

  • Revoluções por Minuto (1985) 350.000 platina
  • Rádio Pirata - Ao Vivo (1986) 2.700.000 2x diamante
  • Quatro Coiotes (1986) 250.000 platina
  • Pérola (1989) 100.000 ouro
  • MTV RPM (2002) 250.000 platina

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dapieve, Arthur [1996] (2000). BRock: o rock brasileiro dos anos 80, 3rd ed. (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Editora 34. ISBN 85-7326-008-4. 
  2. ^ AllBrazilianMusic: the music from Brazil

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